Issue Nº382

In 2011 L’Avenir d’Auroville / Town Development Council (TDC) was mandated to prepare a Detail Development Plans (DDP) to facilitate the growth of Auroville.

Spring represents a sort of renewal of nature, with many bushes and trees budding and blossoming, and bugs and insects flying around in droves.

In January 2017, the community approved the Auroville Appeal Process, a policy that regulates how an individual, a unit or a service can object to a decision of a working group.

In February 2021, Auroville purchased 19.09 acres in five Greenbelt areas, all funded by donations raised through Acres for Auroville. A major piece acquired is around the Irumbai lake (pictured)

Awareness Through the body (ATB) is one of Auroville’s truly groundbreaking programmes. For almost thirty years, Aloka, Joan and people who have since become facilitators in ATB, have helped generations of students, as well as adults, to know and manage the complexity of their own beings through simple tools rooted in sensory experience.

Earthling Koushalya's new Tamil language short film En Udambu (My Body) has been making waves at various screenings in Auroville and Pondicherry.

The second edition of the Art Camp took place in Auroville from 20 to 27 March. For a week, twenty artists from the community and all over India had the opportunity to work together in the quiet atmosphere of the Tibetan Pavilion.