Auroville's monthly news magazine since 1988

Issue Nº385

Aug 2021 (51 months ago)
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Recovering lost beaches

The new beach at Halcyon (with the white wall) and Simplicity

In the past decade, relentless sea erosion has badly affected some of Auroville's beach communities. Auroville Today reported on the problems a number of times, most recently in the article "New hope for our beaches?"


New Secretary’s address to the community

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The Working Committee recently shared a brief video address to the community by Dr Jayanti Ravi, IAS, who took charge as the new Secretary, Auroville Foundation, on the 5th of July.


The lockdown basket service

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May 2021: empty streets, sweltering heat, very few masked people on the road… Sounds like a scene from a post-apocalyptic movie, right? Drone’s eye view of the roundabout, the glint of a huge inverted disco ball in the sun.


Bringing change, gently

Circle time

Sixteen years have gone by since two young women, Bridget Horkan and Kathy Walkling, took a big step to bridge the gap between Auroville  and the neighbouring village of Edayanchavadi.


Surveying the youth

Valentine and Avinash

Recently Disha, which was a service that provides personalised support and guidance to the youth of Auroville and the bioregion, did a survey of Auroville youth and young adults.


The power of Frisbee

Selvi playing frisbee on the beach

Selvi, a teacher at Last School, grew up in Auroville. Her studies in political science took her to Chennai, but it's her frisbee prowess as part of India's national Ultimate Frisbee team, that became her ticket to travel the world.


Kabir’s message of love and oneness

Contemporary rendering of Kabir’s portrait

The couplets and songs of the fifteenth century Indian poet-saint, Kabir, have been woven into the cultural fabric of north India for centuries.


The place you are right now God circled on a map for you

Sheida and Eli

Although relationships between Iran and India have been close for centuries, less than ten Iranians have joined Auroville. Is this because of Iran's conservative theocratic regime?


The Soul of Nations – Healing and Evolution

Cover - The Soul of Nations

Two of the most important, and opposing, trends in the modern world are internationalism and chauvinism, or narrow parochialism. Proponents of internationalism, of a world where countries are no longer divided by narrow nationalisms, often point to the European Union as a promising supra-national experiment.


The English of Savitri volume 8

Cover - The English of Savitri, Volume 8