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Issue Nº407-408

Jun 2023 (28 months ago)
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Features

New experiments at the Matrimandir Lake

In discussion with Rohan  —  Questions by Carel

The Lake on the hill

Ekattva Maarg inaugurated

A long read

Map of Ekattva Maarg - 'Discovery Path'

The Entry Board: an interview with the interviewers

In discussion with Swadha, Matilde, Grace N. and Sara Sponza  —  Questions by Carel and Chandra

The Entry Board members, From left: Lakshmanan, Matilde, Grace, Swadha, Alain, Jayanthi, Sonja and Sara

Accountancy today is highly complex

In discussion with Palani  —  Questions by Carel

Palani in his office

My life in Auroville at the Service of Truth, by Mallika

Story by Mallika (Claude Leandre)

Mallika

The value of youth

A long read — Written by Peter

Cheenu at work

My journey of perseverance and growth

Story by K. Vigneshwaran

Vigneshwaran

The Auroville Youth Integration Programme

A long read — Written by YouthLink team

Top from left: Viknesh, Satyavan, Ankita, Mahana, Leela, Asia, Madhu, Tenzin, Yolane, Arav. Bottom: Zohar, Namu, Gwjwn, Yam, Neha, Aurore, Gautam

Participants’ experiences - Auroville Youth Integration Programme (AVYI)

A long read — Written by Satchi, Viknesh, Yam, Asia and Madhu

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Integral Youth

A long read — Written by Namu

Youth Center Treehouse, artwork by Lucrezia Fassi

YouthLink, my University of Life

A long read — Written by Gwjwn

Gwjwn

An Abundance of Love

A long read — Written by Lucrezia

Lucrezia

Embracing the Melody of French

Reflection — Reported by Nivetha

Nivetha

Free expressions

Lines & verse — Words by Gwjwn, Neha and Sanata

Artwork by Gauri

Towards Auroville: A journey of dedication and resilience

An introduction to Anjalai  —  Story by Chandra

Anjalai and Genevieve

Embark – come what may

A long read — Written by Frederick, Alain Bernard, Eric Chacra, Meike, Anonymous Aurovilian, Gillian, Jocelyn, Sandyra, Aloka and Lella

Anonymous

The view from next door

An introduction to Arun Kumar and V. Vignesh  —  Story by Gwjwn

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Divine Love and Amazing Grace

A long read — Written by Prof Sehdev Kumar

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Scorching summer In May and June, the Indian Meteorological Department recorded temperatures in parts of Tamil  Nadu of 2 to 3°C above normal...

Unexpected rains The early weeks of May brought unexpected rains that broke all records...

Leave India On June 19th, an Aurovilian who has been residing and actively contributing to the community for more than 34 years, was informed by the Foreigners Regional Registration Officer in Chennai that the Secretary, Auroville Foundation, had revoked his visa recommendation...

Monitoring plantation programmes The Auroville Botanical Garden reported that it is now involved in the scientific monitoring of their plantation programmes...

Planting a coastal forest The Auroville Botanical Garden has completed the coastal zone plantation programme of a 50 acre site, recreating a coastal forest with local plants adapted to the sandy and salt conditions...

Land purchase Two plots of lands of in total 2...

New email system: @auroville.community As the security and accessibility of the @auroville...

Residents’ Assembly Service (RAS) takeover The GB appointed Working Committee (GB-WCom) informed the community that a new Residents’ Assembly Service (RAS) has been appointed through an Office Order issued by the Office of the Secretary...

Prosperity experiment launched The GB FAMC and Prosperity Services have jointly launched a Prosperity experiment for a three month period...

Entry Board calls for mentors The Entry Board has called on Aurovilians to serve as mentors for Newcomers...

The English of Savitri XII The twelfth and concluding volume of the series The English of Savitri was released by Dr...

New Prosperity Model (Housing) The GB appointed Funds & Assets Management Committee (GB-FAMC) announced that it is proposing a new housing facility ‘Prosperity model’ “so that every working Aurovilian will be able to have a house in Auroville ''...

Auroville Safety and Security Team (AVSST) concerns The AVSST informed the community that as it did not receive any information or notice regarding the recently circulated Office Order issued by the Office of the Secretary of the Auroville Foundation, which seems to include a change of executives and team members for this service, the AVSST team will continue its work...

Alleged non-compliance with NGT judgment The Town Development Council appointed by the Residents’ Assembly (RA-TDC) informed the community that over the past months it has sent out letters to the Auroville Foundation Secretary, the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) and the GB appointed Town Development Council (GB-ATDC) regarding non-compliance with the National Green Tribunal judgment as it considers that works being done along the Crown Road and in other places in Auroville disregard the NGT judgment...

Before passing away The RA-WCom has advised all Aurovilians to plan ahead and make a living will in the event that one is unable to communicate one’s wishes when medical care is needed...

Register of Residents The accounts officer of the Auroville Foundation informed the community that the Register of Residents “will become the official central database repository that will provide linkage to all information pertaining to Auroville residents, place of work and other working groups”, and that “all persons to be entered into the Register of Residents will provide a @auroville...

@auroville.org.in The accounts officer of the Auroville Foundation informed the community that “all residents when contacting any working groups for work related queries will use their @auroville...

Kalabhumi borewell The GB-TDC has been served a legal notice in response to its email to users of the Kalabhumi borewell, which includes the residents, the Music Studio, CRIPA hall and Aurofilm...

Alleged low quality Crown Road work In a two-page report, the RA-TDC informed the community that the Crown Road work undertaken by the CPWD as per the designs of GB-ATDC has been substandard...

Sensory garden in Deepanam school Deepanam School now has a new Sensory garden for the children to engage with nature...