Auroville's monthly news magazine since 1988

Issue Nº410

Sept 2023 (25 months ago)
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Features

President of India visits Auroville

In-depth feature — Authored by Smt Droupadi Murmu

The Hon’ble President of India, Smt

Extracts from Tamil Nadu Governor Ravi’s speech to the conclave

In-depth feature — Authored by Shri R N Ravi

Chairman R.N

The Auroville situation: a view from outside

A conversation with Dr Debashish Banerji  —  Conversation led by Alan

Debashish Banerji

Sri Aurobindo and the modern academic world

In-depth feature — Authored by Prof Sachidananda Mohanty

Dr Mohanty

Youth Day Festival 2023

In-depth feature — Authored by Sole

The vista from the entrance of the Time Boulevard

August 15th, 2023

In-depth feature

Bonfire at Inuksuk

Auroville-bioregion sports events July 30 - August 13, 2023

Scenes from

Kabaddi match in the New Creation sports hall

Animating ‘Sri Aurobindo: A new Dawn’

Impressions from the event — Authored by Peter

A screenshot of Sri Aurobindo meeting Krishna in Alipore jail

Sri Aurobindo and the Earth’s Future

Art review — Words by Alan

Illustration of Sri Aurobindo

The Auroville Literature Festival

Impressions from the event

The Auroville Literature Festival

A proposal for social transformations

Impressions from the event — Authored by Alan

Highlighting the interactions and overlaps of the 'Conventional Age' (blue), the 'Rational Age' (orange) and the 'Subjective Age' (green). The space at the centre expresses the opportunity for our collective to come together in our search for more..

In memoriam - Jürgen Klein

In-depth feature

7 Juergen library final

Mother is not dead

Reflection — Written by Alan

Mr. Srinivasmurty retires On July 31st, Mr...

New Deputy Secretary appointed The Ministry of Home Affairs has appointed Ms...

Legal update On August 11, Justice N...

Entry Service annual report The Entry Service reported that in the period April 2022 to May 2023, 49 new Aurovilians joined, 10 Auroville youth turned 18, 113 Newcomers were admitted, as well as 3 Friends of Auroville and 2 relatives/spouses of Aurovilians...

Residents’ Assembly decisions The Residents’ Assembly Service (RAS) announced that the Residents’ Assembly of Auroville had approved two proposals with majority vote...

Food security work plan After interactions with the farmers and directives from the Governing Board, The FO Farm Service and FO FAMC announced they have come up with a work plan for farming and food security in Auroville...

VIP Road: removal of farms In an open letter to the Farm Service, the FO FAMC and the Secretary of the Auroville Foundation, Auroville farmers raised their concern as to the announcement that three farm areas (Buddha Garden, Siddhartha and Shambala) are to be removed to make place for a road, parking lots and convenience facilities for a planned VIP road, a road which is not mentioned in the gazetted Master Plan...

VIP road: removal of dog shelter The planned VIP road will also pass through the existing Auroville dog shelter...

Matrimandir Lake tree removal The RA TDC shared a report on the second phase of the Matrimandir Lake excavation and tree cutting...

Thirukkural study group Sri Aurobindo wrote that the Thirukkural, the most revered Tamizh text of the last 2000 years, “is gnomic poetry, the greatest in planned conception and force of execution ever written in this kind”...

New planning programmes Residents are invited to participate in a self-education programme designed to improve the community’s understanding of planning issues...

Art for Land 2023 On August 13, the Art for Land exhibition cum sale 2023 was inaugurated at the Unity Pavilion...

Auroville News podcasts On August 5, 2023, Auroville Media Liaison, an activity approved by the Working Committee selected by the Residents' Assembly, launched the first episode of the new "Auroville News Podcast"...

Dog shelter limitations The Auroville dog shelter team issued a warning that it is only dedicated to rescuing dogs that can no longer survive on the streets due to illness, age, or accidents and that the shelter’s current capacity does not allow it to accommodate healthy puppies which people find on the streets...