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Issue Nº419-420

Jun 2024 (16 months ago)
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Features

Promoting Ayurveda: the knowledge of life

A conversation with Dr Be (Dr Bérengère)  —  In dialogue with Carel

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Tibetan medicine and Auroville

In-depth feature — Reported by Carel

Dr Samphel Tsering takes the pulse of a patient

The basics of Tibetan medicine

In-depth feature

Medicine Buddha

The making of Tibetan medicines

In-depth feature

Tibetan medicinal pills

“This is where I belong”

A conversation with Michael Zelnick  —  In dialogue with Chandra

Michael Zelnick

Practising Siddha Medicine

A conversation with Dr Sharavanan Padmanabhan  —  In dialogue with Carel

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Healing with nature: reconnection, grounding, gratitude

A conversation with Parvathi Nagarajan  —  In dialogue with Gita

Parvathi giving a Food as Medicine cooking demonstration

Practising Vedic astrology

A conversation with Vikram Devatha  —  In dialogue with Carel

Vikram Devatha

Four radical questions

A thoughtful note — Authored by Daniel Greenberg

Daniel Greenberg

The whole world is here

A conversation with Sathiya  —  In dialogue with Chandra

Sathiya with her daughter Tharunika

Arriving Home - my first days in Auroville

In-depth feature — Reported by Rolf Lieser

Rolf Lieser

Editorial

An editorial reflection — Reported by Editors

Auroville’s democratic heartbeat still strong

In-depth feature — Reported by Peter

The larger context

A thoughtful note — Authored by Alan

Glimpses into the Tibetan medicinal system

A conversation with Dr Tsewang Tamdin  —  In dialogue with Alan

Report on Land Exchanges The Working Committee constituted by the Residents’ Assembly (RA-WCom) has shared with the community extensive information regarding land exchanges and transactions that have taken place in the last two years...

Letter from IAC to the community On June 9th, the Auroville International Advisory Council (IAC) shared with the community that during a joint meeting with the GB on May 31st, it had called for a more transparent and inclusive land exchange process...

RA-WCom on Supreme Court’s interim stay on the TDC verdict The RA-WCom informed the community that the hearings in the Supreme Court of India on the verdict from the Madras High Court of 15th March 2024, which had invalidated the GB’s Auroville Town Development Council (ATDC) and had called for more collaboration between the GB and the Residents’ Assembly (RA), will probably take place in the second week of July...

Statement from the Forest Group On May 6th, the Auroville Forest Group, which was constituted by the RA in 1982 and which is endorsed in the Auroville Universal Township Master Plan – Perspective 2025, circulated an email reiterating its commitment to nurture and protect the green spaces and provide an integrated ecological basis for Auroville, physically and spiritually...

Auroville Farm Group questions fruit tendering process In the beginning of May, the Auroville farmers published a report in the community edition of the Auroville News and Notes questioning the results of the imposition of the fruit harvest auction by the Auroville Foundation Office (AVFO)...

New donation guidelines take effect In April 2022, units and projects that had been receiving donations from abroad were informed that the Funds and Assets Management Committee constituted by the Governing Board of the Auroville Foundation had come up with a process to ensure compatibility with the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA)...

Auroville dog shelter needs immediate funding The Auroville Dog Shelter, home to nearly 300 rescued dogs, urgently needs financial support...

Corrections In the News in Brief section of the May issue of Auroville Today it was mentioned under “Awards for Auroville architects” that Suhasini Laxman Iyer had won the Indian Institute of Architects IIA National Award 2022 in the category Residential Projects for the Humanscapes Habitat buildings...