Auroville's monthly news magazine since 1988

Issue Nº431-32

Jun 2025 (4 months ago)
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Features

The Matrimandir, the Lake and the Garden works: an update

A conversation with John Harper  —  Questions by Carel

Scale visualisation of the Matrimandir and its Gardens, surrounded by the Lake and connected by a bridge originating from the Reception Pavilion

A basket full of grace

A conversation with Frederick  —  Questions by Carel

Frederick

50 Years of Collaboration: A Journal of Integral Yoga in America

Book review — Written by Lynda Lester

Collaboration: A Journal of Integral Yoga in America

New textbooks for Indian school students

Feature — Written by Michel Danino

Michel Danino

The Kailash Story: from foundation to summit

A conversation with Kripa  —  Questions by Chandra

Collective cooking

Rosa’s Awareness Through the Body journey in South America

Story by Ioana

Rosa Aleman Lopez, third from left, with Francesco, second from right, and a group of South American students from their advanced workshop in Colombia

Beauty: cultivating an attitude of humility

A conversation with Jyoti Naoki Eri  —  Questions by Christine

Jyoti | Photo: Monna Eri

Bits of Boris

Around the edges — Words by Boris Verjoutski

Boris?

A soundtrack of growing up

Meditations — Story by Manya

Manya

How to live

Book review

Cover - How to Live: Mother’s Advice given in Questions and Answers

Legal updates On 29 April four cases concerning Auroville were listed in the Madras High Court before its summer closure during the month of May...

Self-nominations solicited “Wishing to move forward in collaboration towards the building of the city and the right administering of Auroville,” the AVFO on 9 May issued a call for self-nomination in key areas of the Auroville administration, eg a group, service, unit or trust...

Net neutrality Concerned residents have called on the Governing Board, International Advisory Council and Secretary of the Auroville Foundation to instruct Aurinoco, the Auroville unit which created a fibre optic network in Auroville with GOI grants, to halt forcing a single connectivity upon all subscribers...

Auroville Tomorrow Two editions of a new e-magazine named “Auroville Tomorrow” have been published by the Auroville Foundation Office...

Auroville Connect Auroville Connect, a WhatsApp platform “dedicated to connecting people in and around Auroville who care deeply about the Dream, the Charter, and the future of this unique city and its experiment in human unity,” has now published an e-newsletter...

Auroville Urban Planning and Development Repository A new website: Auroville Urban Planning and Development Repository has been created...

The Spirituality Industry The News Minute, a digital subscription-based news platform which reports and writes on issues in India, with a specific focus on the five southern states, has published its third edition of a series on ‘The Spirituality Industry: A Deep Reporting Project’...

RA-WCom homeless The Working Committee selected by the Residents’ Assembly (RA-WCom) has vacated its temporary office in Kailash, an educational youth residency under SAIIER, after the Funds and Assets Management Committee constituted by the Governing Board (GB-FAMC) instructed the Kailash caretakers and residents to hand over the building to the Housing Service by the end of May...

Economic Development Strategy The GB-FAMC informed the community that it has begun “a renewed effort to grow and strengthen Auroville’s economy, building on the groundwork laid in recent years around compliance, transparency and financial structure”...

Closure for small guest houses? The GB-FAMC informed the managers of small guest houses that the Financial Services accounts of these guest houses would be closed by 15 June 2025 and requested the managers to cancel any future bookings...

AVFO signs more MoUs The AVFO continues entering into Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and other “collaborations” with Indian institutes, which the residents learn about via newspapers...

Auroville accounting units dismantled In May last year, the Governing Board of the Auroville Foundation decided to appoint an outside company of Chartered Accountants “for accounting and allied services” with effect from the Financial Year 2025-2026...

Auroville Animal Charter Citing cases of animal neglect and abuse, the Auroville Dog Shelter team has invited Auroville residents and friends of Auroville to participate in the writing of an Auroville Animal Charter, which should become a framework for how to live in a harmonious co-existence with all sentient beings in Auroville...

Morning Star Morning Star, Auroville’s birth and wellness centre, has published its 2024-2025 Newsletter...