Fertile Windmill

In memoriam - Vijay

In memoriam:

Vijay (Vittorio Gresele) passed away on 30 August at his home in Baraka.

Arriving Home - my first days in Auroville

Feature, By Rolf Lieser

Rolf Lieser arrived in Auroville in 1981 and during his thirty years stay here, among other things, he practised and exhibited his paintings and sculptures, played music in various bands, did graphic design (including working with Kireet Joshi on certain projects), designed and constructed a number of houses, and started Kalabhumi community in the Cultural Zone.

In memoriam - Subramaniam M.

In memoriam:

Subramanian M. passed away on February 28th following a train accident at Thambaram nearby Chennai. He was 72 years old. Subramaniam joined Auroville in 1984 and first lived in Fertile Windmill (Baraka), then at the Matrimandir workers camp, and when that got dissolved, in Prayatna.

Making eye care available for all

A profile of Aurosugan, By Alan

Aurosugan being interviewed in Tanzania in 2019 after being selected as the Eye Health Hero by the International Agency for Prevention of Blindness(IAPB) for his work on sustainability in eye care

Aurosugan was born in Auroville. After completing an MBA in hospital administration, he worked at the Aravind Eye Hospital for many years. Recently he returned to Auroville and set up a primary eye centre here with ambitious plans to eliminate blindness in Auroville and the bioregion.

How did Auroville’s communities get their names?

Feature, By Vijay, Bobby Keeping, Franz, Christoph Pohl, Daniel Emden, Judith, Paul Vincent, Tim, Cecilia, Achilles, Govinda, Carel and Rolf Lieser

Saraswati puja at Fraternity on 14 October 1972

In the October issue of Auroville Today, we published a humorous little piece that pondered how the names of Auroville’s communities came about.