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The Weltwärts programme

Karin

The German Government set up the Weltwärts programme to allow young Germans to volunteer in a different country for 6-18 months in areas like education, health, environment, culture and human rights, in order to broaden their minds and strengthen international understanding.

Film Premiere: Sri Aurobindo - A Call to New India

The premiere of the 12-minute animation film Sri Aurobindo: A Call to New India, dedicated to sharing Sri Aurobindo’s transformative vision with young people across the world, took place at Cinema Paradiso on 15 August.

Demise of Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, ex-Chairman of the Auroville Foundation

Dr. M

Dr. M.S Swaminathan, distinguished agricultural scientist and the leader of India’s Green Revolution, passed away on Thursday 28 September, at the age of 98.

The Auroville situation: a view from outside

Debashish Banerji

Dr. Debashish Banerji is the Haridas Chaudhuri Professor of Indian Philosophies and Cultures and the Doshi Professor of Asian Art at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), San Francisco, where he also chairs the Department of East-West Psychology.

Sri Aurobindo: The Grand Synthesis

Cover - Sri Aurobindo: The Grand Synthesis

On November 3rd, Dr. Ananda Reddy released his new book Sri Aurobindo: The Grand Synthesis at a function in Unity Pavilion in the presence of the Vice Chancellor of the Pondicherry University Prof.

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Sri Aurobindo and the Revolution of India

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Luc Venet has written a new biography of Sri Aurobindo’s life between 1893-1910.

The demons of demonetisation in agriculture

Tomato dumping on the National Highway in protest against low prices due to demonetlsatlon

Demonetisation – this brittle word with its short, sharp syllables, gained currency overnight with the draconian move of the Indian Government to invalidate Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes.

Sri Lanka: An island of beauty… and terror

Did you ever notice that the island of Sri Lanka was included (with Pakistan, Bangladesh and Burma) in the map of the “true India” that the Mother once drew?

Peace Trees – Teamwork ’88

Exchange students planting trees

The Teamwork ’88 (or Peace Trees) programme of exchange between youth from Russia, America and India, which was announced in Auroville Today number two, has happened and was a success.

The Auroville Foundation Bill

Meeting of Aurovilians

After months of speculation and incertitude, the Auroville Foundation Bill was passed in both Houses of Parliament in early September. There is no doubt of the historic importance of this bill in terms of Auroville’s growth.

India

The wonder of this country is Return: Always, it seems, The same sun, Winking off leaves and mud, The same boys, Splay-toed, Chanting after dusty cows.

India and Spirituality

These are extracts from an interview with the Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, by François Gautier on the 24th of February, 1988.