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Sri Aurobindo and The Earth’s Future

A still from the film Sri Aurobindo and The Earth’s Future showing Sri Aurobindo meditating in the dim, dust-laden storeroom on the first floor of Motilal Roy's house in Chandernagore

A two hour twenty minutes documentary ‘Sri Aurobindo and The Earth’s Future’ will be released on YouTube on August 15, 2023 at 4:30 am Indian time, the hour Sri Aurobindo was born in 1872.

In memoriam - Mahalingam

Mahalingam

On February 3rd, former Indian Independence fighter and Auroville’s oldest resident Mahalingam Sangukrishna left his body, at the age of 103.

Sri Aurobindo, Life and Times of the Mahayog, The Pre-Pondicherry Phase

Sri Aurobindo: Life and Times of the Mahayogimahayogi - bookcover

Manoj Das, who passed away on 27 April 2021, was an inmate of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and a well-known Indian author who wrote extensively in Odia and English.

First centenarian

On July 1st, S. Mahalingam, an Indian Independence fighter, spiritual seeker, teacher, translator, Ashramite, and Aurovilian, celebrated his 100th birthday.

Coming Home

Dr Anirban Ganguly

Dr. Anirban Ganguly is director of the Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation in New Delhi. He is a member of the Central Advisory Board of Education and also a member of the Policy Research Department and co-convener of the Library & Documentation Department of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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.

In memoriam - Jayant Thakkar

Jayant Thakkar

On February 15th, long-term Aurovilian and pioneer, Jayant Thakkar, who lived in Promesse, passed away in the Ashram’s nursing home at the age of 94.