Management

On 16 October, a group of 15 people came to Afsanah Guest House, including executives of the Auroville Security Services appointed by the AVFO and broke open the doors of the office, the dining room and Room 7.

The Auroville Dog Shelter (ADS) team was replaced without explanation via an Office Order issued on 30 August 2025. The GB and AVFO plan to build a VIP road directly through the shelter and through three established Auroville farms.

Anjalai is an Aurovilian who has worked in Auroville for the last 50 years. She grew up in Kuilaypalayam and has been living in Auroville since about 2000.

On March 1st, 2023, Ulf Meuller, passed away in Auroville. Ulf was a well wisher of Auroville ever since he first came in 2001 together with his wife Birgitta.

On August 15th, the new Solar Kitchen management team celebrated one year in office. Auroville Today asked executives Harishini, Vanitha, Shakthi and Manimaran about their experience.

35 years ago, much of the land intended for Auroville’s future Mahasaraswati Park, located near to the Town Hall, still belonged to neighbouring Kottakarai village.

The Solar Kitchen opened in December 1997 and since then has been operating uninterruptedly under different managers. The first were Jaya and Shyama, who were joined shortly after by Andrea.

Both Sri Aurobindo and The Mother have written extensively about the Integral Yoga. Some of this has been for general guidance; some has been guidance for particular individuals in particular situations.

The speaker is Pierre Elouard, who tells the story of a plumber who for two consecutive days was doing just about everything wrong. When Pierre told him in no mistaken terms what he thought about his work, he went to see an astrologer.