Money

B.S. Sathyanarayan, the Accounts Officer of the Auroville Foundation, informed the community on 2 March about the commencement of a centralised common accounting system for the Auroville Foundation, its trusts, units and projects.

A project evaluation by Aman who grew up in Auroville and at present is studying in the USA.

A year ago, Auroville Today profiled the launch of the Aura network. Since then it has quickly grown, reflecting some of the core aspirations that drew many of us to Auroville.

We are fond of quoting Mother when she writes that Auroville will be a place for making experiments. But how easy is it to innovate in the Auroville of today?

Jean-François Noubel recently visited Auroville. He assisted key working groups and gave public workshops and presentations on collective intelligence and a new form of economy.

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.

On the evening of 8th November, the Government of India announced that Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 banknotes would no longer be legal tender from midnight.

Recently, a group of Aurovilians concerned about the direction of our economy discussed alternatives. Anandi is part of the management team of Pour Tous Distribution Centre, Jocelyn is on the Santé team, Nicole is a member of the BCC and management of the Visitors Center, Isha coordinates the Auroville Board of Services, and Manohar is the webmaster of the Auroville website.

Money has become an integral part of the exchange between Aurovilians and the increased monetization of our interactions is a genuine cause of concern.

Anusuya is a greenbelt community that was started at the end of the 1970’s. It was a difficult place to settle; people came and people went.

Judith came to Auroville in 1971. After helping with the Matrimandir excavations, she moved to Kottakarai, where she did afforestation and orchard work – and began a family.