Prime Minister’s visit

Dr Karan Singh to the Aurovilians: trust and go forward

An interview with Dr Karan Singh, By Carel

On 14 August Dr. Karan Singh, who has been Chairman of the Governing Board of the Auroville Foundation for more than 20 years, briefly visited Auroville.

Text of the tribute from the Auroville video

Feature, By Abha Prakash

Can we talk about discrimination in Auroville?

Feature, By L’aura Joy

Feelings of discrimination surfaced after two Tamil members of the Working Committee were not given proximity passes for the Prime Minister’s visit on February 24th.

Organizing the Prime Minister’s visit

An interview with Inge van Alphen, By Alan

Preparations for the two hours had its share of surprises and challenges.

“My equipment had better work the first time”

An interview with Dev Mohanty, By Alan

From left: Hemant, Dev, Chandresh and Andrea

Dev Mohanty describes the trials and satisfactions of live streaming Auroville’s 50th events.

Preparing for the 50th

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Beginning in 2014, Aurovilians began to envision and plan for the big celebrations. Here is how they did it.

The Matrimandir Visit by the Prime Minister

Feature, By Hemant Shekhar

May Auroville serve as a beacon to the world

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Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, addressing the audience at Bharat Nivas

I am happy to be here today on the occasion of the golden jubilee week of Auroville. Sri Aurobindo’s vision of India’s spiritual leadership continues to inspire us, even today.

The Visit of the Prime Minister

Feature, By Carel

Prime Minister Modi greets members of the Governing Board and Working Committee of the Auroville Foundation at Savitri Bhavan. From left: Dr. Karan Singh, Chairman of the Auroville Foundation, Mr. Modi, Carel, Sauro and and Dr

That the visit of Sri Narendra Modi would cause a lot of commotion was to be expected. Just how much became clear by the middle of January, when the Aurovilians found out that access to many roads was blocked, diverting them to dusty bypasses.

Governing Board meets

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Road improvements

News in brief

The Town Development Council has informed that in view of the visit of the Prime Minister in February 2018 new roadworks will be on the way soon.