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Summary of CPWD Tenders regarding Auroville

News in brief

The Central Public Works Department (CPWD), in its E-Tender Portal, stated that in the period from June 2022 to June 2024 an amount of almost Rs 60 crores (approximately US$ 7.3 million) has been allocated for 50 different civil works in Auroville.

In memoriam - Amit Bawa

In memoriam:

On February 18, 2022 Amit Bawa passed away due to cardiac arrest at the age 48. Hailing from Srinagar, Aamit came first to Auroville in 2008 and became Aurovilian in 2011.

Stepping up to the task: the work of the COVID Task Force

An interview with Prashant Hedao, Tejaswini, Angela and Induja, By Alan

From left: Induja, Tejaswini, Prashant and Angela

The COVID Task Force, along with the Working Committee, has been the group that has been coordinating Auroville’s response to the lockdown. What has their work involved?

What is happening at Bharat Nivas?

Feature, By Alan

The small amphitheatre in the former the Auroville Library building

Is Bharat Nivas coming alive again? For some years the area, which houses the activities of the Indian pavilion, has seemed dormant, but today old structures are being demolished and new building projects underway.

Let’s Quave! Where? Down to Yahoo Land, where else!*

Event review, By Roger Harris

Last School, that hotbed of a bright new wave of young Aurovilians destined, come the year 2001, to take our citadel by storm, was the site, in this pleasant month of December, of two events worth noting: India Week, and the third annual Last School Fair.