Issue No. 419-420, June-July 2024

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Edible Nature

Editorial

Supported by its rich biodiversity, India has since ancient times developed its own indigenous systems of medicine. Medicinal plants are found in all of its 15 ecosystems, giving rise to its unique alternative medical systems: Ayurveda, Siddha, Sowa- Read more >>

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Alternative Medical System

Promoting Ayurveda: the knowledge of life

Dr. Be teaching Ayurveda to AuroviliansDr. Bérengère, or Dr. Be as she is known in Auroville, holds a French MBA in Inter ...

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Alternative Medical System

Tibetan medicine and Auroville

Dr. Samphel Tsering takes the pulse of a patientOne of the main services of Auroville’s Pavilion of Tibetan Culture is ho ...

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Alternative Medical System

Michael Zelnick on homeopathy

Michael ZelnickMichael Zelnick, originally from New York, joined the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1968 and later came to Aurov ...

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Alternative Medical System

Practising Siddha Medicine

Dr. Sharavanan taking the pulse of RicardoDr. Sharavanan Padmanabhan runs the Sri Aurobindo Siddha Research Foundation in ...

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Alternative Medical System

Healing with nature: reconnection, grounding, gratitude

Parvathi giving a Food as Medicine cooking demonstrationParvathi Nagarajan is a healer, herbalist, educator and community ...

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Jyotisha Shastra

Practising Vedic astrology

Vikram DevathaVedic astrology, called Jyotisha Shastra in Sanskrit, is the traditional Hindu system of astrology which ha ...

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Community

Auroville’s democratic heartbeat still strong

Auroville’s communal fabric is having a difficult time of late with the Residents’ Assembly’s voice being ignored. The re ...

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Reflection

Auroville in the larger context

When we are in the midst of deep, disruptive turmoil, as we are in Auroville at present, it’s easy to believe that the mo ...

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Reflection

Daniel's four radical questions

Daniel GreenbergAfter nearly three decades of engaging with Auroville (along with over 100 other ‘sustainable communities ...

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Profile

Sathiya: “The whole world is here”

Sathiya with her daughter TharunikaSathiya, a second-generation Aurovilian, speaks about her upbringing and her unwaverin ...

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Profile

Rolf L. on his days in Auroville

Rolf LieserRolf Lieser arrived in Auroville in 1981 and during his thirty years stay here, among other things, he practis ...

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Passings

Passings: Martin Zbinden, Velmurugan, Tia Pleiman, Mahalingam, Krishna

Martin ZbindenMartin Zbinden, a resident of New Creation Field, passed away on April 30th due to a heart failure. Martin ...

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In Brief

News in Brief

(till June 12th, 2024)Report on Land Exchanges The Working Committee constituted by the Residents’ Assembly (RA-WCom) has ...

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