Issue No. 378, January 2021

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Community

2021

New Year’s Eve was celebrated with a meditation under the Banyan Tree near the Matrimandir and a flute concert in the amphitheatre. We wish all our readers a good and prosperous 2021! Read more >>

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Land & Water

Abundant monsoon

The year 2020 has turned out to be a really good rainfall year. It didn’t start well. In the first five months we receive ...

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Community

Auroville Children – Generation 2.0

Everyone here knows the expression “Children of Auroville”, but they’ve grown up since, and some now have children themse ...

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Community

The divine discovery from wasteland shrub

Over the decades, Auroville has been a fertile hatching ground for many experiments and visionary projects, and this incu ...

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Community

Seeds of a new culture

Last month the dried plant collection of the Auroville Herbarium moved to a new dedicated building in the Botanical Garde ...

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Community

“Now I am aware I have choices”: Savithri’s journey

Savithri was born in Kottakarai. In 2016 she began working in the Housing Service and recently became an Aurovilian. Here ...

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Community

Auroville from Above

Auroville sunsetA change of perspective can result in a change consciousness. Five hours after the launch of the Apollo 1 ...

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Community

Succession and ageing: some challenges and solutions

From left: Chaitanya, Ricardo and DhanasuHow does Auroville deal with ageing? Are there community retirement plans? Are A ...

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Community

In memoriam: Astad Deboo

I first met Astad Deboo at an International Dance Competition in Paris. Impressed by his performance, I invited him to Au ...

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Youth

Young Naturalist

Zohar (17), known to most as Zozo, might be Auroville’s youngest full time forester. He lives and works in Evergreen, whe ...

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Correction

The caption below the photo of Dr. Karan Singh and Dr Abdul Kalam on page 1 of the December 2020 issue of Auroville Today ...

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