Issue No. 379, February 2021

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The Mother

The Mother and Japan

The Mother’s stay in Japan between 1916 – 1920 was not only of profound importance for her spiritual explorations, but might also have had a big influence upon the development of Auroville. In 1938, for example, she asked the architect Antonin Raymond Read more >>

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Ecology and the city

Why such a row over Rows?

If we stand by the Charter of Auroville then we must consider this: in January 1968, a city plan, commissioned by the Mot ...

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Ecology and the city

What about the Youth Centre?

Twenty six years ago, the youth were looking for a new home as Ami, which had been a youth community for many years, was ...

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News in Brief

News in Brief

COVID-19 Task Force dissolvesThe Covid-19 Task Force, a temporary task force setup in March 2020 by the Working Committee ...

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Our neighbours

In Her Own Way

In this month’s installment of our regular column about Auroville’s neighbours, we meet Rashmi Gandaki, who has been livi ...

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Exhibition

Claire Iono’s “Hidden Cities”

Claire Iono’s solo exhibition “Hidden Cities” held at the Centre d’Art, Citadines, has painted for me a landscape of hope ...

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Ecology and the city

The Right of Way debate

A year ago, in February 2020, there was an attempt to survey a route through the Youth Centre and Bliss forest for the la ...

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Parenting

On being a new parent in Auroville

Before I had a child, I used to think that Auroville was an optimal place to raise children. There are forests to frolic ...

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Collaboration

Ex Special Forces provide healing at Quiet Healing centre

A couple of months ago, a poster went up on Auroville notice boards advertising scuba diving lessons offered by ex-Specia ...

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Edible Nature

Foraging in Auroville’s Wild Places

Nina was encouraged to offer the exploratory walks by Aurovilians Anandi Zhang and Sarah Kundig who were inspired by Nina ...

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