Issue No. 390, January 2022

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Editorial

This issue is almost entirely devoted to the tumultuous events of the last weeks which saw bulldozers removing trees planted by Auroville foresters and Auroville habitations in the Youth Centre, to clear a path for the Right of Way of the Crown, which Read more >>

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Timeline of Events

The clearing through Bliss ForestFebruary – November 2020 Auroville Town Development Council (ATDC) wants to lay a high t ...

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Auroville Foundation

Minutes of the 57th Governing Board Meeting 2021

Auroville Today does not normally publish the integral version of the minutes of the meetings of the Governing Board of t ...

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The Crown clearing

Collective Trauma

A catalogue of the emotional impact of recent events via Auronet.As a therapist I know that one of the first steps to hea ...

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The Crown controversy

Letters

﾿ From the Auroville International Advisory Council11 December 2021To: Respected Members of the Governing BoardLike so ...

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The Crown controversy

In a nutshell: perspectives on the Crown

While the vast majority of Aurovilians see a need for the Crown, differences exist concerning how it should be manifested ...

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Perspectives on the Crown clearing

A great work and some great lies

Green work in Auroville is lauded as a fantastic achievement of what can be done to transform a desert land into a green ...

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Perspectives on the Crown clearing

Why the resistance against Auroville's 'Crown' project is not justified

By blocking development in Auroville, the city's residents cannot claim to stand for 'human unity' - the premise on which ...

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Perspectives on the Crown clearing

Why Auroville needs to be a model of exemplary development practice

The ribbon marks one side of the planned road clearing: it will destroy a water catchment area and a stretch of old fores ...

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The Crown clearing

Trying to understand the divine game plan

Frederick, who came to India in 1966 and has been living in Auroville ever since its inception in 1968, gives his view of ...

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The Crown clearing

Take a stand against the toxic narrative

Open letter to the Working Committee and the Auroville Town Development CouncilIn the aftermath of the recent Residents’ ...

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The Crown controversy

Phoenix emerging: The Youth Centre starts anew

Meeting at the Youth CentreSince the shock of the destruction of the buildings and forest clearance, the Youth Center (YC ...

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Reflection

The larger learning?

It is always foolhardy to offer conclusions when the dust has yet to settle during a major turmoil or, when, indeed, cont ...

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Weather

Water, water everywhere

This has been a record year for the rains. Weather-watchers divide our year into a dry season (January – May), the South ...

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Passings

Passings: Bernard Borg

Bernard BorgBorn in Tunis, Tunisia, on the 4th October 1946, Bernard Borg moved in 1961 with his family to Marseille, in ...

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