Issue No. 393, April 2022

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Water

Last year’s extraordinary rainfall and its consequences

Rainwater and groundwater partially filled up the 10 metres deep test pond at the Matrimandir. Photo taken on March 4th.The year 2021 was the wettest in a hundred years and the first aquifer below Auroville filled up, with unexpected consequences. To Read more >>

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Auroville Foundation

The visa crisis

Recently, the Working Committee informed the community that it is aware that a number of individuals of foreign origin ha ...

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Opinion

Building an Experimental City

We all came to Auroville knowing that it would be a city one day. It is a given, that’s what we signed up for, we want it ...

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Reflection

Why?

For the past weeks I have been struggling with only one question: why is our community being so deeply convulsed, fractur ...

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Education

“Everyone here is a learner”: update on The Learning Community

Welcome to Base CampThe Learning Community (TLC) was formed in 2008 by a small group of like-minded people around a visio ...

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Education

Learning from the Intangible

The photo exhibition ‘Learning from the Intangible’ by Alessandra Silver, with installations by The Learning Community (T ...

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Sustainability

Auroville Press celebrates 40 years

From left: Jayalakshmi, Claude, Luisa and ChristineOn March 26th, the Auroville Press in Aspiration community celebrated ...

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Art

Infinite possibilities

Auroville earth galaxy by Birgitta. Bark print and mixed media on canvasThe third Auroville Art Camp took place on March ...

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News in Brief

News in Brief

Padma Sri for Tara JauharThe President of India awarded the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian award, to Ms. Tar ...

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Passings

In Memoriam: Bryan Walton

Bryan Walton, one of Auroville’s early pioneers, left his body on March 8 in Wisconsin, USA at the age of 80. Bryan left ...

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Finding inner acceptance: a profile of Anandi Zhang

Anandi ZhangSince joining Auroville in 2016, Anandi Zhang has taken up various work in the community. But she feels the m ...

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