Issue No. 398, September 2022

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Auroville Festival

August 15, 2022

‘Light Mandala and Sacred Fire Offering’ on Sri Aurobindo’s 150th birthday at the Inuksuk in the International ZoneThe 15th August is always a special day in Auroville, but this 15th was particularly so as it marked the 150th anniversary of Sri Aurobi Read more >>

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Auroville Foundation

Landmark judgement of Madras High Court

Under the Auroville Foundation Act, there are three statutory authorities who jointly administer and manage the Foundatio ...

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Auroville Foundation

The discussion section of the judgement

Before arriving at his conclusions, Justice Quddhose elaborated his views in the “discussion” section of his judgement.Ju ...

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Reading Sri Aurobindo

On the occasion of Sri Aurobindo’s 150th birth anniversary, Penguin India has published Reading Sri Aurobindo, a book tha ...

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Town Planning

The Galaxy model is revolutionary

David NightingaleThis is the second in the series ‘city perspectives’ in which individuals with a deep interest in the ur ...

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Town Planning

A statement to members of the Auroville Residents’ Assembly from the Dreamweaving initiative

Since the final report of the Dreamweaving process was sent to all the participants and made available via Auronet, we ha ...

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Population

12,000 new Aurovilians by 2025?

The Auroville Town Development Council appointed by the Secretary of the Auroville Foundation Office plans for the additi ...

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Reflection

The challenge of diversity

One of humanity’s oldest fears – perhaps, the oldest fear of all – is fear of the unknown: of how the world was created, ...

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Population

A ‘more welcoming’ Entry Process?

The minutes of the 57th meeting of the Governing Board held in December last year mention the need for a more welcoming E ...

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Fundraising

Art for Land

Landscape by Dipti AgarwalThe seventh Art for Land exhibition was inaugurated in the Unity Pavilion on 7th August by the ...

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Community Services

The Solar Kitchen is beefing up

The morning meditationOn August 15th, the new Solar Kitchen management team celebrated one year in office. Auroville Toda ...

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Community Services

Celebrating breastfeeding

Nirmala, India’s award winning human milk donor, addresses the audience.World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) began in 1992, set ...

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Exhibition

Echo – an art installation

A view of the exhibitionBhavyo at work“In the midst of the mountains, unable to hold onto their stillness, I was swept aw ...

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Celebrations

Youth Day Fest

A member of YouthLink displays artworkInternational Youth Day is celebrated annuallyon the 12th August globally, and mark ...

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Theatre

Usha and the Dawns to come

Krishna admonishing ArjunaOn August 15th, 16th, and 17th, the illuminated fountain-pond at the Matrimandir Gardens was on ...

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In Brief

News in brief

August is always a busy month, but this August has been exceptionally so.Cultural activitiesThere have been numerous cult ...

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Correction

The above photo which appeared in the August issue of Auroville Today was mistakenly attributed to Soledad. It was taken ...

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Passings

Bruce Elliot

On Monday August 22nd Bruce Elliott left his body at the age of 82. He had been suffering from metastatic throat cancer. ...

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