Issue No. 405, April 2023

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Conflict Resolution

Overcoming apartheid - Lessons for Auroville?

Jay NaidooJay Naidoo, former leader in the South African struggle against apartheid, and former minister responsible for Reconstruction and Development in the country’s first democratic government, where he worked closely with Nelson Mandela, recently Read more >>

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Auroville Foundation

Reflections on the Governing Board

Claude ArpiClaude Arpi is a French-born Aurovilian living in Auroville for the past 49 years. He is well-known as a histo ...

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The Banyan Tree

The Banyan: a brief history

The Banyan tree in 1968In the mid 1960s Roger Anger wanted to know the location of the geographical centre of the city to ...

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The Banyan Tree

Being one with the tree

Himal“Oooh oooh!” Himal mimics the owls who make their nests in cavities high in the upper branches of the Banyan tree. “ ...

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The Banyan Tree

Roots from the Sky

A ‘performance’ and exhibition at Centre d’Art Citadines from 18 – 25 March 2023, coordinated by Cedric Bregnard Centre d ...

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The Banyan Tree

Cedric Bregnard on the Roots from the Sky collaboration

Cedric BregnardAuroville Today: Superficially, it’s just a matter of making a beautiful photo and then asking people to c ...

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The Banyan Tree

Ode to the Banyan

When I first saw the tree, I saw a Mother and her many children. Branches reaching out to all directions. Outward, skywar ...

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Environment

All For WATER For All

March 22 marked the closing of WaterFest’23, a multi-pronged and multi-partner initiative under the banner of ‘All For WA ...

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History

Sun Word still rising

As my partner and I were talking about the history of Auroville’s on-going crisis, she encouraged me to read a specific b ...

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History

Revisiting history: people, power, and politics

Of all the four parks that grace the city area of Auroville, Darkali is the most beautiful of them all. It is hard to exp ...

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In Brief

News in Brief

Tree cutting resumesThe FO ATDC announced it would begin assisting the CPWD team in clearing the Crown path, including t ...

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Passings

Passing: Gérard Arnaud

Aurovilian Gérard Arnaud passed away on Thursday, March 17 due to cardiac arrest. Gérard had started coming to Auroville ...

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