Issue No. 410, September 2023

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Auroville Foundation

President of India visits Auroville

The Hon’ble President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, in front of the MatrimandirOn 8th August, the Hon’ble President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, visited Auroville in commemoration of Sri Aurobindo’s 150th birth anniversary. This was the fifth visit Read more >>

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Auroville Foundation

Extracts from Tamil Nadu Governor Ravi’s speech to the conclave

Sri Aurobindo at the time when India became independents said now is the time for India to take up the responsibility. Be ...

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Community Reflection

The Auroville situation: a view from outside

Dr. Debashish Banerji is the Haridas Chaudhuri Professor of Indian Philosophies and Cultures and the Doshi Professor of A ...

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Research

Sri Aurobindo and the modern academic world

Dr Mohanty is former Professor and Head of the Department of English, University of Hyderabad. Winner of many national an ...

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Celebrations

Youth Day Festival 2023

The vista from the entrance of the Time BoulevardThis year’s Youth Day celebrations took place at the Youth Centre on Sat ...

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Celebrations

August 15th, 2023

August 15, 2023, Sri Aurobindo’s 151th birthday anniversary and India’s Independence day, was celebrated in Auroville wit ...

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Celebrations

Auroville-bioregion sports events July 30 - August 13, 2023

the Gilli Danda game played in Gaia fieldAt the occasion of the closing of Sri Aurobindo’s 150th anniversary, a number of ...

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New Films and Publications

Animating ‘Sri Aurobindo: A new Dawn’

A screenshot of Sri Aurobindo meeting Krishna in Alipore jailWe do not belong to the past dawns, but to the noons of the ...

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New Films and Publications

Sri Aurobindo and the Earth’s Future

There are two main challenges to be faced by anybody who wishes to present a life of Sri Aurobindo. Firstly, there is the ...

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Celebrations

The Auroville Literature Festival

The logo of the first Auroville Literature Festival, designed by artist Pierre Legrand. “A free evolving unity that is co ...

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Town Planning

A proposal for social transformations

Highlighting the interactions and overlaps of the ‘Conventional Age’ (blue), the ‘Rational Age’ (orange) and the ‘Subject ...

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Reflection

Mother is not dead

I do not believe that Mother is dead. I feel constrained to write this because some people seem to think that Mother stop ...

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Passings

Passings: Audrey Langworthy Wallace-Taylor; Sumitra Manou; Jürgen Klein

Audrey Langworthy Wallace-TaylorAudrey Wallace Taylor, one of Auroville’s eminent artists, left her body on August 18th d ...

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In Brief

News in Brief

Mr. Srinivasmurty retiresOn July 31st, Mr. Srinivasmurty, the former Under Secretary and a few times Acting Secretary of ...

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