Dear Friends, I’m very happy to announce that 2 City plots were bought last week thanks to A4A donations:  Just near the Solar Kitchen  In the International Zone (at last!) That makes the total to date of almost 35 plots added to Auroville thanks to land donations!! And there is more in the pipeline – […]

In the evening of Sunday 10 September, our good friend and long-term brother Aurovilian Kanniappan suffered a road accident between Kottakarai and Visitors Centre, resulting in a severe head injury that left him unconscious. He was taken to JIPMER where, with his family nearby, he passed away at 2.30pm on Monday 11th, today. He was […]

Dear friends, Unfortunately the recent hope-giving flare-up on this forum died down again, and so I’ll just continue keeping the thread while always hoping that others come forward and blow some further life into it. First some good news: we have had abundant rains these last weeks, finally catching up after this long long summer […]

It is proposed that for Auroville’s 50th anniversary, there will be a continuous reading around the world of Sri Aurobindo’s masterpiece, the poem Savitri, in its entirety.  Originally, a live, continuous reading was envisaged. However… Progress to date and a change in plan The technical team working at Savitri Bhavan on ways to implement the […]

6/6/17 Dear Aurovilians, You will be aware that a new Governing Board for the Auroville Foundation is in the process of being nominated. We are all delighted that Dr. Karan Singh will continue as the Chairman of the new Board. As is the practice, a new IAC will also be constituted soon thereafter and we […]

Dear Friends, ACRES FOR AUROVILLE has a new campaign presentation for Auroville’s upcoming 50th birthday: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-pL02eP2puLaHBfenZMZGdyTkk The Mother’s vision for the City of Dawn was enshrined in the Auroville Master Plan, but many vital acres of this designated land are still missing!  The clock is ticking … The time is NOW! Let’s give Auroville a beautiful […]

To date, A4A has received over $1 million 50 thousand! The campaign has paid for 7.97 of the 9.95 acres acquired since November. This is 9 plots (2 in the Matrimandir Circle; 3 City plots; & 4 Greenbelt plots.

Studying “On the way to Supramental hood” by Satprem, we have discovered in the “Agendas” of the 70’s, the Mother had made enthusiastic comments on each of the chapters as Satprem was reading them to her. And especially, she very much appreciated the “INTRODUCTION” , as being complete, self explanatory, and she expressed the wish […]