(English/French) How Major Arun Ambathy learned of harmony within diversity from Auroville’s forests and foresters, and then developed a project guiding people through experiences. This was done with people with disabilities, who already have a sense of making a conscious choice to live.
Holding the thread
A discussion with David Wickenden of two reports by the Auroville Global Fellowship, his involvement with Auroville, and how the community and supporters around the world can help to change the current painful situation.
Auroville.love graphic novel
A memoir in the form of an online graphic novel being published serially.
Don’t ask me “How are you?” anymore
A humorous and sardonic piece showing one way to respond to the situation in Auroville.
The forest: a true revelation (Part 1)
(English/French) A former Indian Special Forces Officer shares his experiences in the military, and following injuries a newfound sense of empathy with all sentient beings. After this came many studies, coming to Auroville, and seeing how the community was putting into practice many creative ways to harmonize the collective life.
On human unity, destruction, and collective willpower
An open letter calling for the collective to restore Auroville as a leading light for human unity.
Power corrupts
A description of the familiar cruelty and blaming the victim toward Aurovilians who are in exile, and how it is one more in a sea of falsehoods coming from the administration.
Annapurna: Ten Days, and Forty Years
A response to an ultimatum letter sent to Annapurna Farm, addressing the value of consciousness in matter; what lies beneath the surface of the letter; the dharma of stewardship; just and unjust use of law; the meaning of an ultimatum; and the need to speak clearly and without emotion of what we see.
To create something new
A letter from 2023 acknowledges that much needs to be done to achieve the founding ideals, and at the same time noting that force, coercion, and threats are not in the spirit of Auroville.
Parliament committee chairman calls for AVFO to withdraw eviction notice
On learning of the eviction notice to Annapurna Farm, the chairman of a Parliamentary Committee recommends that the eviction notice to Annapurna be withdrawn and that alternative sites be found.