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A reflection on what is needed inwardly and outwardly to achieve a true harmony through using The Human Cycle and The Ideal of Human Unity as a starting point.
Auroville Witness is a biweekly newsletter that publishes first-person narratives from current Auroville residents and those with a long-term relationship with Auroville.
A reflection on what is needed inwardly and outwardly to achieve a true harmony through using The Human Cycle and The Ideal of Human Unity as a starting point.
A broad review of how job security, living conditions, education, women’s groups, and consumption evolved in local villages over the first few decades.
(English/French) How the Gita’s teaching on the intelligent will (buddhi) can guide residents toward right action, to act in yoga and will help Auroville grow toward a higher stage.
A personal history with the Matrimandir, reminding us of Auroville’s aims, Mother’s intentions, and the collective consciousness it embodies.
A long-term Aurovilian’s description of her first experience of darshan in 1971.
An in-depth examination of the physical, social, and scientific aspects of Auroville’s agriculture, looking ahead to the conscious participation with Nature that the Mother envisioned.
A general description of Auroville’s situation in terms of five dimensions in conflict resolution theory: structural, instrumental, interest, value(s), and personal elements. At the same time highlighting specific examples.
A report on an exhibition June 6 in Chennai that raises questions about the future direction of Auroville, how a growing number of residents are coming together. Throughout the day an audience of several hundred people engaged in discussions and reviewed presentations on ecological restoration, sustainable development, renewable energy, village outreach, education, architecture, social innovation, participatory governance, and collective living.
Portrait of Jacques, an Aurovilian La Lettre Bleue: Hello Jacques, you are one of those Aurovilians who arrived in the 1980s during the years when Auroville was being built. Today you are just as enthusiastic as ever. Can you tell us about your journey? Jacques: Let me introduce myself — Jacques, French, who settled permanently in Auroville in 1981 after several stays of a few months. India has always been the country of my heart. At age seven, I had a premonition with the word “INDIA” that stood out in my mind. I discovered Auroville in 1969 at an exhibition...
Previously published 30 April 2026 A “significant sampling” of questions submitted to the Working Committee of the Foundation office, on 23.4.2026. Listed NOT in order of importance! Annapurna farm, ecology and food security: Considering the disastrous ecological consequences of the secretively concluded deal with IIT [Indian Institute of Technology] Madras, and the acute threat it poses to farming and food security of the whole of Auroville — an element given primary importance by the Mother! — and in the absence of any reasonable benefit to Auroville, can you please share what is being done to prevent the planned destruction of...
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