Auroville Witness

Ecology brings in a sense of nature as relationships, and recent developments in this field have changed the sense of identity. Milla speaks of the potential uses of fungi and how recent development projects arise from a worldview that doesn’t prioritize nature.

(English/French) Olivier recounts the plan, process, images, and other elements of the movie he is making on the lives of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.

Milla walks the reader through her experience of Auroville’s forests, the Forest Group, and fungi as a keystone species.

 Previously published June 2026 They want people to believe that Aurovilians are resisting the building of the city the Earth needs. That we are resisting the consolidation of lands required within the Master Plan area. That we are standing in the way of Auroville’s future. We are resisting. Yes! But not the building of the city. Not the consolidation of lands. Not the realisation of Auroville’s future. What we resist is something else. We resist domination. We resist the concentration of power without meaningful participation. We resist the gradual strangulation of the freedom necessary for a conscious community to evolve....

(English/French) The evolution of an artist and of Auroville’s media, from stills to streaming.

An unflinching examination of the narrative put forth by the AVFO about Auroville’s history, and how it diverges from the true history and spiritual basis.

A broad envisioning of Auroville in relation to its spiritual basis and the practice of spirituality in action through karma yoga.

Auroville has long been envisioned as a living laboratory of human unity, a space where individual and collective consciousness can evolve in harmony with the Divine. Yet, even here, the pressures of aspiration and the friction of authority reveal themselves in subtle but persistent ways.

An exploration of the field of Auroville, village life and gender, the EcoFemme initiative, and the current conflict.

A commentary on the Mother’s statement in which she explains the Ashram’s prohibition of politics, and how that relates to the Divine protection and the new creation.