Auroville Witness

An interview on the current situation, how Auroville is governed, persons as the core, the past and future.

An interview on the current governance with a married couple who have lived in Auroville for over forty years.

A wide-ranging set of reflections on the history of Auroville from its founding to today’s difficulties.

Timothé Reuter is a 25 year old French man who came to Auroville in the context of community service with the Pavillon de France. He speaks of how Auroville welcomes you and pushes you to rediscover spirituality, patience, and meaning.

A volunteer whose family is from the Chennai area travels to Germany, learns first-hand about cultural differences with India, and is dedicated to empowering people.

In this piece Satprem Maini speaks of how he came to Auroville and his 36 years of life engaging in pioneering architectural work there and throughout India.

The story of a French man coming to Auroville in the 1970s whose experiences with its governance in the following decade after the Mother passed gives him hope.

On 17 April, long-term Aurovilian Frederick Schulze Buxloh was informed that his application for visa extension had been denied. The decision sparked widespread concern, leading to a petition addressed to Indian authorities that garnered over 4000 signatures.

The founder of a 25-year-old Auroville farm explores the effects of a new VIP road planned across the farmland.  Uncertainty about the road and the future of the farm has affected food growing activities and how it is leading to a new vision for the new reality.

A lyrical account from a caretaker of Pitchandikulam Forest, a center of restoration ecology, education, and community outreach.