Auroville Witness

Two poems and two narratives that evoke the inner and outer experience of Auroville, as we sail “towards what splendid shore?”

How support naturally arises when people are connected through a deep bond.

Auroville is being strangled by the institution designed to protect it. Auroville’s crisis is not just a local administrative failure; it’s a warning about institutional vulnerability everywhere. When appointed administrators can dismantle democratic structures, weaponize bureaucracy against residents and silence dissent with impunity, it raises urgent questions about institutional integrity worldwide. India’s handling of Auroville’s situation will have significant implications far beyond Tamil Nadu.

A fable about what happened when serious-looking people arrived in an idyllic spot where people from different lands lived together in harmony.

Why does someone give themselves to a spiritual goal and purpose? What does it look like internally as well as externally?

A response from a resident after a peaceful gathering in 2023 at the town hall was falsely accused of “being violent.”

How the arts took shape in Auroville over the years, and the restrictions being imposed upon them today.

An unsparing declaration of how the Governing Board’s groups contravene Auroville’s principles and spirit.

The central long-running journal of in-depth reporting from Auroville describes a new administration media policy which indicated that Auroville Today going forward would be told what they can and cannot publish.

A meditative poem exploring the Power within Nature.