Issue No. 417, April 2024

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Town Planning

UTSAV, a mixed use experimental building complex

Roadside view of UTSAVIn November 2019, Auroville Today introduced UTSAV (meaning ‘Celebration’), a combined commercial and residential project which aimed to bring new energy on a major Radial of the Industrial Zone. Now that phase 1A has been comple Read more >>

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Commercial Units

Svaram’s new milestone

From left: Shankar, Karthik and AurelioOn 29th February, Svaram inaugurated its new Sound Garden at the allocated 2-acre ...

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Town Planning

Bhavya on the urban design relevance of Auroville

In February, the Pavilion of Tibetan Culture hosted a double exhibition: Bhavyo’s paintings of the icy peaks of the Himal ...

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Youth

A snapshot of our working youth: a YouthLink survey

Break-up of respondents by high school education. Several respondents attended multiple high schools, so 51 individuals y ...

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Celebrations

The Auroville Underground Music festival

This year’s AUM (Auroville Underground Music) Festival, organised by Youth Center, YouthLink and Svaram on March 16 and 1 ...

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Crafts Mela

A tapestry of tradition, creativity and learning: the enchantment of the Endangered Craft Mela

Wood carvingIn the heart of Auroville’s The Learning Community’s (TLC) base camp, where the gentle whispers of the wind w ...

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Celebrations

AVAG’s Women’s Day

Auroville Village Action’s Women’s Day inspires inclusionImagine a scene bursting with vibrant energy, a gathering of ove ...

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Opinion

A modest proposal

I’m not the most observant of mortals, but even I have noticed, over the past couple of years, that two different worlds ...

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Passings

Passings: Josette Tardivel; Christel Quévreux; Lorraine Freeman

Josette TardivelJosette, who had been living in Surrender community, passed away on March 17th. She had recently celebrat ...

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In Brief

News in Brief

Remembering The Mother’s first arrival in PondicherryOn Friday, 29.3.2024, the date of The Mother’s first arrival in Pond ...

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