For next few days members of Governing board and International Advisory Council members are having an annual meeting, and in today's news we feature interview Andrea made with Eric, one of the members of Working Committee. Today is the Gathering of Residents at Kalbhumi at 5pm, all residents warmly invited. Bboys, Mohanam Sound Crew and Auroville Institute of Applied Technology students perform today at 5.30pm at Ghandi Statue, at 8.30pm at Aurodhan Gallery in Pondicherry. On Saturday HIBISCUS ART VILLAGE present s “MAGICK MAPS” by Miron Mihei Read more

In this short interview, Luigi of CIRHU shares with Andrea the meaning and purpose of the first official visit of the representatives of the Sri Aurobindo Society to Auroville today. In the context of Supreme Court's judgment of 1982 ruling that Auroville is neither a religious society nor a property of Sri Aurobindo Society, in some ways today's meeting is an attempt towards a new beginning, a positive change in outlook on both sides and hope of more goodwill flowing in. Read more

Within a short visit of Engineers Without Borders from Australia Elvira introduced to them governance and working groups as a part of evolving process which should lead us to the Divine Anarchy, as The Mother named it. Elvira shortly presented history, and how the number of residents invoked the need for more formal governance in the form of a delegate system in order to interact with outer world and Indian Government. Changing process of governance is a slow one because in basically a process of changing ourselves.

In today news we feature short interview with Gilles about Town Development Council which was recognized and is supported by district authority of Villupuram as a legal body of of the Auroville Fundation. Governing Board empowered L'Avenir d'Auroville to be Town Development Council, and in the area of master plan all have to follow its guidance and rules for the development, but those does not apply in the nearby villages. This morning a new stretch of crown road toward Vikas was open. Read more