content (Spirituality) Dr Elizabeth Ursic has been visiting Auroville during the month of January as a visiting scholar in residence and hosted an interactive session on Friday 13th January at the Sri Aurobindo Centre for Studies, Bharat Nivas on the Divine Feminine. During this session, Elizabeth shared her latest research describing 3 Christian communities in the USA that have adopted a contemporary approach to prayer and worship by bringing the feminine to the forefront, sometimes generating controversy among the more conservative members of their faith.
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Saturday, 14 January 2012 (Arts & Culture) Al settimo viaggio in India Paolo e Ludovica ci raccontano sia la loro storia personale che professionale legata al guppo musicale Nuove Tribu Zulu. Artisti da oltre vent'anni continuano il loro percorso interiore e musicale girando il mondo esplorando diverse culture e nuovi paesaggi sonori. NTZ hanno prodotto tre cd ed il quarto uscira' in Italia a marzo. Nuove Tribu Zulu hanno lavorato con i Rom nei loro campi nomadi, con babini nel Sud Africa ed altre situazioni di disagio sociale tra cui, Scampia, nel napoletano.
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Saturday, 24 December 2011 (City Life) Speaking with M.Sundaram Amudha the Indian women circle founder in Auroville. She works for women development and improvement since 10 years ago in the Auroville bio-region She tries to help women improve their situation and position in the society by educating them and informing them of their power and abilities in their personal life and society. She talks about her experience how she started her activities. Also the way Indian women responded to her initiative, her difficulties, the issues she works on, and her achievement in all these years
Friday, 04 November 2011 (Arts & Culture) Les sculptures cassées, les papillons, Satprem, la solar kitchen, les cellules imaginales, la mutation, le son, la joie, le progrès, le chaos... Pouvons- nous participer consciemment à notre propre mutation. D'après Satprem: "Le poisson ne pouvait pas imaginer le reptile, ni le singe l'homme. Sans doute ne pouvons-nous pas non plus définir rationellement l'après-homme." Rencontre avec Marie-Claire et Chloé, autour du projet 'Mutation in Progress' exposé en ce moment à la Gallery Square Circle de Kalakendra, jusqu'au 16 octobre 2011.
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Thursday, 06 October 2011 (Arts & Culture) Et voici un son provenant directement des coulisses du spectacle "mutation in progress"... Il y a avait Ana la danseuse, enceinte de 7 mois, suspendue dans les airs par un long drap au beau milieu d'une salle circulaire. Aussi tout autour, des sculptures lumineuses flottants dans les airs, rappelant le passage de la chenille au papillon. Les chuchotements c'est nous, Marie Claire (sculpture), Christoph (vidéo) et moi (son) face à un petit problème technique... Après la performance une jeune journaliste en herbe nous a dérobé le micro...
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Thursday, 06 October 2011 (News) "May Goddess Saraswati, fair as the moon, with pure white garland, in radiant white, on whose arm rests the veena, throned on a white lotus, may She protect me, remove my lethargy, sluggishness, and ignorance." Mia Berden, 97, of AVI Netherlands and Stichting de Zaaier, will soon transit into the Light; with full trust in the Mother she sends greetings to all. Doctor Tatiana, 47, left her body yesterday about 6 pm in a road accident cycling home after duty in Kailash Clinic. Love and support to Tatiana's husband Dr. Igor and their children.
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Wednesday, 05 October 2011 (Arts & Culture) Dans ce reportage, Véronique Jannot nous invite à partir en voyage au Tibet où elle nous fait découvrir les Dakinis. Ces femmes réprésentent la sagesse féminine dans le bouddhisme tibétain, sont les détentrices de l'éducation aussi bien que les compagnes des lamas. Lors de la présentation de son film 'Dakinis, le féminin de la sagesse', Jannot témoigne de la façon dont elle a été acceuilli au Tibet et de ses expériences avec les femmes qu'elle a rencontré. Au même temps, elle fait un doux plaidoyer pour la féminité.
Thursday, 22 September 2011 (Health) Dr.Shanu from the Auroville Health Center addressed a group of trainee caregivers at Life Education Center and shed light on pain related to Cancer. In her talk, she elaborated on the multi-dimensional aspects of the "total pain" a Cancer patient undergoes and the factors contributing to pain and relief of suffering. Palliative care, an approach that improves the quality of life of patients facing the illness and treatments used to alleviate the side effects of curative treatments such as chemotherapy was discussed in brief.
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Monday, 19 September 2011 (Arts & Culture) Play within the play, multiple layer story about certain women's issues that are swept under the carpet for very long. Naga Mandala or "Questioning" , is the adaptation of Girish Karnad story about king cobra with magical powers. Young and naive wife of indifferent husband is growing her awareness with the help of the blind wise woman and king cobra. Story could have different turns, and different endings, all is up on who is telling the story, and yet here Rani (young wife) got her last word with the help of the excited audience.
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Sunday, 14 August 2011 (News) The news today features an interview with Christoph, on the coming annual film festival and 'Datenstrudel,' a 24-hour video recently executed by Jorn Hintzer and Jakob Hufner in Berlin, idea and by Mark Formanek.; check standard-time.com. Announcements include NAGA-MANDALA, a play about Love, Honor, Betrayal, Sacrifice, Magic and Foolishness to be played next weekend.. . Also Silambattan (the ancient Tamil stick-fighting martial art) classes for children aged 14 and younger.
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Monday, 08 August 2011 (News) Solitude Farm would like to invites us for their MANGO day at Solitude on Saturday. A nice selection of organic mangos will be starting to get ripe by then and so we can make our pick. On Saturday there will be also a tour of the farm starting at 11am and after it lunch . At 9am, also this Saturday there will be the first of a number of informal training sessions that will take place on Saturdays covering their work in natural farming and permaculture, hoping to inspire people to get involved with Auroville farms or start their own gardens. This year their natural farming red rice, non-tilled and direct sown without the use of any machine, achieved a yield that was close to a good normal yield by conventional organic farming. The Tibetan Doctor will be visiting us on Saturday the 25th of June, For appointments call Kalsang at 2622401. The consultation will take place at Pavilion of Tibetan Culture at International zone.
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Tuesday, 21 June 2011 (Arts & Culture) We had a rare opportunity to interview Kalki, main actress in new and unique Tamil film , done by two women - director Vijaya Padma and producer ‘Punnagai Poo' Geetha. This film brings on screen the feelings of the third sex in a realistic way. As Kalki says Love is the thing that connect us all, and for any individual the most important factor is to accept oneself, and embrace with love. During her living in Auroville she felt lots of love, and it has been a life school to her in many ways.
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Monday, 20 June 2011 (News) Today's news offers an excerpt from an interview with Yahalom of AurovilleRadio talking a bit about his perception of Auroville and the relevance of the radio. Also hear a small excerpt of Sufi music from a recent concert of Latif Boulat and Parvathy Baul. Plus an opportunity for an important work in Auroville: collaborators sought to develop new ways to design buildings and open spaces in Auroville. Both the entire interview with Yahalom and the concert can be heard later this week.
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Monday, 02 May 2011 (Arts & Culture) It felt like the spirit of the Divine had investigated the Sri Aurobindo's Auditorium at Bharat Nivas while Latif Bolat and Parvathy Baul sang and read mystic poetry during their common concert on Saturday April 30th evening. The Sufi Scholar and Musician ended his stay at Auroville offering some talks on the history of the Sufism journey, reading contemporary poems and playing some of his compositions. To finish his play, Latif Bolat chose a song based on the "Hiroshima Poem" reminding that "mysticism is not a dry abstract something out here" but it has been involved in society, social justice and human goodness since always.Read more Monday, 02 May 2011 (Arts & Culture) In magical atmosphere of Krtashraya the Aurodham Gardens, in front of numerous public both Latif and Parvathy took us on a spiritual journey trough music. Parvathy accompanied herself on ektara(one stringed baul instrument), duggi(clay drum) and nupur(anklet), dancing, and we could feel her voice, reaching high pitches, as it is coming from very far, and yet so close to our hearts. "Songs from the Heart Beyond Borders" was the tittle of two concerts Parvathy Baul and Latif Bolat gave to Auroville and Pondicherry audience. We couldn't look for the better conclusion of Latif Bolat visit in Auroville with hist talks and lecture on Sufi poetry,philosophy, art and music, on historical background of Turkey, and on spiritual essence of Islam.
Sunday, 01 May 2011 (Arts & Culture) Almost a hundred kids have been preparing since weeks to be ready for the show on Tamil New Year evening celebration,Thursday 14th of April 2011, at the Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Bharat Nivas, Pavilion of Indian Culture. Nine groups of children presented eleven performances to welcome the coming Tamil "Kara" year. Two devotional songs were song by children from Meera women's group and a live music was prepared by Balu for devotional purposes of the Mother to end the evening. From the backstage, few minutes before starting, performers are giving a glimpse of their presentation for this very special show.
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Wednesday, 20 April 2011 (Arts & Culture) Jacky Mouvillat's acoustic concert took place on Friday evening, April 8th 2011, at Pitanga's Cultural Center. The "Stick Chapman" musician performed with the delightful French singer Anaka and the Tabla Master, Manosh Bardhan. For more than an hour, the trio graciously played, combining the innovative talent of Jacky with the harmony of the Indian Tabla rhythms, offering an elegant fusion-music moment. The occasion offered as well a chance to discover the "Stick Chapman" instrument wideness of sonorities. Captivated by Anaka's charming voice and beauty, the audience was thrilled. Read more Tuesday, 12 April 2011 (Economy) Found in the forests of Auroville are the basis of the products created at Shraddanjali: flowers, leaves, seeds and seedpods. And love and appreciation for the treasures of Nature. Abha, creatrix of Shraddanjali, puts it this way: to showcase the marvelous miracles of Nature so that viewers get a different perspective, an awareness and concern for this planet is the idea, more than selling... she says that's the tiny attempt they do in their work at Shraddanjali. Those who work with her also share and foster the ideal for a win-win situation: that businesses and education on a world level will aspire to make a paradigm change, in recognizing the simplicity and beauty of Nature.
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Monday, 11 April 2011 (City Life) A peaceful gathering with a silent mediation was held at Visitors' Center on Saturday; it continued with some facts about the Indian culture, about safety in the world and in the Auroville bio-region. Auroville Health Service shared about the history of Womens' Safety Task Force, and why it needed to be established in the first place. The movement 'Taking Back the Night' started over thirty years ago to help, mostly women, overcome the escalating violence in the urban area. At present, when almost everything we thought we knew is changing with the speed of light, the pressure on humanity is tremendous. With ignorance fear comes along, and to that we all react in different ways. Expansion of the media, and its availability, with its constant flow of what humans think, serves to increase the fear as well, and out of that many respond with violence.
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Monday, 04 April 2011 (City Life) Take Back the Night is an event organized by Auroville Health Service and Women Safety Task Force for Saturday at 5.15 pm at Visitor Center. Aim of this event is to empower women, and others, who might live now in fear, to talk about it. Questions - Why is this happening? Why we don't talk about it" What can we do about it?...remain unanswered. With the event they would like to break the silence, they would like to start a constructive dialog about the safety issues. Due to increased number of various attacks and harassment in the area many in Auroville and in the villages live in fear. Silent gathering will be followed by some cultural program on topic and by open discussion.
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Thursday, 31 March 2011 (News) Today at noon all over the planet many will join the healing prayer for the water in the nuclear plants in Fukushima. Name of ceremony is :"Let's send our thoughts of love and gratitude to all water in the nuclear plants in Fukushima" and the prayer, recited with open heart and love is :"The water of Fukushima Nuclear Plant, we are sorry to make you suffer. Please forgive us. We thank you, and we love you."IN today's news we feature also an excerpt of interview with Rani and Irene about the event Take Back the Night on Saturday at 5.15 pm at Visitor Center
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Thursday, 31 March 2011 (Economy) The difference is in attitude, and to run a successful business or work unit in Auroville, takes much more than just a skillful business plan of action. When you aspire for perfection, it is important to consider the people you work with. Twenty five ladies forms the expertly trained workforce of Naturellement, a unit which produces a wide variety of natural/organic fine foods; everything from Indian pickles to western style breakfast cereals. The surplus of organic fruit grown in Auroville goes into their jams, marmalades and syrups. In over twenty years of existence, always striving for excellence, the results are obvious. We know them by their Naturellement label, by the taste of their delicious products...it starts with selecting the best ingredients, followed by high standards of hygiene. But maybe most important of all is the happy atmosphere among the women, which add the spice of dedication and love!
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Friday, 25 March 2011 (Arts & Culture) For the third time in this year we had a chance to admire many Auroville performing artists at Kalabhumi in the Open Stage Cabaret. Some acts were new, some old, some funny, some touched serious issues of life, some were about dance, some were theater...but all were held together by the ever engaging spirit of Jesse, the Master of Ceremonies who brought our laughter almost to the tears. As with everything else in Auroville, the Open stage Cabaret, organized and prepared by the Auroville Performing Artist group, is evolving and progressing. Each Cabaret is in better shape, and you can always feel it is done with a lot of enthusiasm and heart.Read more Tuesday, 22 March 2011 (Arts & Culture) Last weekend the Auroville Choir performed a concert of Celtic songs at Pitanga to a packed house both Saturday and Sunday. The surprise in this particular concert was the finale; Anandi, choir member and daughter of Nuria and Joan, had composed the music for a poem by Wordsworth: romantic lyrics set to romantic, haunting music.In the very air of Pitanga was excitement as the choir members readied themselves to express the joy of singing for an audience, after much work, much practice and repetition under the skillful hands of conductor Nuria.Read more Monday, 21 March 2011 (City Life) In this interview we speak with Marti, an Aurovillian who shares her views on what makes a community work. She speaks about climate change and the drastic challenges we're to face; and, how Auroville as a community is in a unique and inspiring position to help create solutions to some of the most pressing world problems. She offers insightful commentary on the complexity and beauty of living in a sustainable community. Her life experience with community has prepared her for the international political realm, where she works with the United Nations, UNESCO, and the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) as a voice for sustainable communities.
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Friday, 18 March 2011 (Arts & Culture) Femme rayonnante au grand cœur, Véronique Jannot choisit résolument le bonheur: sourire en toutes circonstances est sa manière à elle de nourrir cette "graine d'éveil présente en chacun de nous,” et de transformer les épreuves, tremplins d'évolution. Profondément engagée pour la cause tibétaine, elle écrit et réalise seule son premier documentaire consacrée à ce principe féminin intangible et puissant, que les tibétains appelle « Dakini ». Pour sa seconde visite à Auroville, elle est donc venue présenter « DAKINIS, le féminin de la sagesse »: une série de portraits de femmes extraordinaires d'orient et d'occident. L'occasion de la rencontrer à son hôtel et de l'interroger sur la création de son film, le rôle de la femme aujourd'hui, sa perception d' Auroville et sur son chemin personnel vers une spiritualité libre et vivante....Interview illustré par la musique du documentaire.
Friday, 11 March 2011 (News) Dear Women, Girls of Auroville and all around the globe - Happy Women's Day! Exactly 100 years ago Suffragettes campaigned for women's right to vote, and since then that day is celebrated all over in bigger or lesser degree to that extend that some countries have a public holiday on that day. Here in Auroville we will celebrate it by dr. Tatiana, a gynecologist, who joined Kailash Clinic Team. She's offering her service from today onward on Tuesdays and Saturdays afternoon between 2 to 5 pm at Kailash Clinic. AVHS with Women's Safety Task Force will organize "Take Back the Nights” candlelit march for human rights to live, work and move in peace at all times.
Tuesday, 08 March 2011 (News) The news today features an interview with the Exceutive Director of Samarthyam Anjlee Agarwal and Susmita, talking about the importance of Auroville's accessibility for differently abled people, for everyone in whatever condition in which they may happen to be. Also the passing into the Light of Lucia
who left her body last Friday 25th February after a road incident while returning from Rameshwaram with a group of friends. A reminder: today begins the 3-day Film Festival-Indian Panorama at Bharat Nivas, today through Sunday...for detailed information please refer to yesterday's news and/or to Auronet. And finally a call for caregivers, who are needed for Hospice work (end of life care), as well as for assisting persons recovering from illness, injury, surgery or simply elderly.
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Friday, 04 March 2011 (Spirituality) The Rainbow Bridge - Sri Aurobindo's Savitri as a mantra for transformation. Under this title the second Dr. M.V. Nadkarni Memorial Lecture was given by Sonia Dyne at Savitri Bhavan on February 20, 2011. Sonia was associated with Dr. Nadkarni at the Sri Aurobindo Centre in Singpore during the time when he was teaching at the Univeristy there. In her clear voice and perfect English, she shared illuminating insights about Sri Aurobindo's poem and its significance for us, as a Rainbow Bridge that can carry us from our present state towards our higher goal. Read more Monday, 21 February 2011 (Arts & Culture) Saturday night, under the full moon, Visitor Centre, public just in the right mood... Anna's voice, and heart with the music of the evening, with excellent Mishko, Suresh, Pierre, Edo, Divin brought memories, brought music of some time ago, but still with a powerful presence. We heard some "classic” songs from seventies, eighties and nineties. It didn't take long for, at the beginning few and soon followed by almost everybody, to response the call of rock, blues, r&b, smooth jazz... to move, rock... Three songs written by Anna, and arranged by Maurizio, Pierre and Edo were dedicated to recently passed Maurizio. It was a night of special feelings, warmth, and sharing. Read more Sunday, 20 February 2011 |
