Bala Baskar, a new secretary of Auroville Fundation is back in the town, and in today's news we feature phone interview with Srinivasmurty (financial administrative officer). Full moon, International Women's Day and a Holi, and also a Holi Tango are the key themes of the day. Women will gather at Connecting Girls at Pavilion of Tibetan Pavilion in International Zone, and Stella interviewed Jorge about Holi Tango, and we feature short excerpt in today's news; the full interview on tango will be published on our site. Read more

Yemadas, as we enjoyed it for the last three months, will have two "last " concerts - tonight at 6pm at Svaram, and tomorrow at 8pm at Windarra Farm the concert around the sacred fire, and we spoke with Tiago about it. Fif shares with us invitation to tomorrow's Connecting Girls celebrations at Pavilion of Tibetan Culture in International Zone at 5pm at the occasion of International Women's Day, and Anna brought some excitement and Rock Love to our studio with announcement to her concert on Saturday 10th at 8pm at Visitor Centre. Read more

For two days we will have a grace to been in the company of the theater that puts the audience on center stage - Shadow Liberation. Evan Hastings, artistic director and four actors, students of Srishti School of of Art, Design and Technology in Bangalore shared with us some thoughts on oppression toward gender. With the interactive play they would like to bring awareness on issues of violence, and find out how can social media be used to leverage dialog on the topic, which according to United Nations did overgrown to epidemic proportions. Read more

Building and maintaining a healthy voice, creating consciousness for the spoken word, strengthen the body and voice, enhancing communication skills - this is what Vocal Yoga is all about. In Acceptance, one of the Auroville Communities, international Vocal Yoga experts exchange their knowledge, do vocal research and share their knowledge by giving classes. Listen to the experts Clare (US), Caroline (F), Simone (IT) and Helene (RU) and to the different exercises recorded in French, Russian, Italian and English. Read more

On Sunday 26th at 19:30 in Auditorium of Bharat Nivas, Savitri Maya and Grace Gitadelila performed in the show "Nirantara Samarpanam". The performance is about the story of the Kolam through dance and multimedia with rhythmic music and Mantra. During the dance a video was projected on a huge screen. The sound Cymatic film projection was by Danny Becher. Sasikanth Somu provided Multimedia/ Videography. Costumes, light and set design by Grace Gitadelila with help of Sasikanth Somu and Jean Legrand. Read more

A large cultural event, "Tantidhatri International Women's Performing Arts Festival" is taking place in Auroville and Pondicherry from 11th to 15th March 2012. Twenty of renowned artists and directors from all over the world are visiting here and performing in several venues. Besides their stage performance, they are offering some workshops & talks. It is free for Aurovilians and Ashramites. Women and men, both are welcome. For further details, you can access the blog: tantidhatrifestival.blogspot.in/ Read more

On Sunday 4th of March at 5pm at the Untiy Pavilion in International Zone we're invited by Anadi to her poetry book presentation. Una tarde con amigos - mate, tanog y dulce de leche, as Anandi says in our interview. Rebbeca talks with Beddy and Christine on Tantidhatri - a International Women's Performing Arts Festival, and we feature an excerpt of that interview. Talks, workshops, cultural events,openings of exhibitions, music, Bulgarian dinner and many very good films will prevail this weekend. Read more

Auroville Bakery and new extensions on which Jorren talks with Elumalai about it. In today's news we also feature interview with Emmanuele on his 4th issue of The Salt of Life free hand over comic magazine in which he reflects on virtuous sadhak in the context of aftermath of cyclone. At Pavilion of Tibetan Culture in International Zone Antonia Duende will open on 3rd of March at 5pm the exhibition of "Glagolitic Traces" with musical offering by Nikolai, Marina and Aurelio. At Bharat Nivas on 5th Bulgarian Cross-Culture Concert. Read more

Hear an excerpt of an interview with Aurevan on the coming Tango Festival in Auroville; hear it in its entirety in the coming week. Bulgaria, Land as a Single Human Palm; a multimedia event 5 pm March 6 Unity Pavilion. Interactive Theatre by New Yorker Evan Hastings Tuesday March 6 at 7:30pm, Sri Aurobindo Auditorium. International Women’s Day Celebration: Empowering Women around the World: March 8th, 5 pm Pavillion of Tibetan Culture. Georges Van Vrekhem talk: 'True philosophy: the Philosopher and the Yogi' 3 March at 5pm Savitri Bhavan. Read more

No surprise that the performance at Arka starring Heather Lee and Kim Cunio for the second time was absolutely magnificent. Kim began by divulging the extraordinary life of Hildegard of Bingen which surprisingly exposed the origins of tithing, it's Christian mandate and her incredible donation of self as an anchorite; a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion. In brief, the audience was delivered a history lesson about the concept of giving. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

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

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. Read more

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... Read more

"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. Read more

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.

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. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

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

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.

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. Read more

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

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. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more