content (Arts & Culture) To celebrate life and overcoming cyclone was the keynote of Lively Up Your Earth eco music Festival in Solitude Farm on Saturday 28th of January. With Cyclone Blue we went down the memory lane into early 70ies, by evergreen rock songs well played and sung by amazing olny 13 years old Danny, who joined his father Amando and Matt. And it is something in known that made us at ease, so Cyclone Blue hit the dancing strings in audience and enthusiastic share of encouragement. To Joel and his team we are grateful for excellent sound.
Friday, 03 February 2012 (News) Almost after 2 weeks of cyclone the "temperature" in town is optimistic with new brighter looks on the future, and healthy humor clearly shows how much alive we all still are. So, Jesse - in today's news we feature interview with him - invites us tomorrow at 7.30 at Visitor Center to a Hurricane Theatre Sports, Improvised Theatre Games on the topic of the Hurricane. Also Tomorrow at 5pm at White Hall, Bharat Nivas, Sri Aurobindo Centre for Studies India and the World invites us to a dr. Elisabeth Ursic presentation on the Divine Feminine
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Thursday, 12 January 2012 (Education) The Auroville community have joint together to work in the cleaning up of public spaces after the stroke of the Thane Cyclone.
In Isai Ambalam School kids have been working with teachers and parents to improve roads and general conditions of gardens and buildings.
The Volunteer Desk, located in the reception of the Town Hall, is offering the possibility to guests and Aurovilians to work together reverting the impacts left by the cyclone. The schools in Auroville are supposed to open on Monday the 9th of January.
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Tuesday, 03 January 2012 (Arts & Culture) One day before the cyclone Thane, on the 29th of December 2011, the Italian musicians Ludovica and Paolo offered a music workshop in the Life Education Centre of Auroville, teaching Tamil girls how to express themselves through sound and rhythm.
During this rainy morning the LEC girls enjoy the flavour of gypsy music performed by Ludovica and Paolo, sang African songs of joy, learned to play different instruments, to make sound with their own bodies, while dancing and laughing with the diversity of activities developed during the workshop.
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Tuesday, 03 January 2012 (Education) In an interesting interview with Kalvi and Kathy with the background of open house at Thamari community centre at Edayanchavadi we can hear inspiring story about the center, which it became very important for the village children. "Flowering of potential for all" is their red thread, and center is trying to be a safe space for children of all ages last seven years. For the open house children prepared many things, from exhibition of their work trough the year, magic show, and launching of a bilingual book "Blooming Thamarai" .
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Monday, 26 December 2011 (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 (Environment) On Sunday 18th of December Thamari Center in Edayanchavdi Village will open its doors for 10am onward with a lively evening program at 6.30 pm on the rooftop. At Thamari Centre 24 children play in the morning and around 40 children of different ages participate in the after school program. In the Healing Center they will also launch a bilingual book "Blooming Thamarai" , photographic representation of the artistic and self discovery of children trough the project of doll making, Krupa was exploring body image and identity of children with it.
Wednesday, 14 December 2011 (City Life) This video it's the last production of Doris and Francis and they interviewed residents of Auroville grown up in the "City of Dawn". Here the text taken from Vimeo introducing the video: " Living in a community dedicated to Human Unity, based on the teachings of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, is a very challenging experience. The story of children who were born in Auroville or came here in an early age, grew up here and went out to further their education and decided to come back to Auroville. Their stories, their concerns and their dreams. "
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Tuesday, 06 December 2011 (Arts & Culture) This is a following episode of aliens.... In this one the Alien and Desmond meet Antonio. And as they predicted, Antonio is also preparing for the Alien invasion in Auroville. At Desmond's house they all figure out something dangerous... and to get prepared they all go to some car compound to make some aircrafts. Then suddenly something happens... Desmond goes away, and nobody can find him. What will happen?...
Saturday, 15 October 2011 (News) Youth Centre team announced, after few months of keeping it low, Ratbags Day of Fun&Action for this Saturday 8th of October. Children and youth of all ages are invited to come, share and celebrate that day with them in many different activities, games, pony rides...surprises. We feature short interview with Manolo about it. AV Security Service, Working Committee and AV Council informs us that the Tamil Nadu Panchayat Elections will be held on 17th and 19th of October. To avoid unwanted incidents we should not have loud music, night parties
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Thursday, 06 October 2011 (Arts & Culture) A radio drama in which we can peek into a life of Desmond. One Day Desmond comes from a walk, and finds out that there is an alien in his house. Desmond needs to stay with him. Where the alien is from, and what they were doing with Desmond , who they meet on the road... In this episode the alien and Desmond figure out that another alien invasion is going to come.. they must save Auroville from the invasion.. what will they do?
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Thursday, 06 October 2011 (Arts & Culture) "The third and final discussion on Live AurovilleRadio from the Auroville Film Festival action station was concluded yesterday. The participants were Uriel, Rakhal, Sagarika, Priyadharshni, Graham and Danbe. And I got to moderated it. While Graham, Uriel, and Rakhal were film making instructors, Danbe, Sagu and Priya were participants in film making workshops. I tried to get a common definition for the topic that all participants including the younger members could understand and be comfortable with.
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Monday, 03 October 2011 (News) Mari is back and the news todays feature an important subject: the garbage situation at the Puducherry Municipality Waste and its impact in Auroville and surround villages life. Frederick, representing a group of people that are engaged in this matter, shares with us what they are doing and the urgent actions that the community can take to solve this issue. On announcements we have information to all ages: General Meeting and Youth Center fair changes of time, Accessible Auroville new service and Living Routes opportunity to young Aurovilians
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Friday, 23 September 2011 (Arts & Culture) C'est l'heure oú les idées toutes faites tombent et se cassent. Plus rien ne reste sous nos têtes. En tombant, les idées toutes faites font détranges bruits, et c'est la fête ! Nous sommes dans un jardin d'enfants ! Tout est un jeu,ne nous prenons plus au sérieux: C'est l'heure de l'inattendu. Nous sommes tous sur le même terrain de jeu. Inspiration: Stage de radio créative offert par Chloé, les textes de Jean Tardieu et M. Druon, Euridyce, Yvelise, Manohar et les chaises grinçantes du cinema Paradiso. Friday, 09 September 2011 (News) Evolution, Religion, and the Unknown God" by Georges Van Vrekhem now published; from Upasana an exhibition Cotton-A Way Forward to be showcased in Nov. 2011; the second edition of the Auroville Triathlon will take place on Sunday 11th at New Creation Sports; White Sails from Arseny: the idea of starting sailing action in Auroville, inspired by past experience, and time spent with a sailing and fencing club The Carabela' in Russia and, lAvenir d'Auroville announces 9 housing projects: 245 units followed by at least 270 more to follow.
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Monday, 05 September 2011 (City Life) In an interview with Dr. Peter Choate, social worker from Canada specializing in child protection, he elucidates on child abuse and the simple yet strongest tool to combat the problem, which is conversation versus secrecy around this topic. This year Dr. Choate and his wife are visiting Auroville for the 4th time, working closely with Child Protection Service and Village Action and an organization in Chennai. Peter is called not only to work for the good of children through education, but also towards the ideals of Auroville.
Thursday, 01 September 2011 (Arts & Culture) New Kalabhumi, not by the spirit but by the new bright colors on the sits, lights, stage, and roof over snack area. And Sunday night 28th of August was a special night for the Brand New Band, since that was the night to say goodby to Noam, who left Auroville. A musically inspired band of young teenagers was great on expressing themselves trough instruments, but for vocals it was obvious that time for rehearsal was too short. It didn't take long for enthusiastic public to rock on evergreen rock close to the stage area.
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Monday, 29 August 2011 (Arts & Culture) Yes, two years are around already, and Auroville Film Festival 2011 is approaching fast. In the interview with Marco and Tlaloc we found out some interesting details about it. Believe it or not, but those who hasn't applied yet still got two solid weeks to do so. At the same time organizers are asking for help in many various forms of volunteering work. Auroville Film Festival is much more than just a bunch of more or less good movies - it is about sharing, educating, being together as community in festive environment dedicated to film.
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Monday, 01 August 2011 (City Life) Transit lounge is a new temporary housing project for newcomers and Aurovillians who are forced to house sit and move from place to place looking for accommodation facilities,thus this project will fulfill their housing needs. This consists of basic dis-mountable houses which will be made from natural materials obtained from local villages environment with compost toilets. However, the houses will cost around a lakh or two,which may be affordable to everyone. In this case the housing problem in Auroville will be solved. "I call upon newcomers and Aurovillians to participate in this enthusiastic project," says Manu. Apparently it is expected that about 30 houses will be built just for the start and more in the future, though there hasn't been much response from both newcomers and Aurovilians.
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Tuesday, 19 July 2011 (City Life) The last meeting for transit lounge of 24th 0f June was basically about the land issue when one Tamil person on the previous one that had taken place on 16thof June claimed that part of the land was his. Manu who is the main man and his team went back and sat on the table to figure out how they were going to deal with issue there fore they decided to go for plan plan B and this was to take up the land opposite Courage. In this interview however Manu and Balagi spoke about how the project will benefit the Aurovilians and newcomers who have a housing situation and the materials that would be used in the construction of the dis-mountable houses further more they talked about how the students(architect interns) will be involved in the project and also that the materials are tested at pondicherry university......
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Monday, 18 July 2011 (News) Hi everybody! This is a special edition of Kidz News straight from Auroville...Huoolow now straight form the sky it the weather. First off the bear are back to Auroville...wait wait...since when are the bears in Auroville??? its because of global warming they are coming from Alaska, and anyways its going to snow in Auroville some day...
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Friday, 24 June 2011 (Arts & Culture) Pierre Villat , a civil engineer by profession but an explorer in mind condenses his feeling & experience about his careful systematic search in the archeological sites in Egypt. A guest in Auroville, he talks Exclusively with AurovilleRadio about the meaning of a beautiful life, Mother & how he has been shaped from his past which he considers as a kind of gift. Our imagination dream and reality's unfixed border & thirsts about Egypt gets more and more interesting from his observation. Enjoy !!! Read more Friday, 20 May 2011 (Arts & Culture) By creating an inclusive environment in which no borders hinder the empowerment of young personalities, Each One Teach One facilitate processes, which illuminates space for self-discovery. With Hip Hop artists and musicians around the world, Anne, Dj Phax and Co., focus on bringing people together by overcoming language barriers and connecting learners through the love and the power of music and dance. People of various ages, social and cultural backgrounds are brought together and given the opportunity to express their passion and talent via a peaceful and inspiring channel. Learning processes are interactive, embracing various personalities and needs, thus encouraging positive vibes for positive development.
Realizing ones own potential and others internal wealth,...
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Tuesday, 17 May 2011 (Education) In the short interviews with parents of children who were visiting Mohanam Cultural Center Kindergarden this year Christine found out which is the main reason for parents to choose this one over traditional schools in the area. On Friday annual performance young children of kidnergarden prepared rich cultural performance about the activities they were working on throughout the year. As usual, parents, friends, neighbors were there loudly encouraging young children to be brave on the stage.
Thursday, 05 May 2011 (News) In today's news we feature short report on yesterdays meeting of L'Avenir d'Auroville on dis-mountable houses proposition. Meeting was held behind Courage community where the actual site of this kind of temporary community should be. Savi proposes A 4-Day Program for Volunteers and Students" from 9th of May until Thursday 12th of MayThis program is free for registered volunteers. They will meet on Monday at 9am at Evergreen entrance. After this program they will have on Thursday 12th of May at Unity Pavilion at 5pm "Volunteers gathering" - an opportunity to share experiences between long and short term volunteers.
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Thursday, 05 May 2011 (News) Tonight the first batch of 26 children is leaving to Auroville Nature Camp - 2011 at Kavunji in Kodaikanal. Which will be between 4th to 12th of . They will leave tonight just after midnight from SAIIER Transport Campus by bus and they will return by bus on 12thMay at 7pm. Some Services and units are closed for a short or longer summer break, and they all advise you to check out the summer timings before you visit them. Tomorrow at 4,30 pm L'AVenir d'Auroville invites all interested at the gate of the Courage community to the 2nd Transit Lounge meeting,to walk to the actual site. Afterwards they will continue the meeting at the Solar kitchen terrace where the talk will be about the site, common infrastructure, number of people willing to commit and any other topics and questions and answers that come up.
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Tuesday, 03 May 2011 (Arts & Culture) It took not more than two notes for all hands to start clapping right after the Brand New Band began playing and singing with the rhythm of "Life is Life" (Opus) at Kalabhumi, on Thursday April 29th. Then Joan Jett (I Love Rock & Roll), Madonna (Express yourself), the Beatles (Can't Buy Me Love), The Doors and many more, through their musics were part of the evening as sung by Angeli, Victoria, Anandi, Stav, Jana and Noe.
Drums: Saga, Arthur; Piano: Anandi, Krisna; Flute: Yunsung; Clarinet: Manu; Guitar: Saga, Noe, Arthur; Bass: Isa, Saga; Sound: Fabien; Lights: Mahi; Vocals: Angeli, Victoria, Anandi, Stav, Noe and Jana.
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Friday, 29 April 2011 (News) Featured today is an excerpt from last Thursday's concert by the Brand New Band that played at Kalabhumi to an enthusiastic audience. All the music can be heard on aurovilleradio as of this afternoon. Announcements include the Auroville Football Club's tournament Saturday at Aurodam football field; at Sri Ma Pizza gratis/ potuck on the beach, also on Sunday Hibiscus Art Village Project presents Pink Floyd in Concert London,1994 plus dancing to the dj expertise of Jessie. And finally, five points from l'Avenir d'Auroville to International Advisory Council.
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Friday, 29 April 2011 (Education) Younger children of Deepanam School prepared for the end of the year their own unique presentation of their project works. The youngest ones were visiting Matrimandir, while elder were researching their own social and biological environment and others were busy by visiting services and work units of Auroville. Presentation was for their school friends, holders or representatives of units and services they visited and for teachers.
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Friday, 29 April 2011 (News) In Auroville tonight we can listen to a third lecture of known Sufi scholar and musician Latif Bolat, who is visiting and giving lectures with sufi music, at SAWCHU at 7.30 pm Bharat Nivas, Pavilion of Indian Culture. And for music lovers of contemporary and pop music Brand New Brand prepared at 8pm at Kalabhumi annual concert. Hibiscus Art Village Project presents on Sunday 1st May at 7 pm in Svedame: Pink Floyd in Concert , followed by Special dinner and screening of Film of live concert PINK FLOYD: "The dark side of the Moon"- P.U.L.S.E 1994 London and after....after at 9pm we are all invited to dance with Jessy....
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