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A note to those concerned with Auroville and Auroville International
by Rod Hemsell AT PRESENT THE SITUATION THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPING SINCE LAST DECEMBER HAS REACHED A POINT OF CRISIS DIFFICULT FOR MANY TO COMPREHEND. The government appointed administration (AVFO) has taken over virtually the entire administrative structure of...
Freezing of City Services budget: Update from the BCC
Dear Auroville Community, Our team has been dedicated to serving Auroville by administering funds for our community services. We have been in charge of collecting income, and disbursing budgets and Maintenances. Many of us were BCC members throughout the Covid...
Reports to GB from RA selected groups
Dear Residents, Below is a communication with related attachments that has been sent to the Governing Board, copy to the IAC.With best wishes, Your Working CommitteeAravinda, Bharathy, Chali, Hemant, Mael, Sauro, Valli Sub: Next meeting of the Governing Board To...
TDC letter to Dr Seetharaman
Dear Dr. G. Seetharaman, The allegations made by you on 12th July of residents obstructing so-called 'government works' are not based on the reality of what took place, or the relevant legal frameworks. As members of the Town Development Council (TDC) selected and...
Joint letter from WCom, FAMC and Council sent to Land Board
Dear Community, We share with you a joint letter from WCom, FAMC and Council sent to Land Board on July 4th, regarding an irregular Office Order issued by the office of the Secretary. Kind regards,Auroville Council ______________________________________________ Dear...
Duly appointed RA groups and services
By AV Council (AVC) , 28 Jun 2022 / 01:27 pm Dear Community, We are all shocked by the continued and aggressive attempts at appropriating many of Auroville's executive and managerial positions, including the memberships of some of our groups (eg: WCom, ATDC, FAMC,...
Genesis of the Auroville Foundation Act
Genesis of the Auroville Foundation Act Talk by Alain Bernard on January 2010 This talk tells the story of the genesis of a very important event for Auroville as this Act, voted by the Indian Parliament in 1988, gave a legal status to Auroville. It is still the basis...
The Charter of Auroville
AUROVILLE CHARTER Auroville belongs to nobody in particular. Auroville belongs to humanity as a whole. But to live in Auroville, one must be a willing servitor of the Divine Consciousness. Auroville will be the place of an unending education, of constant progress, and...
Competing Narratives
COMPETING NARRATIVES by Rod Hemsell There is a popular pattern of critical thinking in philosophy today, initiated especially by French intellectuals in the 1970s, that reduces all points of view expressed publicly through language to “narratives” determined primarily...
Standing Orders and Office Orders
Standing orders are usually seen to be used in Banks and Post Offices in the Indian Union, and usually have something to do with money. In the Auroville context, even though the name is highly irregular, a Standing Order may be seen as an Administrative Order. An...
Update on investigation into AV communication channels
In the last month, the Secretariat of the Auroville Foundation (AVFO) took administrative control of most of the Auroville communication channels (Auronet, Massbulletin, the Compat forum* and Auroville email services), citing a “police complaint” based on claims of...
Stop the need for court cases
Yes, please stop the need for court cases by Jasmin on June 22, 2022 To the urgent pleas to stop the court cases (which as we all know are a drain on the community on many levels): This is what the vast, overwhelming majority of us all would wish for, including those...
Grievance Cell
On 16th June, the ex-Working Committe & self-appointed ‘interim members’ (ex-WCom)announced to the community that a ‘Grievance Cell’ was being created in order to respond to “several unofficial complaints from the silent majority of Auroville residents [that]...
A grievance from R.
This letter was adressed by a long term Aurovilian to the group of Aurovilians and non Aurovilians who are trying to take over Auroville. They have informed the community of the opening of a grievance cell that is supposed to collect the grievance of those who are...
From the Working Committee, update June 14th 2022
Update from the Bona Fide Working Committee of the Residents Assembly adressed to the Community on June 14th 2022: Dear friends, We want to update you on a few on-going topics. 1. Regular meetings of Auroville Council, FAMC and Working Committee continue The Working...
Auroville Council to the Community June 14th 2022
Following the attempt of take over by the Secretary of the Governing Board of the FAMC and ATDC by nominating her own members thus bypassing all Auroville due processes, the Auroville Council has sent a clarification to the Community. Clarification regarding...
Clarification regarding questionable appointments of FAMC and ATDC by the office of the Secretary
Clarification regarding questionable appointments of FAMC and ATDC by the office of the Secretary BY the Workibg Committee and the Auroville Council Dear Community, We know that the situation in Auroville is very confusing at the moment. The developments of recent...
A grievance from A.
This letter was adressed by a long term Aurovilian to the group of Aurovilians and non Aurovilians who are trying to take over Auroville. They have informed the community of the opening of a grievance cell that is supposed to collect the grievance of those who are...
A Meeting for Unity
While the group of Aurovilians (supported by the Secretary of the Governing Board) are spreading on medias and in Auroville false narratives aiming at division and fear among the community, a group of Tamil Aurovilians has organised a gathering inviting the whole...
A writ petition by the Working Committee
A writ petition* was filled by the Working Committee of Residents Assembly represented by Hemant L. member of the bona fide Working Committee of the Residents assembly today 13th June 2022 at High Court in Chennai. Our prayer to the honorable High Court is to forbear...
On Auroville emails situation
Email situation in Auroville By Auroville Council (AVC)* , 08 Jun 2022 / 01:22 pm [*The Auroville Council is the working group mandated by the Residents Assdembly to maintain and harmonize the various mandates of the working groups of Auroville and to see that the...
Clarification on WC and RoR by the Auroville Council
Auronet (https://auroville.org.in)Clarification on Working Committe and Register of Residents By Auroville Council (AVC)* , 08 Jun 2022 / 01:24 pm[*The Auroville Council is the working group mandated by the Residents Assdembly to maintain and harmonize the various...
Working Committee letter to Secretary on visas
A letter has been sent on June 7th 2022 by the bona fide Working Committee of the Resident assembly to the secretary of the Governing Board in response to the misleading reports made recently by the Office of the Secretary in regards to visas. This letter has been...
Auroville takeover
Rod made a compilation of his articles about the 'Government Takeover" which he thinks is The Case, stated in the postscript paragraph, which can and must qualify for a high court judgment. "This event is a "political takeover" by the GOI, using the same Act set up by...
Update from the Working Committee, June 3rd 2022
Following the different concerning and alarming events of these last days , The bona fide Working Committee has sent an urgent update to the community: Urgent updates from the Working Committee dt. 3rd June 2022 Dear friends, We want to share a few updates. On...
Land Board Report May 2022
Land Board Report for the Governing Board and the International Advisory Council, May 2022 Overview of Auroville Lands Auroville lands have been purchased by voluntary sale by the owners over the years. Negotiations are carried out by the land board and purchases are...
Auroville: The Dream and the Nightmare
Article written by Michel Danino last year (current member of the International Advisory Council) Auroville: The Dream and the Nightmare For Auroville to be fulfilled, it needs no power-hungry schemers, fraudsters and calumniators, no self-appointed spiritual...
Important information about the Working Committee
There is some contradicting information being spread about the Working Committee, and who is entitled to select it. Below are some clarifications: Who can constitute the Working Committee? The term of office (how long members are in the Working Committee) as...
Intranet (Auronet) restrictions for selected Aurovilians
A few days after the secretariat of the the Office of the Secretary of the Auroville Foundation gained control of Auronet (Auroville Intranet forum), a number of users reported having their access either barred or limited. It appears that all the users who reported...
Doubling Auroville
Doubling Auroville by Rod Hemsell A few weeks ago in an article titled Truth or the Abyss I emphasized this disjunctive proposition, stated by the Mother around 1968, as a paradigm for putting in perspective many situations and choices that confronted humanity in the...
Working Committee on Register of Residents
[The Working Committee of the Resident Assembly is adressing a letter to the Community regards to a request that has been done by the Auroville Foundation Office. To understand the context of this letter please see the event:...
Dreamweaving, communication to the community
DREAMWEAVING THE CROWNDear Community, now that the report of the Dreamweaving the Crown has been published and the process that the various team members of both the Dreamweaving and Citizens’ Assembly committed to has come to an end, the Dreamweaving team wanted to...
Attempt of take over of the FAMC
The Secretary of The Auroville Foundation is trying to take over the FAMC (Funds and Assets Management Committee of Auroville). The FAMC is the group nominated by the Residents Assembly to take care of all matters related to funds and assets of Auroville. Message...
Kireet Joshi on the inner dimension of the city
THE INNER DIMENSION OF THE CITY Transcript of a talk by Kireet Joshi to the students of Auroville’s ‘Super School’ Sisters and brothers, I think Auroville as it exists today is the most precious gift that the earth possesses. It has momentous potentialities and...
On Register of Residents and Visas
Following a post on Auroville Intranet (Auronet) written by the group of residents who claim to be the Working Committee thus by using the ID of the Working Committee (as since a few days the Intranet has been taken over by the Secretary of the Auroville Foundation...
Working Committee press Release May 22th 2022
Working Commitee Press Release May 22th 2022 Following the different actions of these last days perpetrated by the office of the Secretary of the Auroville Foundation and the spreading by the same of serious accusations and false informations about the...
From the Working Committee to the community
Here is the latest message by the Working Committee to the community, dated 21st May: Dear Community, Please be reassured that we are taking all appropriate measures in the present situation and that alternative communication methods are being explored. Updates will...
THE CONFLICT IN AUROVILLE
THE CONFLICT IN AUROVILLE by Rod Hemsell As reported today in The Hindu newspaper, Thursday, May 19, 2022: Auroville Foundation condemns ‘unauthorised take-over of the Working Committee office’ A section of Aurovilians gathered in front of the Town Hall on Thursday in...
Letter to the Secretary May 19th 2022
After the police intervention on May 18th 2022 at the Town Hall called by the Secretary of the Auroville Foundation and the shut down of the same by the police more than 350 Aurovilians came peacefully at the Town Hall to show their support to the Working Committee of...
On the accusations of Anti-national and anti-government activities
by Manas Chakrabarti on May 19, 2022, 11:25 am In his messages to Sysop and Auronet administrators, the Under Secretary mentions anti-national and anti-government activities in Auroville. I find this extremely disturbing, not only because there is no basis provided...
Letter by Karan Singh
A statement By Dr. Karan Singh former chairman of Auroville about the current situation of Auroville. STATEMENT Dr. Jayanti Ravi is a highly qualified and motivated civil servant who considers building the city of Auroville as her only priority. However, as...
Communication to GB, IAC and AVFO confirming result of the recent RAD
Dear Community, Please find our communication to the Governing Board, International Advisory Council and the Foundation office confirming the results of the recent RAD. Kind regards, Auroville Council _______________________________________________________ ...
Reply to WC4 last email to RAS
Dear Community, Yesterday we have received an email from Anu, Arun, Partha and Srimoyi. We just replied to them, and we feel appropriate to share our email with you as well for full transparency....
Erroneous publication by AV Foundation office. Please disregard.
Dear Community, The Auroville Foundation office has again posted the same erroneous statement by Anu, Arun, Partha and Srimoyi which was just removed by the Auroville Council. Totally 2 posts were removed by Council. In both the posts, including the latest one where...
About the register of residents
A letter has been sent on May 6th 2022 on behalf of the Governing Board stating that all RADs are to be "stopped with immediate effect". The reason given is groundless, illegitimate and irrelevant: updating the Register of Residents. This comes just before the...
Attempt to take over from 4 WCom members
Four members of the Working Committee (Anu, Arun, Partha and Srimoyi), allegedly supported by the Office of the Secretary, have attempted to take over the entire WCom by dismissing the three other members (Chali, Hemant and Sauro). They used a twisted...
Truth or the Abys
These words of the Mother, given by her as a public message at about the same time as the foundation of Auroville, were probably interpreted by most people at the time as a generalization referring to the crises dominant in the politics of the world at the time, such...
On Mother’s Auroville
An endeavour of Indian and Terrestrial Importance As per Gilles G.’s personal understanding 1. The earth’s needOur planet earth is facing a fast developing multi-facetted global crisis, which is threatening to devastate huge parts of its environment and kill...
Reply to WC 4
Dear Anu, Arun, Partha and Srimoyi, This is in response to your Auronet post, “About the RAD”. I would like to share my thoughts here, as the post does not allow comments. It is disheartening to observe this practice of closing Auronet comments, which seems to show...
Land dispute in Pitchandikulam
For over a year, Pitchandikulam stewards and the Land Board have been dealing with a dispute over the road access of newly purchased private property owned within the Master plan area near Pitchandikulam forest. Although there is an alternative access point that is a...