A sense of existential crisis pervades what should have been a celebratory time in Auroville. It is passing through a special phase of commemorating its founding by Mirra Alfassa, or The Mother, on ...

The French ruled Pondicherry from1670 to 1954. Starting with establishing trading posts ,they ruled for nearly 280 years .This rule has shaped the culture of Pondicherry. The town is very idyllic & ...

The year is 1999 in the fictional landscape of Ernest Callenbach’s self-published 1975 novel, Ecotopia. A new nation carved out of the Pacific Northwest United States by a green “survivalist” party is ...

Auroville, on Friday, celebrated the birth centenary of its chief architect, Roger Anger, who under the inspiration of The Mother, had designed the galaxy-shaped plan for the universal township that ...

PUDUCHERRY: Auroville Foundation is at liberty to continue its development of the township after the Supreme Court passed an order in its favour recently, said a release from the foundation. "...the ...

The Auroville Foundation on Monday night demolished two houses in the ‘Center Field’ in Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram district to make way for the contested ring road project, called the Crown Road.

PUDUCHERRY: The eighth edition of Auroville Film Festival (AVFF), a biennial film event, will be held from January 22. Like the previous editions, AVFF 24 will focus on themes of human unity and will ...

On the edge of the Indian town of Puducherry is an intriguing community founded by an unusual sort of guru Mick Brown writes features and in-depth reads for the Telegraph. His work has been recognised ...