It all depends on your availability, the frequency at which you want information, and how familiar you are with Auroville's functioning. 

If you are not familiar with the way Auroville functions, you can follow us on social media for frequent updates, or read the Voice of Auroville journal for bimonthly updates. 

On the contrary, if you are familiar with the way Auroville functions, you can either subscribe to the Evolving Galaxy Bulletin or to the Auroville News Podcast, both of which release new updates every second week on average.

Of course, you can also subscribe to all of these channels and check the updates as they come in!

If you'd like to subscribe to the Evolving Galaxy Bulletin, write to evolvingalaxy@gmail.com.

If you'd like to subscribe to the Auroville News Podcast, you can do so on your favourite platform: the podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube. 

If you'd like to subscribe to Voice of Auroville, write to voiceofauroville@auroville.services.

Of course! For Auroville residents, the Massbulletin is used to send announcements and urgent messages when needed, while the 'For All' forum platform enables conversations to happen. 

For all those interested, a Community Edition of the weekly News&Notes is available - you can check it out by clicking here. 

Finally, there are two other journals - Auroville Today in English and La Revue d'Auroville in French - that both provide updates on the ongoing situation, together with opinion pieces, interviews, etc. These however require a paid subscription.

The Office of the Secretary and those associated with it have been hell bent on largely publicizing narratives that undermine the Residents' Assembly of Auroville. A handful of Aurovilians unfortunately support these narratives and help the Secretary to spread these. However, the big majority of Auroville residents have stood peacefully to question, oppose and denounce the actions led by the current Secretary.

Please check out this webpage to explore a list of possible ways to support Auroville amidst the current turmoil.

It is totally worth the fight! Even if the amount of destruction and hurt has been tremendous since the appointment of Dr Jayanti Ravi as Secretary of the Auroville Foundation, a lot has been safeguarded thanks to the efforts of many. More importantly, there is still so much to protect, to safeguard, to nurture and to grow!

Auroville is based on the evolutionary vision of Indian philosopher and seer Sri Aurobindo, and was founded in 1968 by Mirra Alfassa, also known as the Mother. Auroville wants to be a universal town where men and women of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive harmony above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities.

Click here to read more on what is Auroville.

Auroville is complex by nature, and the current conflict is a multi-layered one. Auroville Media Liaison, the official communication channel of the Residents' Assembly, created a webpage that summarizes the current situation and all that is currently under threat. You can check it out by clicking here.

Auroville functions under a unique legal framework, enacted by the Indian Parliament: the Auroville Foundation Act (1988).  The Act recognises the decision-making role of the Residents’ Assembly (which currently consists of about 2500 adults). The Residents’ Assembly and government-appointed Governing Board (represented in Auroville by the Secretary to the Governing Board) are meant to work in harmony together while being interdependent. The Act aims to ensure that there is a balance of power and responsibilities between them. You can read more on the structure of the Auroville Foundation here.

However, for the past two years, the Secretary to the Governing Board has overridden residents’ concerns and opportunities for collaboration. Instead, the Governing Board is now forging ahead with its selective interpretation of Auroville, imposing in a top-down authoritarian way censorship, livelihood threats and rapid urban development that is not collaboratively planned or ecologically sensitive. You can read more on the current conflict here.