In Memoriam: John Mandeen 1943-2024 A Tribute by his wife, Nini Mandeen John Mandeen, came to Pondicherry from California, in October 1968 as a young man of 24 and was accepted by the Mother as an Ashramite. He helped set up the first screen printing workshop in the Ashram Press. All birthday cards with the … Read more
Why focus on fresh water, you might ask? REGISTER FOR OUR EVENT Take a moment and ask yourself this question: When did I use water today? What comes to mind is probably your morning shower, toilet flush, drinking water, maybe using the garden sprinkler system, or doing your laundry. Now, what about your morning coffee? … Read more
WasteLess: A Conversation with Ribhu and Chandra with special guest Jon Bowermaster! VIEW THE PRESENTATION Join Chandrah Nusselein and Ribhu Vohra, the co-founders of WasteLess, and writer/filmmaker Jon Bowermaster, of Ocean’s 8 Films, 6 time National Geographic grant recipient in dialogue about their journey of creating WasteLess, their latest innovative educational curriculum focused on reducing … Read more
June Maher’s Legacy of Devotion Part 5: Erisa Neogy Erisa Neogy, top row, second from the right, and June Maher, front row, 4th from the left, 1980’s Caspar, CA. Also in the picture: Front Row, L-R – Mary Alexander with Jyoti, Shyama Zelnick with Amrit, Sunora Skye, Madeline Shaw, June Maher, Lucy Barbara, Julian Lines … Read more
Promoting Ayurveda: The knowledge of life Auroville Today Headline Article, June 2024 Double Issue AVI USA is collaborating with Auroville Today to bring you the latest Auroville news for the next few months. AVI USA readers will have first access to the unlocked Auroville Today headline articles through the summer through our collaboration with Auroville’s … Read more
The 7th International Sanskrit Computational Linguistics Symposium at SRI, Auroville An Interview with Martin Gluckman, Founder of The Sanskrit Research Institute in Auroville, India In February 2024, AVI USA supported Martin and the Sanskrit Research Institute, SRI, in hosting the 7th International Sanskrit Computational Linguistics Symposium. We reconnected with Martin to hear more about his … Read more
We are writing to you from WasteLess. We are Chandrah and Ribhu, siblings who grew up together in the barren Auroville of the 80s and 90s. With the freedom of exploration and playing in the red soil canyons, which turned into wild streams every monsoon. We saw how new seedlings sprouted and grew, attracting life … Read more
John Mandeen, came to Pondicherry from California, in October 1968 as a young man of 24 and was accepted by the Mother as an Ashramite. He helped set up the first screen printing workshop in the Ashram Press. All birthday cards with the Mother’s symbol in those days were screen printed there besides book covers.
