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Event: Deep Forest – Dynamic Meditation – 23 July

This is an invitation to enter a Non Verbal Space where to connect within and without, dance, meditate, do asanas or your own practice, or simply listen and enjoy the vibrations. Saturday 23rd July, 9-10:30am Kalabhumi Studio Building, Cripa community Important Please arrive silently and leave your scooter/motorbike outside the gate Bring water and yoga […]

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Event: The Ocean Festival – 12 to 18 July

Tsunamika’s new venture into saving our Oceans  The Ocean Festival in collaboration with Pondicherry Tourism and Upasana Auroville is happening from 12 July to 18 July 2022 at Bharat Nivas, Auroville is a collective celebration of Fisherwoman, Young People, Design Schools, NGOs, and a panel of experts to come together for innovative solutions for a […]

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Workshop: Dhrupad Retreat – 15-17 July

Explore the art of Dhrupad music at the next Dhrupad Retreat at A Sunlit Path from July 15-17..We’ll immerse ourselves in the meditative and healing vibrations of Dhrupad music under the guidance of Niloy Ahsan, @dhrupad_niloy, an exceptional Dhrupad vocalist in the Dagar lineage. We start each day with an early morning kharaj practice and […]

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Launch: Nādāsana – a South India based new music label

We are focusing on creating refined ambient / electronic / soundscape / experimental music from all over the world. In celebration of the launch of our new label we are releasing an international conceptual ambient/soundscape album curated by an Auroville based Japanese artist Jyoti Naoki Eri who is the director of Nādāsana. In this conceptual […]

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Music: Sufi Night – 6 July

When: 7pm at 6 July 2022 Where: Unity Pavilion MIR MUKHTIYAR ALI & TEAMMir Mukhtiyar Ali spells magic in the field of Sufi music. Hailingfrom a small village in the Bikaner District of Rajasthan. MirMukhtiyar Ali trained under his father as a young boy. His geniuswas evident even as a child and soon his music […]

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Workshop: Dhrupad Retreat – 15-17 July

Explore the art of Dhrupad music at the next Dhrupad Retreat at A Sunlit Path from July 15-17..We’ll immerse ourselves in the meditative and healing vibrations of Dhrupad music under the guidance of Niloy Ahsan, @dhrupad_niloy, an exceptional Dhrupad vocalist in the Dagar lineage. We start each day with an early morning kharaj practice and […]

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In News: Peter Brook, influential theatre visionary, dies aged 97

The director’s landmark achievements include a nine-hour Mahabharata, putting Shakespeare on trapezes and directing Olivier, Gielgud and Scofield at the RSC The groundbreaking British theatre director Peter Brook, whose huge influence reached around the world, has died at the age of 97. His death on Saturday, 3 July was confirmed by his assistant, Nina Soufy. Brook […]

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Poetry: Poem by Jasmine Storey

Jasmine Storey has grown up in Auroville. Her creative expressions are channeled through painting and poetry.  PENDING  Days seem to fly past When one is involved in eternal seconds. I lie in this heated house Trying not to sink into the Sunday afternoon syndrome Of sad thoughts sweat and upbeat music.  Where there’s a fine line […]

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Workshop: Dhrupad Retreat – 15-17 July

Explore the art of Dhrupad music at the next Dhrupad Retreat at A Sunlit Path from July 15-17..We’ll immerse ourselves in the meditative and healing vibrations of Dhrupad music under the guidance of Niloy Ahsan, @dhrupad_niloy, an exceptional Dhrupad vocalist in the Dagar lineage. We start each day with an early morning kharaj practice and […]

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Music: Draconian Love by Avantasia (Metal Opera)

This “Opera” raises questions about free will and whether it can be sacrificed for the sake of peaceful coexistence and mutual understanding. Tell me how should I embraceLike roses we’ll wither on the vine Why should I bide my timeIf it flies away sometimeAvantasia is a German supergroup led by vocalist and bassist Tobias Sammet. […]

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Call For Musicians: Focus Wales 2023 – 18 November

Wales’ primary music event, FOCUS Wales, has already announced its dates for 2023, and applications are now open to bands and artists to play the next event. Taking place in Wrexham from 4th-6th May 2023, submissions are open to all new music artists of all genres worldwide until midday on Friday 18th November. Open call: […]

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Event: PONDICHERRY LITERATURE AND ARTS FESTIVAL: PLAF 2022 – 28 & 29 May

Towards the Essence: Emotion, Humanism, Poetics, Ecology Venue: Aurodhan Art Gallery, 33 Rue Francois Martin, Pondicherry4:00-5:30pm Opening with MOTHER’S MUSICSound Healing by VIBHA SHAHPoetry of Sri Aurobindo | recited by SUDEEP SENWelcome by LALIT VERMAMusic by HARI SUNDARAM (Mridangam) & TRICHY KRISHNA SWAMY (Ghatam)Photography Exibition ofRAGHU RAI, BANDEEP SINGH, LALIT VERMA, PANKAJ MISTRY,HENRI CARTIER BRESSON, […]

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Music: Redeem and Repent by Falconer (Power Metal)

The winds of doom sweep across this pleasant landWith a sound of prophecy of darker times at handHeedful enlightened rule slips into the voidOut from the shadows steps a cranky boy Falconer was a Swedish power metal band active from 1999 to 2020. The band is known for their unique theatrical sound that fused power […]