The Auroville Radio office in the Town Hall
Auroville Radio celebrated its 11th anniversary on December
5th this year. Despite their busy schedule in the months of November and
December, and having to help set up Peridar
Kaala Vaanoli (‘Radio in the Time of Extreme Calamity’ in Tamil), a
temporary emergency FM radio station for the flood-hit Cuddalore, Andrea and
Renu share their stories from Auroville Radio.
How did the idea of Auroville Radio emerge?
Andrea: When I
first came to Auroville in 1999, and later decided to live here in 2000, the
one thing that struck me was how an advanced community like ours was still
using old-fashioned communication methods. The community then only had a
monthly news magazine Auroville Today, a weekly newsletter News & Notes and
Auronet to keep everyone informed about what was going on. I was running a
magazine before I joined Auroville and had founded a radio station 35 years ago
in Italy. Seeing how most of the community...
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