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Personal statement – Chali – WC member
Although I am currently TOS and have been since Oct. 8Th, I have been hearing and reading about the recent events in Auroville from multiple sources, as well as seeing pictures and video footage. Real pain, sorrow, frustration and, at times, fear are starkly visible...
Statement – Hemant – WC member
Auroville, 28th February 1968, The Mother (Mirra Alfasa) called youth from all countries of the World and States of India with a handful of soil to kindle a new vision, with a spirit of freedom to choose a new way of life, ‘a Youth that never ages’. Days and nights...
My experience at youth centre today at 7:45 am 9th december 2021
Dear Srimoyi, Anu, Dr Jayanthi Ravi, I write to you three specifically to share my experience of this morning and ask you to stop this action and the method you are applying to build the city of Auroville. I have no interest in shape of road, that will get built in...
Open Letter To ATDC – Quod Erat Demonstrandum
Six days ago, I sent this letter to the ATDC. Not in my wildest dreams did I think I would be this right, never in my wildest dreams did I think possible what I witnessed this morning. To all present ATDC members, As someone who does not know a life without Auroville...
Personal statement on the event at Youth Center on 4th December – Sauro – WC member
I have been really distressed by the abrupt turn of events at the Youth Center on Saturday 4th, especially during the night. I witnessed a heavy display of police security in a large section of the city area and I found that this manner to try to execute a project is...
Dreams don’t die
Dreams don’t die Trees die. People die. Institutions fall. Buildings fall. Governments fall. But dreams don’t die! I was 20-something, when I first came to Auroville on my own. At the Information Center, there was a small A5 card. Made out of handmade paper, the...
Letter sent to WC and ATDC about Police and JCB action early morning on Sunday 5th Dec
Dear Members of the Working Committee and ATDC, It is surreal and mind-boggling to think that the action by Police and JCBs in the dead of night on Saturday-Sunday at the Youth Centre, could have the active support of any Aurovilian, leave aside members of our 2...