Towards Auroville

Children born in the early years have in turn become parents and grand-parents. Over 50 nationalities are represented presently, with about half the extant population being Indian born and more than half of that hailing from neighboring villages. Every year that has passed has brought its batch of entrants, with their respective traits, understanding and baggage. As no hierarchy could be set, no central authority identified and no conclusive way of governance could be found – as yet -, the entire collective must therefore constantly adapt and reconfigure itself and try to integrate the imports – world-views, habits, learned techniques, expectations – carried in by each of these newcomers, while trying to maintain, sustain and develop a dynamic of progress towards a truer life upon earth.

Today, in the name of development, the threat looms vividly of it all being leveled down.

Each of us wonders, how have we come to this, how have we become so weak and confused?

No one ever said it would all be sunlit and easy: She warned, the way may be arduous at times, it may take many years, but Auroville will be…!

Yet there is this doubt: have we, by dint of our own failings and insufficiencies, moved out of the Protection?

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