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Issue No: 303, October 2014

Why am I in Auroville?

Smiti Why am I in Auroville? I choose to stay here because I am inspired by Auroville – by its dream and ideals, by its people and their stories, by its beauty and unending possibilities. Yes, I am idealistic. And yes, there isn’t only beauty and charm. But it doesn’t seem to change much whether we criticize or praise, be cynics or saints, somehow we each have a connection with this dream, this place, with each other and with something more. Whether we live here or elsewhere, whether we agree or disagree, whether we like each other or we don’t, there is more to Auroville than us. I do not know why life in Auroville is at times simple at times very complicated, easier for some and harder for others, but who’s to judge where and how and why we learn what we need to... I have always received whatever I needed or wanted. I am now staying in a studio in Citadine and have an ‘apprentice maintenance’ and I am happy with both. I have never felt unable to do something – th...
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Issue No. 303, October 2014

  • Editorial
  • I love Auroville because ...
  • Leaving Auroville to be part of it
  • Why am I in Auroville?
  • Between Auroville and the West
  • Auroville is not better than anywhere else
  • I really miss Auroville
  • Strengthening the link between Auroville and the world
  • Why I chose to come back to Auroville
  • Auroville changes people ...
  • An amazing worthwhile place
  • A question of equality
  • Art Break Day 2014: India!
  • Creative Expressions from Auroville
  • Transforming lives
  • Kireetbhai, a lover of Auroville (Passing)
  • The Auroville website: a new way of communicating
  • In memoriam Dr. Kireet Joshi (Passing)
  • World Bamboo Day in Auroville

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