I left Auroville because I wanted to
study and find out how life is elsewhere on this planet. I would love to come
back for visits but don’t know if I’ll be coming back for good. There are
several reasons, one being that as a woman I don’t really feel safe in
Auroville. There is a lot of tension between the Auroville lifestyle and the
local one, especially the young people (me included, when I was in my teens)
have views that are so radically different from their surrounding that it
creates tension. I don’t want to blame anyone though – I think there are
legitimate reasons for this and the fact that they reserve these views is
respectable in its own way. But there is a lack of respect from different sides
(locals, Aurovilians, tourists, police, the government officials, etc.) and
this essentially creates the problem.
Again, I am not blaming anyone here. Auroville
has a very complex social situation which even long-term residents don’t have
an overview over, and navigati...
>> More
>> More