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Issue No: 308, March 2015

Organizing the caravan

Caravanning was pretty much in the air those days. So, when,  in the beginning of 1974, in the office of “Auroville International France”, (AIF), Paris 8e, an Aurovilian, Jean-Claude Biéri, who had come for a visit, suggested forming a caravan to transport a large number of people to Auroville, the temptation was impossible to resist. Christine Devin and Nicole Elfi, who were both working with me in AIF, manifested an immediate interest. As for me, I decided to put on hold my major activity, namely touring UNESCO’s exhibition on Sri Aurobindo, Mother, Ashram and Auroville, to take an active part in the organization. It was very exciting as we all shared the “Band of Brothers” spirit.   The saga ended by the arrival of the bus in Aspiration, in December 1974. I was not among the caravanners. The full story is too long to tell and, anyhow, I was more interested in the organisation than in the thrill of the journey.   The caravanners owe a great deal of g...
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Issue No. 308, March 2015

  • Detailed Development Plans for the Residential Zone ready
  • La Caravane pour Auroville
  • The second caravan: a modern odyssey
  • Organizing the caravan
  • RERS hosts second PEC
  • Saarang: A space to experience Indian music
  • The clasp of civilizations
  • Czerwone Drogi Auroville
  • Run for the Joy of Running!
  • All-India Frisbee Camp in Auroville
  • Serge Cataneo (Passing)
  • European pavilion tree planted
  • Jayanth Thakkar (Passing)
  • 7 (Ramachandra Rao) (Passing)
  • Lachmanben (Passing)
  • The first caravan

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