Shanti 

February 21st

In the early morning of February 21st, Mother's birthday anniversary, our dear friend and sister Kokilaben Mehta left her body in her house in Mumbai, to join her husband Vasanthlalbhai who passed away last year August. She had been unwell for some time and was 82 years old.

 6 September

Early morning of Friday 6 September, William T. Netter, one of Auroville’s more eccentric pioneers hailing from Boston, USA, quietly left his body in his ‘trilon’ house at Samasti. After a fall in 2010 his health had generally deteriorated and during the last three years he has been gradually withdrawing from life. He would have been 87 at the end of this year.

 September 16th

Today we have been informed that our friend and brother, Aurovilian Joshi (Jehoshua Friedlander, German nationality) peacefully passed away on Monday, September 16th, in the home of close relatives in Germany, thereby liberating himself from a long-drawn-out struggle with cancer. His wife Anando and daughter Bettina were present with him. He had just last week turned 74.