About the Book: Auroville
In March 1914 two people met in Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo, who had fled arrest
by the British and sought refuge there, and Mirra Alfassa, later known as the
Mother, the wife of a French politician. Their meeting led to an evolutionary
step in spiritual consciousness and the birth of Auroville, heralded as the City
of the Future. What kind of future?
Auroville started from scratch across a barren plateau in South India in
February 1968 with just two things: a Charter and a City plan, welcoming people
from around the world to create a new life beyond national rivalries, social
conventions, self-contradictory