Issue Nº2

Throughout those difficult years, each person kept, well hidden deep in the heart, the dream of a luminous, spiritual and harmonious city; a flaming torch.

One name keeps coming back over the years, in connection with the Galaxy: Roger Anger, the well-known French architect. Soon after leaving the Beaux Arts, he constructed some buildings which were architecturally remarkable and which immediately associated him with the avant-garde.

The speaker is Pierre Elouard, who tells the story of a plumber who for two consecutive days was doing just about everything wrong. When Pierre told him in no mistaken terms what he thought about his work, he went to see an astrologer.

La Musica Deuxième, a play for two actors by Marguerite Duras, was performed this summer by Theatre d’Expression d’Auroville, on three consecutive evenings in Auroville.

On Sunday 6 November, 1988, a good number of us (taking advantage of a dry spell between downpours) went to the town planning meeting where the Album with the Master Plan required by the Foundation would be presented.

Auroville has recently been hit heavily by the Communication Wave. The less sensitive may not have felt it so clearly, but the Really Advanced Aurovilians immediately recognised the special nature of this new vibe, and reacted to it, albeit in different ways.

In mid-December, youth teams from the USA, the USSR and India will arrive in Auroville to participate in a unique experiment – “TEAMWORK ’88”.

The flocks of birds from the North Fly away to the tip of the South. The sky in October is hesitating to rain. At that moment, that particular moment,

The thing about a communication situation like Auroville’s is that since most information sharing is by word of mouth, what little remains to be recorded in print is only what isn’t worth the verbal interspersion.

Gilles came to Auroville in 1980. He is a civil engineer who specialized in Town Planning. For the last three years he coordinated the work of the Auroville Resource Center (ARC) which was set up to provide a holistic, integrated approach to the future development of Auroville.

François Gautier has lived in Auroville since 1969. He works in Pour Tous, teaches at school and assists with the childrens’ sports programme.

Planning a town for 50,000 inhabitants implies that studies have to be made into the possibilities of water supply. Tency outlines some of the measures that need to be taken now if we are to have adequate and potable water in the future.

Since about 1975, Auroville can boast of its own electricity department. Started in a corner of Matrimandir’s workshop, it grew into the Auroville Electrical Service.