Issue Nº338 – In Memoriam

On August 22nd, Aurovilian Karpagavalli Selvanambi left her body in a Madurai nursing home to which she had been taken after a stroke in 2013. She was 72 years old.

Karpagavalli was a lively and capable teacher in the Tamil language who had joined Auroville in 1992. She worked in Isaiambalam school, Ilaignarkal Education Centre, Transformation school and Arulvazhi Education Centre, and will be remembered by many of her pupils and colleagues.

Her remains were cremated in her hometown, Madurai.