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How an Israeli top lawyer joins Auroville to become a sound healer.

In 1989, more than three decades ago, a retired British police sergeant and school welfare officer visited Auroville. Having recently lost his wife, Roy Wicks was in search of new meaning and purpose.

As can be read in national and international news, the pandemic has put a strain on relationships worldwide, causing spikes in break-ups and divorces around the world.

When moving to Auroville, do people let go of their 'base cultures' or do they nurture those habits and traditions in their new life here? Is there an 'Auroville culture' or do we live in a cultural void?

Everyone here knows the expression “Children of Auroville”, but they’ve grown up since, and some now have children themselves! As various waves of ‘children of Children of Auroville’ – i.e. youth that has grown up in Auroville to parents that have themselves grown up in Auroville (monikers: GenZ, iGen or even Zoomers) are born and grow up here, the older ones now represent a category that is starting to be more vocal in the community.