Thursday, February 01, 2007

Everything is named after them

The place in Pondicherry that Ronaye was talking about moving to is called Park Guest house and is run by the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. Do you know what that is? Us neither, but all over the place there are pictures and writings of "The Mother" and Aurobindo. You can see them here:
She was a French woman that followed the same philosophies of Aurobindo in the early 20th century. When he died in 1950 she carried on his work and founded the town of "Auroville" in the late 60's. A commune sort of thing where any race, relgion, or person from any country could live their life free from any persuctions of such. To be fair, I know very little of their ideologies. The fact that everything is named after them, she called herself "The Mother", and that their pictures are staring down at you where ever you go scares me. The 2nd hotel we went to had as the last rule on its list "Pictures of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo are available at the front desk for you to display in your room during your stay."
Posted by Josh at 9:22 AM Skinner and Rockitt's Travels and Tribulations Wednesday, January 31, 2007

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