There are approximately 1800 permanent residents living in Auroville.To live in Auroville one must meet a certain criteria or at least cultivate a higher consciousness...I wish I could have spent more than one day in Auroville, I got the feeling that there were quite a few highly intelligent and skilled people living here. Even though the land was purchased at the end of the 60's,they only really started to build on and cultivate it 15 years ago. So is Auroville the city of the future? Only time will tell, people keep on coming and Auroville is growing, slowly, but it's still growing. There is so much emphasis put on the poverty and the poor people of India by the west, that we fail to notice how well Indian people live together. There is a billion people here, and they know how to work together and to solve problems together. Not only that, they also know how to find joy in the simple things that life has to offer. Pondicherry at one time was a French colony, there is still quite a bit of the flavour left over from when it was occupied by France, such as architecture, food and the police wear cute red hats. I wanted to have a glass of red wine and I made it a mission to find a restaurant that has a croque madam on there menu. The wine was ok and the croque madam was second best to Anna's at Bonjour Brioche in Toronto. For all those interested in learning more about Auroville here is there website www.auroville.org Posted by cf at 1:54 AM
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