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Better To Have Gone
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Author : Akash Kapur
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2021-07-20
Better To Have Gone written by Akash Kapur and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'Beautifully written and structured, deeply moving, and realised in wise, thoughtful, chiselled prose... it is that rarity: a genuine non-fiction classic' William Dalrymple 'A troubling and moving account of lives gone wrong in the search for an eastern Utopia' Damon Galgut, author of the Booker Prize-winning The Promise A spellbinding story about love, faith, the search for utopia - and the often devastating cost of idealism. It’s the late 1960s, and two lovers converge on an arid patch of earth in South India. John Walker is the handsome scion of a powerful East Coast American family. Diane Maes is a beautiful hippie from Belgium. They have come to build a new world - Auroville, an international utopian community for thousands of people. Their faith is strong, the future bright. So how do John and Diane end up dying two decades later, on the same day, on a cracked concrete floor in a thatch hut by a remote canyon? This is the mystery Akash Kapur sets out to solve in Better to Have Gone, and it carries deep personal resonance: Diane and John were the parents of Akash’s wife, Auralice. Akash and Auralice grew up in Auroville; like the rest of their community, they never really understood those deaths. In 2004, Akash and Auralice return to Auroville from New York, where they have been living with John’s family. As they re-establish themselves, along with their two sons, in the community, they must confront the ghosts of those distant deaths. Slowly, they come to understand how the tragic individual fates of John and Diane intersected with the collective history of their town. Better to Have Gone is a book about the human cost of our age-old quest for a more perfect world. It probes the under-explored yet universal idea of utopia, and it portrays in vivid detail the daily life of one utopian community. Richly atmospheric and filled with remarkable characters, spread across time and continents, this is narrative writing of the highest order - a heartbreaking, unforgettable story.
Auroville
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Author : Anuradha Majumdar
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2017-08-25
Auroville written by Anuradha Majumdar and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
For those who are satisfied with the world as it is, Auroville obviously has no reason to exist. - The Mother In March 1914, two people met in Puducherry: Sri Aurobindo, the Indian visionary and a leader of India's independence movement who had fled arrest by the British and sought refuge there, and Mirra Alfassa, who was the wife of a French politician, and who later came to be known as the Mother. This serendipitous meeting eventually led to the birth of Auroville, which was heralded as the City for the Future. For thousands of years, people have tried to develop better ways of living but, ironically, these have led to exploitation, divisions and turmoil. Auroville is an attempt to forge a new humanity, where people can focus on inner means and techniques to find an inner knowledge that empowers them to change the world without crushing it.Starting out in 1968 with a few thatched huts strewn across a barren plateau in south India, this future city began with just two things: a charter and a city plan to welcome people from around the world to create a life beyond national rivalries, social conventions, self-contradictory moralities and contending religions. Auroville was born to realize human unity through change of consciousness - a concept that still holds value in today's world.Told by someone who has lived the adventure for thirty-six years, this book explores how far the city has grown to resonate with its founding vision. Anu Majumdar examines the life of Auroville both as a resident and as an observer.
Auroville Dream And Reality
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Author : Akash Kapur
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Release Date : 2018-01-17
Auroville Dream And Reality written by Akash Kapur and has been published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-17 with Literary Collections categories.
Auroville has a reputation as a cosmopolitan, spiritual township, but it remains an enigma to outside observers. What is life really like in the community? What do its residents believe in, and what are they aspiring toward? This anthology of writing from the community, edited by a long-time resident and representing forty-odd authors from around the world, seeks to shed light not only on Auroville's ideals but also on its lived reality. The polyphonic narratives in this eclectic collection-including fiction, essays, poetry and drama-capture something of the dreams, hopes, disappointments and sheer hard work that make up this complex, layered and constantly evolving place. Enlivened by cartoons and accompanied by rare archival photographs, Auroville: Dream and Reality is a view from the inside of this remarkable experiment in communal and intentional living.
Avpny Auroville Pondicherry
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Author : ANUPAMA. JOSHI KUNDOO (YASHODA.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Avpny Auroville Pondicherry written by ANUPAMA. JOSHI KUNDOO (YASHODA.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with categories.
Prefiguring Utopia
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Author : Suryamayi Aswini Clarence-Smith
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2023-09-21
Prefiguring Utopia written by Suryamayi Aswini Clarence-Smith and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-21 with Political Science categories.
Auroville in Tamil Nadu, South India, is an internationally recognized endeavour in prefiguring an alternative society: the largest, most diverse, dynamic and enduring of intentional communities worldwide. This book is a critical and insightful analysis of the utopian practice of this unique spiritual township, by a native scholar. The author explores how Auroville’s founding spiritual and societal ideals are engaged in its communal political and economic organization, as well as various cultural practices and what enables and sustains this prefiguratively utopian practice. This in-depth, autoethnographic case study is an important resource for understanding prefigurative and utopian experiments – their challenges, potentialities and significance for the advancement of human society.
Encyclopedia Of Community
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Author : DAVID LEVINSON
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2003-06-30
Encyclopedia Of Community written by DAVID LEVINSON and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-06-30 with Business & Economics categories.
The Encyclopedia of Community is a major four volume reference work that seeks to define one of the most widely researched topics in the behavioural and social sciences. Community itself is a concept, an experience, and a central part of being human. This pioneering major reference work seeks to provide the necessary definitions of community far beyond the traditional views.
Better To Have Gone
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Author : Akash Kapur
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2022-07-12
Better To Have Gone written by Akash Kapur and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
It’s the late 1960s, and two lovers converge on an arid patch of earth in South India. John Walker is the handsome scion of a powerful East Coast American family. Diane Maes is a beautiful hippie from Belgium. They have come to build a new world—Auroville, an international utopian community for thousands of people. Their faith is strong, the future bright. So how do John and Diane end up dying two decades later, on the same day, on a cracked concrete floor in a thatch hut by a remote canyon? This is the mystery Akash Kapur sets out to solve in Better to Have Gone, and it carries deep personal resonance: Diane and John were the parents of Akash’s wife, Auralice. Akash and Auralice grew up in Auroville; like the rest of their community, they never really understood those deaths. In 2004, Akash and Auralice return to Auroville from New York, where they have been living with John’s family. As they reestablish themselves in the community, along with their two sons, they must confront the ghosts of those distant deaths. Slowly, they come to understand how the tragic individual fates of John and Diane intersected with the collective history of their town. --
Auroville Architecture
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Auroville Architecture written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Architecture categories.
Made In Auroville India
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Author : Monique Patenaude
language : fr
Publisher: Triptyque (Editions)
Release Date : 2004
Made In Auroville India written by Monique Patenaude and has been published by Triptyque (Editions) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Fiction categories.
Un premier roman qui raconte les aventures d'une jeune Québécoise, Lysiane, passionnée de théâtre, et de quelques-uns de ses compagnons de rencontre à Auroville, en Inde, communauté utopique fondée par Mère dans la lignée des enseignements de Sri Aurobindo. Les tribulations d'Auroville, déchirée par les luttes intestines et les rivalités, servent de toile de fond à une description approfondie des affres d'une recherche spirituelle. "Elle m'a tuée, l'Inde. Mais c'était bien ainsi, celle qu'elle a tuée n'était pas très heureuse. ... Elle m'a tuée, puis elle m'a ressucitée" (p. 189) affirme Lysiane dans les dernières pages du livre. Un récit sans complaisance, dur, parfois maladroit, qui traduit l'expérience indienne de l'auteure dans toute sa complexité, sa richesse et son ambivalence. [SDM].
The Religious The Spiritual And The Secular
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Author : Robert N. Minor
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1999-01-01
The Religious The Spiritual And The Secular written by Robert N. Minor and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-01-01 with Social Science categories.
The Religious, the Spiritual, and the Secular presents an account of Auroville, a city in contemporary southeast India, and the vision of founder and well-known guru Sri Aurobindo. Aurovilles eventual takeover and the promotion of its goals by the Indian government leads to a thought-provoking discussion of the meaning of secularism in India.