How support naturally arises when people are connected through a deep bond.

Two poems and two narratives that evoke the inner and outer experience of Auroville, as we sail “towards what splendid shore?”

Auroville is being strangled by the institution designed to protect it. Auroville’s crisis is not just a local administrative failure; it’s a warning about institutional vulnerability everywhere. When appointed administrators can dismantle democratic structures, weaponize bureaucracy against residents and silence dissent with impunity, it raises urgent questions about institutional integrity worldwide. India’s handling of Auroville’s situation will have significant implications far beyond Tamil Nadu.