On 23rd January, 2010, for the French Pavilion, Alain Bernard gave a talk on the background and passing of the Auroville Foundation Act. Here is an edited version of the translation of that talk. It is also a testimony to the central role played by Kireet Joshi who recently left us and a token of our gratitude.Glimpses of the early organization of AurovilleThe Sri Aurobindo Society (SAS), an Ashram organization, had proposed to the Mother, when the idea of Auroville began to take shape in the early sixties, to take care of Her project. She accepted the offer and therefore the Society provided in the earliest stages a first stable framework, both legally and economically, through which basic administrative tasks could be handled.This administration was in Pondicherry and, soon enough, communication became rather difficult with the few Aurovilians who were trying to settle on the Auroville site. That the relationship between the early Aurovilians, particularly those coming from abroad...
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