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Issue No: 306, January 2015

Veenapani Chawla (Passing)

Veenapani Chawla Theatre artist Veenapani Chawla, one of Auroville’s most dynamic neighbours, passed away on November 30 after suffering a heart attack following a pulmonary embolism. She was only 67 years old. Veenapani was the founder, artistic director and managing trustee of the Adishakti Laboratory for Theatre Arts & Research (ALTAR), a trust that owns and runs the Adishakti campus opposite Auro-Orchard. It has artists’ residences, a guest house and a small theatre, which is well-known to many Aurovilians. Veenapani created Adishakti in 1981 as a theatre company in Mumbai. Its main activity then was to create performances that were already scripted. But that did not satisfy her. In 1983, she started including research as a part of Adishakti’s activities, out of a need to create a new language for contemporary performance. It became the driving force. “We are not interested in performing in the traditional ways. Instead, we attempt to learn from India’s rich t...
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Issue No. 306, January 2015

  • Growing timber and firewood for Auroville
  • Kenji’s Woodwork
  • Aurorachana
  • Prakrit
  • Woodscapes
  • Reflections on a feedback process
  • The Auroville Statistics Initiative
  • Villages clean-up
  • Kindling the Viewless Fire
  • Combatting alcoholism
  • The Odd Couple
  • Prema (Passing)
  • We have a Working Committee
  • Population statistics 2014
  • Veenapani Chawla (Passing)
  • New Dawn Carpentry

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