7 (Ramachandra Rao)
Long-term Aurovilian 7 (Ramachandra Rao who insisted he be
named ‘7’) passed away in a Chennai hospital where his family had taken him.
The exact date and cause of his death are still unconfirmed. He was 67 years
old.
7, who joined Auroville in the early seventies and has been
here off and on since then, may always remain an enigma for us as his
apparently passionate and burning need to express his inner findings and vision
of Auroville tended to come through in a continuous flow of not easy to follow
monologues, profoundly interlaced with his interpretation of the vision of our
founders. As one Aurovilian put it, “There was something about his unique
personality that could effortlessly (and unconsciously) unmask our pretensions
and make us confront elements of ourselves that we didn’t suspect were there.
The transformation of a collectivity is complex work. Each of us is
indispensable. I am grateful…”
In later years, many may have witnessed 7, nea...
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