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Issue No: 322, May 2016

Rauf Ali (Passing)

On April 1, Rauf Ali passed away in his house at Aurodam, at the age of 62 due to leukemia. He was lovingly surrounded by close friends and his sister-in-law. In the mid-eighties he came to Auroville as a research assistant from Bangalore’s Indian Institute of Science to document Auroville’s afforestation activities. He fell in love with the place and its philosophy and decided to stay. He officially joined in 1992.Describing himself on Auroville’s Auronet as a “maverick biologist now working in the Andaman Islands”, the tall and slightly stooping, Mumbai-born Rauf, was also the founder of the Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning (FERAL), and a professor in the Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Pondicherry Central University. Throughout his years in Auroville, Rauf kept up his advisory and academic work in India. His important research work, mainly centred on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Western Ghats, was about the impact ...
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Issue No. 322, May 2016

  • Residents’ Assembly Approves a New Entry Policy and FAMC Mandate
  • Reversing the Gaze
  • Evergreen Horses: The Natural Horsemanship School
  • Barefoot Running in Auroville
  • "Yes we can!"
  • “There is much greater awareness around alcoholism now”
  • Circle Gardens in Auroville and Beyond
  • Auroville’s Ultimate Ladies Join Team India
  • Francoise Arati (Passing)
  • Rauf Ali (Passing)
  • Through a Newcomer's Lens

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