“Turning Points” session with storytellers Roger, Ankita, Frederick, Uma, and AmyThe Journey of Auroville festival, a project under the special grants from the Government of India for Auroville’s 50th anniversary, was most recently held in Kolkata (earlier called Calcutta) from 28 to 31 January 2019. Previous editions of this festival were held in Baroda (AV Today, issue 351) and New Delhi (AV Today, issue 341).
Even from our initial scouting trips, it was clear that our approach for the Journey of Auroville festival in Kolkata, widely considered to be the cultural capital of India, would need to be tailored to the unique context of the city, where not only much of the population is already well-acquainted with Sri Aurobindo and his legacy, but also ready to deeply engage on the subject of Auroville. After all, Kolkata was the site of Sri Aurobindo’s birth, of his rise to prominence in the nationalist movement, of his imprisonment for a year, and of intense spiritual experience...
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