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Issue No: 361, August 2019

Horses in Auroville

Cooling down in the sea From the pioneer days of Auroville’s children travelling to school on horseback, Aurovilians have had a long affinity with ponies and horses. Today, there are close to 60, with the majority in Auroville’s three communal equine facilities, but several also live in Greenbelt communities. The conversation about horses in Auroville started even before the inauguration of the city, when Frederick, who was one of Auroville’s first residents, wrote to The Mother to express his interest in bringing horses from the Madras Racecourse. The idea took hold and even Roger Anger embraced the concept of horseback and horse-powered transport, proposing to put facilities for the horses in the north-east section of Auroville, in present-day Fertile. In 1970, the Madras Riding Club donated a retired racehorse named Bettershine to Auroville. Francis brought him to Forecomers, where he would ride him along the canyons and down to the beach. “A man came with the fir...
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Issue No. 361, August 2019

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  • What has happened to our bonfires?
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