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Issue No: 366, January 2020

Heinrich Weihrauch

Heinrich Karl Weihrauch peacefully passed away in his Auromodèle home on Wednesday December 25th at the age of 81. He had suffered a number of strokes since 2010. Born in Heidelberg, Germany, Heinrich had studied business, law, Egyptology, piano and cello before embarking on an allopathic medical career in Germany, which included homeopathy and natural healing methodologies. In 1980 he visited Auroville for the first time, but was not impressed. But when he met his future wife, artist Chantal (Shanta) Gowa, a year later, the idea of India came up once again. In 1985 they visited Auroville and in 1991 Shanta joined Auroville with their son Coriolan. Heinrich settled three years later, in 1994, and applied to the Medical Council of India for permission to work as a medical doctor in India. However, this permission was never granted. Instead, he focused on music. He was a gifted and fervent western classical pianist and cello player. As Auroville had no small music salon, they aske...
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Issue No. 366, January 2020

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  • President of India visits Auroville
  • With a lot of help from our friends
  • Manuel Thomas: Aurovilians continually make you think
  • Sriram Panchu: It’s time for Auroville to take stock
  • Opening up new opportunities for participation
  • We are living in difficult times
  • Appealing to authority
  • The Truth behind the force of Falsehood
  • Auroville: The Dream and the Nightmare
  • Spiritual idealism
  • Aurovik on living in Auroville
  • Art for Land Exhibition
  • Ok’s Journey of Sustainability
  • Clarification on employment survey
  • Heinrich Weihrauch

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