An Auroville experience in heart of Delhi

Delhi | Thursday | 23rd November, 2017

Summary:

Innovate products Rajya Sabha MP and Auroville Foundation chairman Karan Singh during the inauguration of an exhibition at the IGNCA in New Delhi on Wednesday. To celebrate its golden jubilee, the Auroville Foundation has set up an exhibition at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) to give Delhiites a glimpse into the “Auroville way of life”. Inaugurating the event and participating in a panel discussion on the “Journey of Auroville City for Humanity”, Rajya Sabha Member and Chairman of the Auroville Foundation Karan Singh said the event is of significance as many in Delhi hold Sri Aurobindo in high regard but do not know much about Auroville. Once can taste fresh coffee, pizzas made in a wood-fired oven and chocolates made in Auroville as part of the exhibition, besides a range of innovate products from Auroville. Mark Tully, the former bureau chief of BBC in India and a member of the International Advisory Council of the Auroville Foundation for 12 years, said Auroville will grow in two ways in the next 50 years..