India Mission 2007: India... A Vision Realized

Our Diary

June 21 - ...to all (wo) men of good will...

Today, the team woke up with a kink in the neck after sleeping a full night in their rental bus. Disillusioned, they peered out the windows through crusty eyes and sticky skin at a forest of perfectly aligned palms, upon vibrantly red earth. Welcome to Auroville! Here, we met one of the connections facilatated through Sasha Smith from a tsunami relief organization called Village Outreach. Angamma rode in heroically on her dirt bike in an orange sari to invite Team India into her home and show everyone around during their stay.

Their first stop was a local school, where the team was able to talk to some “nine standards” (grade seven students) about leadership and question their knowledge of HIV. After playing some frisbee and discussing ways in which they are already leaders, the team realized that these children were quite special and hopes to work with them in the future (tune in tomorrow)! The Team was also able to finalize some plans for tomorrow and research the town of Auroville, which has a very different take on day to day living (including education). Inspiration about human unity ensued, and ideals of a continuous human evolution, which is leading us away from conflict and into unity, through the Aurovillians. What a thought to end a day.