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Auroville, an experimental town in northeast India, is imagined as a futuristic utopia. Take a look at the city plan.

Backed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the new leadership of Auroville, an experimental commune, wants to create a model city. In the way stand trees, tree houses and a take-it-slow tradition.

The Indian town designed by French architect Mirra Alfassa and steadily built since 1968 is the only surviving project of its kind. But its future is in jeopardy because of internal dissension and ...

Frederick Schulze-Buxloh, an 86-year-old pioneer of Auroville, faces deportation after 60 years in India due to allegations of illegal property acquisition and obstructing development. Despite his ...

Better To Have Gone Auroville: Love, Death and the Quest for Utopia by Akash Kapur, Scribner, $27/£16.99, 368 pages Neel Mukherjee’s latest book is ‘Avian’, in the Cahiers series ...

Stating that India is poised to lead the world in providing lasting solutions to global challenges, President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said the community in Auroville, an international township ...

Akash Kapur, author of Better to Have Gone: Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville on “the gap between ideals and reality.” ...

AUROVILLE, India – On a Saturday afternoon, I meet someone around my age who ticks off his professional designations: sound engineer, artist, architect. In this unusual town in southern India ...

According to Suhasini Ayer, director of Auroville Design Consultants, Humanscapes is an experimental project designed to create affordable and sustainable housing for approximately 500 inhabitants.

It was on February 28, 1968 that Auroville, near Puducherry in south India, was inaugurated. As of June 2018, Auroville is home to over 2,800 volunteers representing 56 nationalities.

Better To Have Gone Auroville: Love, Death and the Quest for Utopia by Akash Kapur, Scribner, $27/£16.99, 368 pages Neel Mukherjee’s latest book is ‘Avian’, in the Cahiers series ...