A section of Auroville residents had protested the MoU signing 100 acres of Auroville to IIT-Madras saying it would displace Annapurna Farm, the community’s central granary.
Auroville Governing Board signed MoU with IIT Madras 8 July to establish a campus focussed on sustainability & aimed at achieving global excellence in sustainable technologies.
Established as a lab of universal collaboration, Auroville finds itself caught in a clash between residents & authorities — and even among different residents — over its evolution.
There have been internal and external tensions at Auroville. But resolving these can't be done through violent actions and top-down imposition by the State.
India has been generously hosting an international experiment, but it cannot be a bystander to foreign residents’ rebellion against Indian authorities.
For at least a decade, developing countries across Asia and Africa have worried about growing dependent on China. They’re concerned about debt traps, coercive policies,...
French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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