We left Chennai for Pondicherry, for our visit to Auroville, an experimental sustainable living community. Before we left we spent the morning with an consumer action group called ToxicsLink. Incredibly bright and empassoned staff, learned a great deal about "how it works" in the Indian energy system and government action (or inaction). On our drive to Pondicherry we briefly stopped at Dakshina Chitra for a little cultural activity, but the hot and smoggy drive was calling our names so we got back in the van (a monstrous thing with a 10ft high ceiling but a very nice and brave driver) and continued on our treacherous journey of unmarked roadblocks, darting cars, motorcycles, bicycles, handcarts, people and, of course, the slow moving and holy, cow. There were definitely a few miraculous 'close ones'. And then it grew
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