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Interview: Akash Kapur on Better to Have Gone

We talked to Akash Kapur about the community of Auroville and his new book, Better to Have Gone.

Akash Kapur

Akash Kapur, Better to Have Gone is a fascinating story. What do you think draws certain people to these utopian communities, and why were they so popular in 1960s and '70s? I think it’s a combination of individual temperament and interest, on the one hand, and...

Better to Have Gone: Auroville

In this excerpt from his new book, Better to Have Gone, Akash Kapur describes the beginning of an incredible journey.

Akash Kapur

Auroville, 1986 October of 1986 and a man lies dying in a hut at the edge of a canyon. His name is John Anthony Walker. He’s on a mattress on a cement floor, and by his side sits a woman wrapped in a shawl, a yellow cat in her lap, and she cries. Her name is Diane...