In memoriam - Chitra Balaguru

In the afternoon of January 13th, Chitra Balaguru, committed suicide in her Humanscapes home, which she shared with her husband Balaguru and their daughter Praveen. She was 39 years old. Originally hailing from Chennai, Chitra came to Auroville in 2014 and officially joined in March 2016. She worked at Auroville Healthy Services as a much appreciated, conscientious and friendly hygiene inspector and care giver. Chitra’s body was taken to the Farewell Centre and cremated at Auroville’s cremation grounds on January 15th.