Mandakini Lucien-Brun
(Former educational filmmaker, and English language coach for business professionals in Paris; co-founder of the Acres for Auroville land campaign and Auroville’s Art for Land action; Board Member, Auroville International France)
I am happy to endorse the Aryadeep Vision Foundation. I have worked with Aryadeep for over a decade now, and I know that behind his quest and creativity for the Auroville land consolidation lies a greater quest and creativity to make Auroville a hugely relevant creation in the world. Early in his life in Auroville, now more than three decades ago, Aryadeep realised the crucial importance of securing and safeguarding the City of Dawn’s land base for cohesive and harmonious development. He devoted himself to this task, which sparked a fresh momentum for the challenge that had been lying dormant. He undertook the task of creating awareness through various initiatives and his writings. Many successes – tangible and intangible – followed. When others gave up, he carried on. I joined Aryadeep in 2014, and together, we initiated the Acres for Auroville campaign. I have worked non-stop with him, with Aryadeep holding the chief role in Auroville, resulting in the purchase of 156 previously missing Master Plan acres over the past decade. Always modest, a man of honour and ethics, and a sincere sadhak, Aryadeep comes across to many as a primary motivator and inspiring bridge to Auroville, connecting it to the future in the light of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo. Thanks to Aryadeep’s force of character and the trust he inspires, many people offer to Auroville what they can. We can all be highly grateful to Aryadeep for his non-stop dedication to Auroville’s growth and prestige. Now, under the banner of the Aryadeep Vision Foundation, Aryadeep has taken up the task of materializing the great and extraordinary potentialities he sees in Auroville through numerous creative ideas and undertakings, I am wholeheartedly with him in this journey and wish for the Aryadeep Vision Foundation to emerge as a long-lasting success in fulfilling its lofty dreams and mission.