Auroville,
the international township near Pondicherry, is a special place for
many reasons. One of the fascinating things about it is the many
creative, ecological, and entrepreneurial projects that its residents
bring into being. Here, you meet many people who have left their
conventional lives and careers far behind, and have created a
completely different life for themselves by contributing their
skills, creativity and talents in new ways.
Auroville
has a growing food scene based on authentic, artisanal products. The
story of Jane's chocolate factory is not unusual for Auroville. This
is the story of Jane, a lawyer from Australia who started an
artisanal chocolate business in South India. I tell her story and
explain her bean-to-bar chocolate-making process in an article I wrote for Chickpea, my favourite vegan magazine. You can read it here.
You
can read some of my other published articles on India here.
