Auroville’s kilns go cold as LPG prices soar
Nestled in the red earth and the dry evergreen forest of Auroville is the Dana Community. It is the de facto address of most of the pottery studios and kilns in this experimental township, about 12 km from Puducherry.Auroville's pottery community, spanning almost 15 distinct local studios, training centres and cooperatives, is known for its studio ceramics and glazed stoneware.But now the kilns are lying cold.Ever since the war broke out in Iran, affecting gas supply and hiking fuel prices, Aur…