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(While filing various old papers, notes, etc., Mother happens upon the plan for a film studio at the lake') It's at the lake. The property belonged to the mission and at that time its manager was a very good friend of ours, even though he was a missionary. He said that he would arrange for us to have it. Everything was arranged, and I was to receive the money to buy it (they asked for more than fifty or sixty thousand rupees#). But then the money didn't come and our missionary friend left. He's no longer there; he's been replaced by someone else. (Mother looks at a piece of paper) 'Calling Antonin Raymond3.' The architect for the construction. Then there was also 'making ready temporary quarters for Z4.' But then Z left; he died. That's what happens - things change. It's not that the project stops, but it's forced to take other paths. But this film project has been completely abandoned now, hasn't it? No, no. You see, it wasn't a studio - it was a school, a school of photography, television and film. It's not at all buried. But L has enlarged the program. (Mother indicates the plan) This is only a small part of his extensive total program. He is planning to have a school of agriculture, a modern dairy with grazing land - there's a lot of agriculture, really a lot - fruit orchards, large rice fields, many things. And then a ceramics factory. My ceramics factory will be at the far end of the lake, so as to utilize the clay - the government has agreed; as they have to dig out the lake one day, we shall use the top soil for the fields. First we'll remove all the pebbles (you know, there are hills over there), which can be used for construction - it's a mine of pebbles. After removing the pebbles, there will be holes which then we'll fill with earth from the lake. And below this earth is a thick 1. Some five miles from Pondicherry. 2. About $7,000. 3. The architect who had already built 'Golconde,' the Ashram guest house. 4. An American filmmaker.and compact layer of clay which is so hard it can't be used for farming - it's impossible - but it's wonderful for making ceramics. So right at the very end, in Indian territory,' we'll have a large ceramics industry. On the other side, we'll have a little factory for firing clay. All this is huge. A tremendous program.# We can file it with the other things. page 408-09 , Mother's Agenda , volume - 1, 20 Aug. 1960 |