EditorialThe Matrimandir, a place for meditation, in Auroville, India, a spiritual commune founded in the state of Tamil Nadu in the 1960s, Feb. 2, 2022. (Rebecca Conway/The New York Times)
EditorialAkash Kapur, the author of ?Better to Have Gone,? and his wife and collaborator Auralice Graft, in New York, July 1, 2021. (Simbarashe Cha/The New York Times)