Ahimsa Times 2007 10 SrNo 88

SR No.: 523588
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ahimsa Times
Publisher: Ahimsa Times
Publication Year: 2007
Total Pages: 16
Language: English
Classification: Magazine, India_Ahimsa Times, & India
File Size: 376 KB

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AHIMSA TIMES - OCTOBER 2007 ISSUE - www.jainsamaj.org
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Vegetarian Society of D.C. (VSDC) President, Saurabh Dalal received the newly renamed Henry Spira Grassroots Activist Award' at the Animal Rights 2007 Conference held in Los Angeles in July. Henry Spira who died in 1998 is renowned for pioneering grassroots activism in the U.S. Animal Rights Movement. Last year in 2006, he was given `AHIMSA AWARD' by JAIN FRIENDS, an International Jain Internet Organization, H.Q. in Poona, India. Saurabh Dalal has been the Pioneer in the Vegetarian, Animal Rights, and Environmental Movements among Indian Americans in U.S.A. He has the wide range of contacts with writers, researchers, professors, and others in these fields. He is the President of
Vegetarian Society of District of Columbia (VSDC) for over 10 years. It is the second largest and the oldest vegetarian society in North America (U.S.A. and Canada) with over 900 members. He is the Chairman of the Vegetarian Union of North America (VUNA). He is also the Vice Chair of International Vegetarian Union (IVU) which holds World Vegetarian Congress every other year in different countries of the world. His presentation at the last July 2007 JAINA Convention in Edison, N.J. on GLOBAL WARMING was acclaimed by Dr. L.M. Singhvi as well for its researched information unknown to many as Non-Vegetarian Diet was the Largest Contributor to Global Warming, which is deliberately Ignored by Politicians and Vested Interest Groups.
Among Jains, Saurabh Pioneered in the Organization of Young Jains of America (YJA), Young Jain Professionals (VJP), and Young Jains International (YJI). He has been a member of JAINA Executive in the past. He was the first to Introduce JAIN JEOPARDY in U.S.A. He keeps in touch with 'Beauty Without Cruelty (BWC), head quartered in Poona, India and Vegetarian Society of Bombay, India. He has convinced and converted many into Vegetarianism / Veganism (Plant-Based Diet, not using any Animal Products including Dairy/Milk, Silk, Leather, Wool, Fur, Eggs, in addition to Meat, Fish, Fowl, etc.) being a VEGAN himself for over 15 years. Apart from his above Mission for Non-Violence, he is by Profession, an Optics Engineer with Two Graduate Degrees of M.S. in Engineering and Physics from John Hopkins University, Baltimore Courtsey: Fakirchand J. Dalal, E-Mail: sfdalal@comcast.net
VEGETARIANISM VEGANISM SPREADS IN U.S. CAPITAL, WASHINGTON, D.C. Washington Post is one of USA's foremost Daily. In a Lead Article in FOOD Section of October 10, 2007, titled 'Vegan Soul Grows in Anacostia (Washington D.C.)'. It has reported a story of Levita Mondie-Sapp, a woman on a mission to teach her neighbors How to Prepare Food in More Healthful Ways. The Lady is neither a Jain, nor a Hindu, nor even an Indian Immigrant to U.S.A. She has grown up in Memphis, TN in the Conservative Southern Bible Belt. She is now, a 37-year-old Maret School Teacher in Anacostia, Washington, D.C., predominantly a Black African American Residential Area. Every weekend in a leafy neighborhood, her low-key Revolution gets underway. She makes Sweet Potatoes with a light orange glaze or spicy peanut Vegetable Stew or her hibiscus Tea with the Help of her Young Daughters. The Folks down the street, Relatives, and Church Members drop by to see what's in the Oven or to Watch as she prepares for a Private Cooking Lesson or someone's Housewarming Buffet. Every-body gets a Taste. Her Dishes are MEATLESS And HEALTHFUL. That's How Eating Habits Can CHANGE, referring to Her One-Woman Campaign. This is Not An Area Known for Liking Vegetarian, she says with a Thoughtful, Intent Gaze and Quiet Confidence.
She Changed Her Family's Diet after being Motivated by a Cause. When Her Mom got CANCER, she started Reading about How Food Can Contribute to Degenerative Diseases, or It Can Promote Longevity. Her Mother Died in 1996. She did not Attempt Immediate Drastic CHANGE. In Graduate School, Her Roommate was Vegan. Her Culinary Transition Began then To Cut Back on Sugar, she Blended her Grape Juice with Freshly Squeezed Lime Juice. Her Informal Business called 'Vita's Eatery' kept Rolling by Word of Mouth. She Catered to her Real Estate Agent's House Warmings. There she was asked to Give Lessons. Then some one asked her to Demonstrate Vegetarian Cooking at Her Church, Union Temple. Modifying with Vegan Ingredients, she used Rice Milk in Corn Bread. Now, she Cooks Ghanaian, Mexican, Thai, Italian, and Indian Dishes. She has Cabinet full of Cookbooks. She Professionally caters for Weddings. The Teacher's Revolution won her Prizes. D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, recently came to Hand Her Two Large Plaques. Someday, she would Make Vita's Eatery' an Enterprise, Café on the Bottom and Cooking Classes Upstairs, where she could Teach People the Benefits of a Diet based on Whole Foods and Whole Grains THE LESSONS TO LEARN: 'Where there is a WILL, there is a WAY'. The PURPOSE and MOTIVATION here is HEALTH of/for the COMMUNITY. Non-Vegetarian Diet is the Largest Cause of Global Warming, yet even Nobel Laureate, like Al Gore does not have Moral Courage to Mention in his 'Inconvenient Truth'. We are A Community with Culture and Religion. In Addition to Physical Health, We Can Gain in Mental and Spiritual Health too. Can JAINS who Talk about AHINSA-NON-VIOLENCE Adopt Vegan (Plant-Based) Diet in place of JAIN Diet which is Not Truly A Vegetarian Diet as It Contains DAIRY (Products), The ANIMAL Products. They USE Dairy and other Products in Their TEMPLES Too. It will be Laudable for HINDUS and Others as well to Follow the Purification Process at Temples and
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