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new friend from this land. Her name was Tina Jain. Her profile at one Social Networking Site is titled as Tina from Tiny Land.' Within a few session of chatting with Tina, I got a lot of information about the Jain community of this land. I would like to share the information with you. I think that many of the readers would dislike this information, some readers would enjoy it and few would think seriously on it. Few smarter readers would immediately think that this is another humorous article of Mahavir Sanglikar. I was surprised to know from Tina that the major business of the Jains of Butcher Land is trading of meat! They import it from India and export to African countries. When Tina told me about it, I asked her that how can Jain community get engaged in such type of business? Her answer was quick. She said, We do not eat any animal product. Even eating milk product is prohibited in our community. We just trade. We import, and then export. We even don't touch or see the products we trade. This was strange for me. She told me that most of the import of meat is from Al-Kabir, Hyderbad, Asia's biggest Slaughterhouse. The reason for preferring AlKabir was that this company belongs to a Jain Industrialist of India. Recently he donated two Crore Rupees for construction of a new Jain temple at Buffalo, the capital city of Butcher Land. The Jain temples of this Land are made from coins, not from bricks! The idols of Jain Gods are decorated with Silver and Golden coins, and also with currency notes of various countries, but especially with Euros and U.S. Dollars. Last year, this Land was declared as a Jain Nation, after a revolt by extremist Jains there. The new Government of Butcher Land has banned killing of Cockroaches, Bed Bugs and Mosquitoes. The import of pesticides is prohibited. The Government has also banned farming, as agriculture is a sin according to the extremist Jains. So the people have to eat imported grains and cereals. If a person is found eating potatoes, garlic, or onions, he is punished. Import of Sugar made from beet roots. However, the Government officials have
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An Ahimsa Crisis: You Decide
