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AHIMSA TIMES - FEBRUARY 2008 ISSUE - www.jainsamaj.org
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years' time. Though there was some awareness about the silk in south India, especially in Chennai, it was yet to become popular in the northern region.
VICE PRESIDENT CALLS UPON PEOPLE TO ROOT OUT PROBLEM OF FEMALE FOETICIDE - The Vice President of India, Mohd. Hamid Ansari called upon the people to change their attitude towards female child and reiterated that the age long problem of female foeticide should be rooted out completely from our society as it is a curse. Inaugurating a function "Kanyabhrun Hatya Ke Khilaf Sarvdharm Maha Abhiyan Samaroh" organized by National Integration Committee, he said that mere framing rules will not serve the purpose and the people at large will have to be motivated against it. It is not only inhuman but badly affecting our society also. He expressed his happiness that now the society has been awakened to root out this problem. He congratulated the organizers of the function to start this noble cause as a movement. The Vice President received a copy of the book entitled "The Unborn Curse" by Acharaya Shri Lokesh on the occasion. The founder of Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti Acharya Shri Lokesh in his address cautioned that if the problem of female foeticide is not solved in time it may have more dangerous consequences than Aids or Cancer. The root cause of this social evil will have to be found. Shahi Imam of Fatehpuri Masjid, Dr. Mufti Mohd. Mukarram and the Chief Editor of Rajasthan Patrika Shri Gulab Kothari also addressed.
MEAT SHOPS SHOULD NOT OPERATE FROM MAIN ROADS SAY M. P. HIGH COURT - In a public interest litigation filed by Shri Suresh Chand Jain (748, Sarafa Ward, Jabalpur, Tel. No. 0761-2611121), Justice Deepak Mishra & Prakash Srivastwa of M. P. High Court have directed Local Authorities to take strict action against all the shops selling meat on the main roads. Court also directed the local police to jail all
the shop keepers violating court orders. Court accepted the petioner's arguments that these shops have been polluting main city roads & causing environmental problems. PIL also informed that as per municipal laws meat can be sold only in notified & covered markets, whereas these shops are operating from many unauthorised markets. PIL. of Sri Suresh Jain has established a good example and legal precedence for the other vegetarians. Now taking this as precedence any one can approach their area Courts or Local Authorities and stop the mushroom growth of meat shops. Ahimsa Foundation congratulates Shri Suresh Jain for successfully taking up this issue of social importance.
DIKSHA CEREMONY
An eminent and highly revered saint, Acharya Shri Gunrartn Surishwarji maharaj, belonging to Jain Shwetambar Murtipujak sect has by now accorded muni diksha to as many as 269 people, both male and female together. The latest addition of seven sadhwi and one saint, having undergone rigorous education in Jain religion and its philosophy have accepted diksha at Shankheshwar in Gujarat in the holy presence of the acharya and have been accepted into his guchh. The newly accepted sadhwi are in the age group of 21 years to 27 years and the saint is 65 years old. All of them belong to rich families of Gujarat.
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