Ahimsa Times 2008 09 SrNo 99

Author(s): Ahimsa Times
Publisher: Ahimsa Times

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AHIMSA TIMES - SEPTEMBER 2008 ISSUE - www.jainsamaj.org
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A word about cotton ear buds also. Please do not show sympathy to people selling buds on roadside or at Signals..... Just wanted to warn you people not to buy those packs of ear buds you get at the roadside. It's made from cotton that has already been used in hospitals. They take all the dirty, blood and pus filled cotton, wash it, bleach it and use it to make ear buds. So, unless you want to become the first person in the world to get Herpes Zoster Oticus (a viral infection of the inner, middle, and external ear) of the ear and that too from a cotton bud, DON'T BUY THEM!* News report from Times of India.
HONORS & AWARDS
GENERAL ASSEMR
SEMBLY OF
THE GENE
OHIO SENATE HONORING MAHA VIR VISION, INC. ON ITS COMMUNITY SERVICE - On behalf of the members of the Senate of the 127th General Assembly of Ohio, we are pleased to pay tribute to Mahavir Vision, Inc., on sponsoring the Visual Art Exhibition of Ancient Jain Art and Architecture from India at the James A. Rhodes State Office Tower Art
TACIE SKA
Gallery, September 2-30, 2008
Mahavir Vision is deserving of the highest praise for its efforts to promote cultural enrichment and the arts locally through its sponsorship of the 2008 Ancient Jain Art and Architecture Exhibition in Columbus, Ohio. This event, which will provide a venue to highlight the work of Jain artists dating from 200 B.C. to present day, is a fitting time to acknowledge the exceptional work done by the many individuals who have been involved with Mahavir Vision.
All those associated with Mahavir Vision are to be applauded for their foresight and dedication. These fine people have earned the respect and admiration of many and have set an example of concerned and responsible citizenship worthy of emulation. Thus, we commend Mahavir Vision, Inc., on its innumerable contributions and extend best wishes for ongoing success. Also read attachment Courtesy: Dr. Sulekh Jain
STORY OF JAIN INDIAN WHO MADE IT BIG IN THE US Dipak C Jain was 17 minutes into his first presentation as the Dean of Kellogg School of Management when the world changed. This was 8.17 AM Chicago time, an hour behind New York. The date was September 11, 2001. It would have been easy to wallow in this most inauspicious of beginnings. Instead, Jain, the first Indian to head a top-flight US business school,
quickly got down to writing letters to the school's alumni seeking their help in placing the graduating students. "I could see that the global economic environment would become tough and placing the students would be equally so. So I wrote to our former students many of who were in decision-making positions at small and medium enterprises that did not recruit from the top business schools," says Jain.
He was criticised for demeaning the Dean's position by "going around with a begging bowl". However, after Kellogg reported 91 per cent placement rate, the best among all B-schools in the country, in that troubled year, this went on to be become standard practice among the top B-schools. That's Jain for you. Born and brought up in Tezpur, Assam, he has devoutly followed the age-old Indian ethic of accepting one's fate and moving on to address the situation at hand. "There are biases everywhere. I may have very well faced them. But even if they became obstacles for me, I did not notice them," says Jain. He says he faces more bias in India. Some time ago, in the breakfast queue at a five-star hotel in New Delhi, the man on the counter wanted to bypass Jain and serve the
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