________________
JAIN DIGEST
FALL 2003 VOL.22 NO. 3 CIRCULATION: 11000
In this issue
From the Editor in Chief....3
Historic Moments at..........4
Headquarter News...
Committee News................7
Retirement Home Survey....9
Jaina Patron Programme.....8
Interfaith Activities............13
Wheels of Hoop..................14..
Tapachar
Virayachar.....................
16
Unity in Diversity............19
Regional News.............. .22
18
NRI's in USA.......... ..27
JD Life Members.....28
Role of Senior citizens.......28
MIS Registration Form......29 Matrimonials... .............30
YJA....
YJP....
International News...32
JAIN DIGEST CIRCULATION
Federation of JAINA
P. O. Box 700
Getzville, NY 14068-0700
.33
.36
Moving? Receiving duplicate copies? Send your address corrections to:
Jain Education International 2010_03
FROM THE PRESIDENT.....
Jaina is on the move!
Jai Jinendra!
JAINA is on the move! Here is a brief synopsis what transpired over the last 3 months:
1. We started a monthly electronics newsletter called JAINA SPECTRUM in October. It has been very well received. We are thankful to the people who called us or emailed their message of support and appreciation. The real credit for this effort goes to Dilip V. Shah and Dhrumil Purohit for their hard work and dedication.
2. The Patron Program has started with a lot of gusto and enthusiasm.
You will be pleased to know that most of the JAINA Executive Committee members have become either Grand, or Gold, or Silver Patrons. Udai Jain is doing a wonderful in promoting this program. Please support this important program because it is extremely crucial to make JAINA financially healthy on a long-term basis.
3. Our interfaith work has started accelerating. We believe this is an extremely important piece of our mission designed to expose the Western World with our values, ideals and culture. We have decided to send a delegation to the Parliament of World's Religions Conference to be held in July, 2004 in Barcelona, Spain. Naresh Jain and Hema Pokharana are leading this effort.
4. Dr.Bipin Parikh and his Senior Retirement Committee Members have developed a survey for your review and feedback. We need to assess your interest level in this project before we charge ahead. Please study the details in this issue and respond fast.
5. Kirit Daftary has developed the 2005 Convention guidelines and is in the process of sorting out the details for the next convention.
6. We are forming a new committee called "Legal Advisory Committee". We are grateful to Nitin Talsania who was instrumental in getting Mr. Prakash Parekh (NY) and Neel Shah (NJ) on board on a volunteer basis. These attorneys are well experienced and would be quite an asset to JAINA as we expand our reach and need their help on complex legal issues.
7. We are forming another committee called "Media/Public Relations Committee". Nitin Talsania will chair it. It is designed to make the community and the public-at-large aware of the JAINA activities and Jain events uniformly and timely throughout North America. 8. Dilip V Shah is very busy planning the pilgrimage to sacred places in Jaisalmer, Abu, Girnar & Palitana. World Community Service including WOH (Ramesh P Shah) is busy arranging the medical camps in India and shipping medical equipment and supplies.
9. YJP held their convention in San Diego in October very successfully. We are indeed very proud of these young Jains coming forward and preparing themselves for a leadership role in the community.
10. Rajeev Pandya has just printed a beautiful JAINA Calendar for the upcoming year for you all. It is indeed a gem. You will love it.
This is just a brief summary of our progress. Please read this entire issue carefully and make yourself aware of the depth and breadth of activities JAINA volunteers have undertaken to serve you better. Please do your part and support us to the best of your ability.
Cover: JAINA 2004 Calendar Parshwanath Temple, Mirpur, Rajasthan, 10th 11th Century.
For Private & Personal Use Only
With Warmest Personal Regards,
Comp. Vorm
Anop R. Vora, President
JAIN DIGEST-Fall 2003/1 www.jainelibrary.org
