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Contents
Issue 8 June 2001 - August 2001
GLOBAL NEWS & EVENTS
Mahavir's Birthday Celebrations...4-6 General News.
REGULARS
NEWS IN BRIEF MAILBOX...
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QUOTES & QUIPS
FESTIVALS & FORTHCOMING ATTRACTIONS ..35 FINANCIAL SUPPORTERS
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FEATURES
MARK TULLY PROBES JAINISM Mark Tully.....
JAIN SPIRIT ESSAY COMPETITION SCHOLARSHIP IN DECLINE Paul Dundas...
THE END OF IMAGINATION Arundhati Roy.....
LIFESTYLE
LEARN BY LIVING Abhay Bang
CHOOSE TO CARE
Ingrid Newkirk....
EAT TO LIVE, NOT TO EXPLOIT Pushpendra Jain
DYING OF CONSUMPTION George Monbiot
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