YJA Convention 1996 07 San Francisco CA Second

Author(s): Young Jains of America (YJA)
Publisher: Young Jains of America YJA USA

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However, when she chooses to recognize her lesbian partner as a great help in her work, her co-workers are surprised, shocked, and respond crudely and unprofessionally. How does the Jain employee react to this, keeping in mind his principles from Jainism? The participants from the Jain Youth Group of North Texas are Moshmee Kalarnkar (Maria), Manish Mehta (Samir), Veeral Rathod (John), Khushah Zaveri (Linda) and Pavan Zaveri (Mr. Jones).
These situations are large exaggerations of daily life, yet the purpose is to make us aware of the intolerance many of us may project in society in regular interaction. No offense is intended in stereotyping any race, gender, way of life or religion. No character bears resemblance to any person, real or fictional and the actors do not reflect the characters or qualities portrayed in real life. We are using these only as examples. Keeping in mind the principle of Anekantvaad and the openness associated, we hope to convey a message of realization and possibly enact a conscious effort to correct our ways.
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