This article was written by Chandraprakash Shah. I have found it really informative. It is a fuller explanation than I have received to date, explaining why Jain celebrate Diwali. There are about eight days during the Dipavalee celebration in Jainism. It begins on Dhan Terash and ends on Gyan Pancham Read more…
Sometime between August and October followers of Jainism partake in Paryushana. A lot of the ‘younger’ folk don’t fully understand what we are supposed to do or why. Hopefully this should explain some of it 🙂 Michchhami Dukkadam is usually said when we ask for forgiveness. People do this as a normal Read more…
I debated writing this post. I don’t want to offend anyone or create negative attitudes about the things debated in this article. However, I have been introduced to, or spoken to, about this stuff so many times and I’m still confused. I wanted to share what I know and see Read more…
I went to a derasar recently, in which they had arranged rice, grains, fruits and so much to create an amazing rangoli! It was so nice! Unfortunately, after the event, one of the men in charge of creating it suggested that it all be bagged and binned. He said that Read more…
Have you read the post that I published on 22nd January 2009 called ‘My wedding day. Why there were less than 15 guests in total’. If not, have a read. It’ll give you a bit of background about my wedding day. So in the end Suraj and I agreed to Read more…
I got married on 22nd December 2008. Very recent! If you’ve seen my picture on the ‘about’ page, you might think that I’m Indian and you would be right. Why is this relevent? Well…If you know what typical ‘Indian’ weddings are like you’ll know there’ll be lots of people there. Read more…
This is a message from the researcher, Bindi. The research is on young Jains (18-30 year olds) who have been born and/or brought up in the UK or USA. The kinds of things I am interested in learning about are: a) how are young Jains interpreting Jainsim and what kind Read more…
