Lokprabha, a Marathi weekly has published an articles `MumbaiKonaachya Baapaachee' (To whose father Mumbai belongs) in October 3,2008 issue. The author Raju Parulekar, a Marathi Brahmin has shown his hatred against Jains in this article.
Please have a look at the internet edition of Lokprabha at: http://www.loksatta.com/lokprabha/20081003/cover.htm
Parulekar has made an issue of the Vegetarians in Mumbai who do not allow non Vegetarian people to live in their buildings. Parulekar has twisted the issue by using the words `Jains' instead of vegetarians and `Marathi' instead of non vegetarians. `Jains do not allow Marathis to live in their buildings'! This shows that the author is either immature or a fool, as there are millions of Jains who are Marathi. Further he has never used the term `Gujarati' in the article and instead of it he has used the word Jain. It is fact that in the population of Gujaratis in Mumbai, Gujarati Jains are a minority; they are merely 5 to 10 percent. Rest Gujaratis are vegetarianVaishnavites Hindus, but the author has nothing to do with this fact. The author has used very bad words for Jains in the article. So we are going to file criminal cases against him for his hatred against Jains.
The email address of Raju Parulekar is rajuparulekar@hotmail.com , and you can call him on 09820124419 also. Please condemn him.
We have formed an organization `Jain Panthers' to keep watch on such incidents against Jains, which will work with other organizations like Sambhaji Brigade and Samata Vahini, which always support Jains. You are also requested to join our community on Orkut at: http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community.aspx?cmm=55779022
-Balasaheb Patil 09890203549
