In an article at Religion Dispatches, Kalpana Jain argued that Jainism is a religion that even Indians know very little about. In this episode she provides an introduction to this religious tradition. Kalpana Jain is a long-time investigative journalist who worked at The Times of India for many years. She reported on India's ailing public health system and many other social justice issues. Her reports led to the resignation of a minister for health. She studied gender and religion and holds a master's in theological studies from Harvard Divinity School and a master's in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School. She has worked as a writer and researcher at Harvard. Her case on modern-day slavery in India, and a woman's fight against it, is part of a Harvard course, and her book on the AIDS epidemic in India, published by Penguin, is part of the curriculum at many Indian universities.
Kalpana Jain's website: https://kalpanajain.com/
Further resources on Jainism
JAINA: Federation of Jain Association in North America:
https://www.jaina.org/page/ResourcesJainism
JAINA Web Resources: https://www.jaina.org/page/WebResources
Jains in the World: Religious Values and Ideology in India
https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/0195132343.001.0001acprof-9780195132342
The Jains
https://www.routledge.com/The-Jains/Dundas/p/book/9780415266062
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