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Mallika Sherawat - Early life
The part of you have added doesnt look informative. It is highly opinionative. There is no need of so much of story in a wikipedia article. It would be good if you can edit the part to be precise and upto the point. I hope you got my point. It would be disastrous on part of us if we allow negative/positive points about a individual person ( by just providing some news source) in wikipedia

Thanks for your understanding SaatwikG (talk) 06:19, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Which part does not look informative and which part looks opinionative?? On one hand you are saying it in not informative and in the next sentence you are saying that so much information is not required! Check out the biographies of other persons. It is not simply like typing a Biodata. The information that I have put up is necessary to understand her whole personality and her need to cook up a background. We need not be worried about positive or negative points as long as we are factual. And what I have put up is factual. We are not doing moral policing here. I hope you get the point. Thanks for discussion.--Indian Chronicles (talk) 04:11, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Who knows if those relatives and parents are correct or not? Is Indian express reporter the final judge? The way you concluded whole thing is extremely negative and this is not a neutral point of view in any sense ( the way you added hindi words reflect this completely) Pls check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view. Who told you that "sherawat" name doesnt exist? Please check http://www.jatland.com/home/Sherawat. And Is there any importance to the article whether she was forced to marry or with her desire? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SaatwikG (talk • contribs) 15:33, 5 January 2011 (UTC)


 * we are not to Judge whether relatives are correct or not....simply report facts. Lets us not judge whether Indian express is final Judge..there is no end to it. WP BIO's should give both positive and negative news without bias. And public figures cannot avoid criticism. And no one claims that Sherawat Surname does not exists. Only it is uncommon. Pls read properly.--Indian Chronicles (talk) 15:47, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

The version you have added is completely a judgement rather than facts. There is lot of discussion on her early life in her wiki page. Nobody knows what is truth. Thats the reason they haven't added any part of it to the wiki page. Please move this arguments to discussion page SaatwikG (talk) 17:10, 5 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Pls discuss which part you have found objectionable and against wikipedia policies?

As I said, you are of the view that her version is entirely wrong and indian express version is true. This is like a cooking up story. There will be lot of gossip floating around newspapers on movie actors. Should we include all that and try to project it as a true story? Is there any need for all these statements w.r.to her early life? You are trying to portray her character in a wrong way. I checked lot of Indian celebrities wikipages. There is no need for explaining everything in wikipage unless it is highly useful to the article. (1) I have given a link where sherawat is entirely valid surname. Is there any link which says her mother maiden name is sehrawat? (2) How do you know that whether her marriage is a forced one or based on her desire. These are entirely personal things which we are not sure about. (3) I believe below sentences are pure gossip which adds no value to the article and putting them on wiki is highly objectionable.

When her father, Mukesh Kumar Lamba, questioned her she is said to have replied that "''Papa, filmon mein yeh sab kehna padta hai achchi publicity ke liye.

Glamour photographers recall that Reema Gill, as she was known then, would avoid any mention of her husband, even deny being married. Her publicity statements also got her father in trouble as he had to spent a lot of time pacifying angry relatives when Mallika has said in interviews, "I come from a place where women are kept in the backyard along with cattle"; that her parents "fled from Rohtak" because relatives disapproved of her career choice; and again, "In my family, no woman has even held a job ''" SaatwikG (talk) 17:50, 5 January 2011 (UTC)


 * This has been reported in paper and Mallika has not raised any objection to the same. You are not able to demonstrate yet that it is against WP policies. Pls read again.....no one is saying that Sherawat is invalid surname. Try to understand difference between invalid and uncommon. I would like more opinion on this edit. Somehow your arguments sounds hollow and without basis. what is fact for one person may be gossip for another. It is necessary to portray true story. Check pages of celebrities, it gives infos on their scandals and affairs. This may be denied and considered by them. But it is to be reported.--Indian Chronicles (talk) 18:06, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

2011 religion meeting and Jainism
Thank you for your input. Just dropping you a note indicating that we have a lot of space available to discuss specific articles, and it might help to pinpoint specific ones which are in most serious need of development. Maybe, if such is possible, it might help to have for instance "Start" or "Stub" class "Top" importance articles listed first, then C class/Top importance and Stub/Start class High importance articles next, for example. But specifics would help, and I think we should all feel free to take up as much space as required to communicate out ideas on the page. With any luck, next month, we will have the option to discuss how to act on the proposals, but it would help a lot to have the suggestions be detailed enough to be fairly quickly acted upon. John Carter (talk) 16:42, 8 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks. It seems to be logical way to approach. Will try to do as you have said.--Indian Chronicles (talk) 16:24, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Salakapurusas
Just to let you know, Salakapurusas had been moved to the queue at Template:Did you know/Queue. It has been accepted. Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:19, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
 * extremely sorry. I should have checked.
 * Don't worry, we all make mistakes. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:03, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

User John8790 and his comments in Talk: Mahabharata
Hello Indian Chronicles. I am writing to say that I was concerned with your removal of an opinion from the Talk: Mahabharata page. While I would say that the opinion showed narrow mindedness, a considerable lack of understanding and probably bigotry, I also think that your removal of it shows a thin skin and an apparent inability to deal with critical opinion. The user's comments expressed opinions widely held by Christians and Muslims, though they don't often say them to face of Hindus. They are easy to compose a sensible response to, which is what you should have done. I suggest that you revert your deletion of this entry. Thanks. Imc (talk) 16:14, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I dont have time and inclination to refute each and every bigoted comment that any joker may come up with. I believe that I did the right thing by deleting the senseless posting. Thanks.--Indian Chronicles (talk) 17:33, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
 * First, nobody asked you to 'refute' it. Second, since it made an apparently valid argument, that a reference was invalid, deleting the comment without dealing with this looks like censorship. Imc (talk) 21:00, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I think you are new to Wikipedia. Please go thru the rules. You cannot scream censorship on every deletion of vandalism. Discussion pages are for improvement about the particular article. Not to abuse a particular community. My conscience was clear when I deleted the posting. It is clear also now. Thanks.--Indian Chronicles (talk) 04:00, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Check this diff. Now someone else has also deleted edits of this joker whom you are defending.--Indian Chronicles  (talk) 08:09, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Salakapurusa
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Idol?
Hi there :) I'm here discuss the whole "statue vs. idol" thing. Isn't calling a statue of an another religion's God/Goddess an idol, implying something like it's a false god or it's worship of that god as negative? Isn't idol supposed to be statue of a false god that is worshiped? What are your thoughts? Thanks, David -Angel David (talk) 01:30, 22 June 2011 (UTC)


 * This all is quite interesting. I did some research and found that the term “idol” is has negative connotations since it is so strongly connected in English with both the Biblical commandment prohibiting the worship of idols and the later Protestant critiques of the Catholic veneration of icons as idolatry. In India and in eastern cultures this term is not used derisively. Maybe we can take a second opinion here. Thanks--Indian Chronicles (talk) 10:17, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Well, I feel that the word 'idol' is getting biased with, like, you guys must've heard of idol worship as a 'no-no', but not statue worship. I mean, like, we may worship literally anything, but I feel that idol worship shouldn't be frowned upon, as it is someone's belief being hurt to satisfy ours'. SaiShop2022 (talk) 10:13, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Tirthankar - Suggestion
I have seen you editing consistently well in Jain related articles, and I assume you are a knowledgeable person in the field. I noticed the title Tirthankar and i am wondering whether the article should be rightly titled Tirthankara. Isn't the former just used among the Hindi speaking people owing to their dropping the ending "a" from the Sanksrit and Prakrit words?  Arjun  codename024 05:37, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
 * You are right the IAST spelling with diacritics used by scholars is Tīthaṇkara. However without diacritics both Tirthankara or Tirthankar are right. However popular spelling will be the IAST without discritics i.e. "Tirthankara". So I guess name change is justified.--Indian Chronicles (talk) 09:24, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Since I am not able to make the move myself. I have placed a request. Cheers!  Arjun  codename024 11:42, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

Lord Ghantakarna Mahavir
Can you please take a look: Articles_for_deletion/Lord_Ghantakarna_Mahavir. Seems to be Jain Vir. Please add some context to the article. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 17:34, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
 * FYI. I have created Category:Jain deities for classification of such articles. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 13:03, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks.--Indian Chronicles (talk) 17:58, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Jainism Barnstar
Not interested in Jainism, but I was wondering if you wouldn't mind if I edited the barnstar picture to look a bit better, just asking you first tho ^^ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drewno (talk • contribs) 19:08, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Please go ahead. If anyone improves it then nothing like it!! :)--Indian Chronicles (talk) 04:31, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Haha, will do then :D I'll send you my edited version before I upload it and see if you like it. Drewno (talk to me) 04:47, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I uploaded it onto my server, and here's my first version. If you still have the original LARGE barnstar you used I could make a second version with the Jainism symbol I used in my version. http://ontropolitan.com/JainismBarnstar.png Drewno (talk to me) 12:06, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
 * You can use this one File:New_Barnstar.png. Any new designs other that that you uploaded? Its good but not much different than the previous one that I made.--Indian Chronicles (talk) 10:35, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Will remake using the New_Barnstar.png file, and I'll add a bit more detail. Will make 5 copies and lets see which one you'll like the most ^^ Also, the Jainism symbol I used is quite better.. Drewno (talk to me) 15:29, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Neminatha
I found that you have updated following section:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neminath [edit] Physical evidence for existence

Can you please let me know if you have any reference or citation which links Nebuchandnezzar with Girnar or Neminath? I will appreciate your help.

Shahsahilwiki (talk) 11:36, 12 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Check out these references:
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 * --Indian Chronicles (talk) 17:10, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

File:Jainismbarnstar copy.png listed for deletion
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Jainismbarnstar copy.png, has been listed at Files for deletion. Please see the to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Calliopejen1 (talk) 17:40, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Ahalya
Hi Indian Chronicles. I trying to improve Ahalya to FA status and have started a PR Peer_review/Ahalya/archive1. I request to give your valued comments to improve the article to FA status on the PR or the talk. Thanks a lot. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 05:31, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi. After a failed FAC, Ahalya is back at Peer review/Ahalya/archive2. If you have time, please take a look. Thanks. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 17:50, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I have reorganized the sections at User:Redtigerxyz/Ahalya. Can you please check? References and images have to correctly organized. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 18:03, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Merged development. Please check. Redtigerxyz  Talk 18:29, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Please comment on Talk:Ahalya. PR was archived. Thanks. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 16:26, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Holiday Greetings
Alastair and his wife have had a son, Felix, born on Christmas day. I thought you would like to know the good news. Buster Seven   Talk  21:23, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks Buster7. It is such a great news. Yes I know. I am in touch with him. I am very happy for him. Felix will bring great happiness and good luck to Alastair and family. But Thanks for remembering me as a friend of Alastair.--Indian Chronicles (talk) 04:16, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Requesting Your Help
Hi, I'm Aayush and I'm new to Wikipedia. I've been making edits to articles on Jainism to give them a polished look. I noticed that you also have an avid interest in Jainism. I was editing the List of Jains and standardizing it on the lines of other such articles. I notices the List of Hindus contained the names of a lot of Jains. I removed them and added them to the List of Jains. But my edit was reverted and now the names appear in both the lists. If you have a look at the talk page of List of Hindus, you will notice that the names of Ratan Tata and Salman Khan were removed because they were not Hindus. But the editors of the List of Hindus feel as if Jains are Hindus. I'm not sure how to deal with this, maybe you can provide me with some feedback. Thanks.--Aayush18 (talk) 10:26, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Aayush. Your are absolutely right. Jains are not Hindus. They need to be removed from the list of Hindus.--Indian Chronicles (talk) 11:01, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Anish, someone removed all the names from the List of Jains that were not wikilinked. As you had mentioned on the talk page, there is no such requirement for names to be wikilinked. I had tried to undo the changes, which were bordering on vandalism, but was unable to do so because it said there were conflicting edits. I request you to undo that edit. Also, I have been editing the list lately to standardize it.--Aayush18 (talk) 15:24, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I feel let it be. Maybe it is better, if only wikilinked names are included. This list is used by many characters for self- promotion. At least that will be prevented. And if you want to included a non-article personality, then you can give references. But I am glad you are taking interest in Jainism related articles.--Indian Chronicles (talk) 16:16, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Requesting input from you at Talk:Shramana
Greetings. Could you please weigh in at Talk:Shramana about the disputed passage about Shamanism? I'm trying to see if there's any chance of getting middle ground or whether the matter will need to be escalated, since I don't see any consensus with as small a group of active editors as are on the talk page. —C.Fred (talk) 13:09, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Global Vision
Hi Indian Chronicles. I removed a reference at Yasovijaya because it was a book published by Global Vision Publishing House. Global Vision is not considered a reliable source and is listed at WP:Mirrors and forks. This discussion goes into some detail on why Global Vision should not be used as a source. Gobōnobo + c 06:34, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Requesting your help
Hi Anish, I wanted to draw your attention to Gymnosophists and Calanus of India. Someone recently edited these articles to give an undue weight-age to the view that these people were Hindus. While most likely they were Jains. The article before these edits mentioned that these people could be either, but did not favor HIndus, as it does now. In fact, the word 'Jain' has been removed from the article Calanus of India altogether. The editor now mentions stuff like ''The gymnosophists, the Greeks encountered in 3rd Century B.C. at Taxila, an ancient center of Vedic learning, were probably an old sect of Hindu Naga sadhus. The naked saints, whom Alexander met has often been mis-taken as Jain Digambara, who preach of non-violence.'' without providing any references. I didn't undo the edits because some of the other stuff was sourced. Adding a citation needed tag to the contentious part (above line for example) doesn't help, because that unnecessary line still remains in the article. I know this article isn't really a priority, but I didn't want this edit to go unnoticed as I feel if such unnecessary edits aren't corrected soon, they end up becoming part of the general consensus. So how do you suggest we deal with this? --Aayush18 (talk) 08:34, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I think it would be our duty to show a true picture of Jainism wherever possible while at the same time respecting the rules of wikipedia. If you feel that there should be mention of Jainism in these articles and you have references then you must edit the articles.--Indian Chronicles  (talk) 18:30, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Ok I will discuss this with User:Jethwarp who made these changes.--Aayush18 (talk) 04:07, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia article on Godiji Parshwanath
I had seen the photographs of the Gori Temple in Tharparkar in Pakistan. I was never aware of its history, until I read about the 200th anniversay of Godiji Parshwant temple in Mumbai.

I have been able to locate Jain books that mention the ancient temple now in Pakistan. I have also been able to locate British accounts. A person had visited the temple when there was still some Jain population in Tharparkar region and some people who had seen the original image were still alive. I have been able to connect the accounts. Kindly visit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godiji Malaiya (talk) 01:20, 31 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the link.--Indian Chronicles (talk) 08:08, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Opinion Required - Banish the Usage of terms like Demi-Gods
hi Anish,

While going through some articles under our project, I would like to add some of the following suggestions


 * We need to avoid using terms like 'Demi-Gods'. we need to start the using the actual words at all places. Goof Up in the article God in Jainism has forcefully created a belief that there is a concept of God in Jainism which is untrue. You need to look at first two paragraphs on the article.
 * we could start a terminology for the words whih could exlain them but we need to use the exact words in the articles to avoid creating Concept which does not exist in jainism.

Mananshah15 (talk) 10:26, 3 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Please do not try to create your own policies. Also do not indulge in creating any new false terminologies. We cannot banish anything on wikipedia. Just because you do not agree to something, that does not mean that it is untrue. I suggest you read something about Jainism before commenting on it. Exactly how do you intend to portray the words like "Bhagwan", "Deva" etc? There is absolutely no confusion in he article and portrays the philosophy of Jainism accurately. I suggest that first you get your fundas clear.--Indian Chronicles (talk) 17:32, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

 * Congrats to your hard work on making Ahalya a featured article. The credit goes to you. I wish I could have contributed more. Unable to do so. But you are doing excellent work.--Indian Chronicles (talk) 18:54, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

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 * Thanks Very much--Indian Chronicles (talk) 17:23, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I just opened mine also. Wonderful. ```Buster Seven   Talk  17:49, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Jainism Coins
Hi Anish, recently, images of coins depicting Tirthankars were deleted because they were thought to be fake. But recently, an acquaintance who is preparing a video on Jain heritage, pointed out that the coins were mentioned by Mr. Bal Patil. Here is the link- http://balpatil.wordpress.com/page/2/. What are your views on this?--Aayush18 (talk) 19:17, 31 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Yes, in fact Mr. Patil had only requested me to upload the same in Wikipedia. At that time he had no reason to believe that they are fakes. In fact they are fakes. Recently, I had confirmed with some coin dealers also. There is no reason why East India company would mint coins with Indian gods.--Indian Chronicles (talk) 05:15, 1 June 2012 (UTC)


 * I see, thanks for your update. I'll convey this info to my acquaintance so that incorrect info is not presented in his video.--Aayush18 (talk) 06:02, 1 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Just for your reference see the following link which shows fake East India Company coins with Indian deities. --Indian Chronicles  (talk) 06:52, 2 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for this link. It's sad to see the lengths people will go to, to create and perpetuate myths.--Aayush18 (talk) 07:11, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

Happy Thanksgiving

 * Hey Buster, Thanks for the wishes....Happy Thanksgiving to you too! I was overjoyed to see your wishes on my talkback....its ages since a friend has talked on my page. I am a vegetarian, but I fully understand your sentiments and reciprocate them to you very whole heartedly. Hope you had an extremely fun filled Thanksgiving dinner!! All my best wishes are with you.--Indian Chronicles (talk) 14:50, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Jainism for FAC
Hello, I have nominated Jainism for FAC. Since you are one of its top contributors, you might want to review it and provide feedback. Thanks. Rahuljain2307 (talk) 07:35, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Re : Merging of articles
The cosmology, dravya and tattva belongs to the same heading of metaphysics. The texts under dravya and tattva were very short. Also, the section of tattva had description of all the dravyas, . There was a considerable overlap in those topics. Wikipedia is not a dictionary and I found the above mentioned points to be sufficient reasons for merger. Therefore I merged the articles boldly.


 * Thanks for quoting the policies but I am aware of them. You have to be bold but be careful! There is no harming in being bold in case of copyediting and making improvements, but such a major change like redirect, merge and deleting requires consensus.
 * Also refer to the policy on merging where a proper discussion is required before merging. You have clearly not followed the policy.
 * Furthermore I am aware that Wikipedia is not dictionary. I do not know whether you read the articles or not, but these articles were not simply definitions but gave necessary information about the topic. Rather than deleting the stubs or short article, it would have been more productive if you had improved them.
 * Nevertheless, nothing is lost on Wikipedia and hence it can be undone.
 * Following are the reasons why this merging is not required and not correct:


 * 1) Being a part of related topic is not same as being a “same topic”
 * 2) In case Religious philosophies, scholars prefer the nomenclature “Cosmology” rather than metaphysics. For eg. Refer to Hindu cosmology, Babylonian cosmology, Biblical cosmology, Islamic cosmology, Buddhist cosmology etc.
 * 3) Correspondingly you will not find metaphysics for the religions as most scholars consider it more of philosophical rather than a religious concept. Hence you will not find articles like Hindu metaphysics and like.
 * 4) Tattva and Dravya are important concepts in Jainism to merit separate articles for them. Refer to general articles on Tattva and Dravya which are not merged. Infact Tattva and dravya are important concepts that they have important texts named after them….like Tattvarthasutra  and Dravyasamgrah.
 * 5) Just because Dravya is part of Tattva, it does not mean that we need to merge them. Iron is part of category metals. Still, it is not necessary to merge these articles. Furthermore, differences are more than overlap.
 * --Indian Chronicles (talk) 11:50, 8 December 2012 (UTC)


 * As per the above, I am undoing the merge and renaming.--Indian Chronicles (talk) 12:22, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Karma_in_Jainism
The article Karma in Jainism meets all criteria for FAC, as far as I can see. I am wondering why haven't you put it up for nomination yet. Can I put it for nomination? Rahuljain2307 (talk) 19:19, 11 December 2012 (UTC)


 * You are right. I had thought of putting it for FAC. However, my experience with Anekantavada FAC was very stressful. I relaised that I do not have enough time to address each and every objections and It may fail the nomination even for 0.01%. So I decided not to nominate it. But if you feel it will pass the muster, please nominate it.Maybe first we can try to put it for GA? --Indian Chronicles (talk) 08:35, 12 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Due to the 2-week rule, I have to wait for sometime before I can nominate the article for FA. However, I think it is possible for me to be a co-nominator. The GA nominations page has a backlog. The page may have to wait for months before it gets reviewed for GA, so putting it up directly for FA seems a better idea. Rahuljain2307 (talk) 10:08, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Holiday Greetings
In case I get too busy to send Christmas cards this year, have a joyous end of the year. Best to you and yours. ```Buster Seven   Talk  19:39, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Re : Jain philosophy improvements
I have trimmed down the section of Jain cosmology. However, it still does not seem good. I'll read about Jain cosmology and write a short summary in a couple of weeks. Regarding category merger, I felt that 'Karma in Jainism' was not a valid category. I could not think of any article except this which rightfully belonged to that category. Over-categorization can make the management a bit difficult, so I merged the category with its ancestor category Jainism. However, I do not know much about categorization. If you feel that my decision was not helpful, feel free to revert it back to the way it was. Rahuljain2307 (talk) 19:19, 27 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I was thinking that the Category Jainism is too broad. Maybe it should have only sub-categories and no pages except that of main article. My thinking was that Karma being a huge topic within Jainism should have a sub-category as many articles like causes of karma, types of karma, Nigoda etc can fit in that sub-category. Anyway we can think over it. As of now I do not want to revert anything done in good faith. :).--Indian Chronicles (talk) 08:43, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Karma in Jainism
Changes are still required. Please take a look at Talk:Karma in Jainism/GA1 for my comments. Articleye (talk) 04:48, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Atman (Jainism) for deletion
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Jainism: Peer review request
Hello, I have listed the article Jainism for peer review. If you have time and are willing, please do provide a review of it. Thanks, Rahul Jain (talk) 11:30, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Karma in Jainism: FAC
Hello, I have nominated Karma in Jainism as featured article candidate. The review process is here: Featured article candidates/Karma in Jainism/archive1. Cheers. Rahul Jain (talk) 03:29, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

There is a concern regarding an image that you have uploaded. If you have time and are willing, please address it. Rahul Jain (talk) 03:37, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Jain Center of Southern California
I have started the article Jain Center of Southern California based on a suggestion. It is based on newspaper reports and books. I hope to add to it during the next few months. You are invited to edit and add. Let me know if you have any suggestions.

I have observed the evolution of some of the newer Jain centers in USA. I think people involved in such projects will find the history of JCSC very interesting.

It was a key organization behind the formation of JAINA. It is going to celebrate its 25th anniversary soon.

Malaiya (talk)

Is Max Müller and Harmann Jacobi's work original research?
You have made this edit in Jain monasticism. I copy-pasted it in Mahāvīra but the user:The Rahul Jain is reverting it saying that the cited book is not secondary source at all. Please see this thread. I request you to comment there. neo (talk) 10:36, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

Talkback
Fyi. This Rfc you participated in has been converted into a requested move. Redtigerxyz Talk 15:57, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

Hello
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Karma in Jainism
The GA reviewer seem to make a valid point that the explanation of yoga is redundant, so I removed it as per the review. Rahul Jain (talk) 15:48, 23 July 2013 (UTC)


 * OK. I understand. However, the word yoga is popularly known to mean hatha yoga and hence my concern was that this should not be misunderstood as which type of Yoga we are talking about. The link is also misleading as it links to yoga, which is a philisophy of Patanjali.--Indian Chronicles (talk) 08:35, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Regarding recent edits at Karma in Jainism,

The book "The Doctrine of Karman in Jain Philosophy" at page 1 have nothing to support it. I also think that it is unlikely that Glasenapp is of such a view. Rahul Jain (talk) 03:09, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
 * It is there. I have the book with me. But its on the first page. In the foreword. . Link attached. Maybe you can amend it rather than delete it as it is in the foreword.Indian Chronicles (talk) 14:11, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, I see it now in the foreword, but foreword is not written by Glasenapp. Rahul Jain (talk) 03:49, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes we can credit Zimmerman.

RfC at Talk:India
Hi! There is an RfC at the talkpage of India article titled "Was Jainism a reform movement?". You might be interested in participating. Cheers Rahul Jain (talk) 12:16, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads-up. I have provided some solid references.Trust it will sufficeIndian Chronicles (talk) 07:04, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I hope so. Rahul Jain (talk) 18:01, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

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 * I nominate Editor Indian Chronicles for Editor of the Week, a 7 year veteran of editorial creation and active participation at many of the articles about Jainism and the Republic of India. With just over 7000 edits (65% in article space), Indian Chronicles works hard at collaborating to achieve the best and fairest possible article to present to our reader. His mission as an editor is accuracy and objectivity and he strives to accomplish his goal. It is time for his hard work to be is acknowledged.

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So based on this comment, the nastika (non-deity-ish) aspects of Hinduism is from Jainism? I think I saw something similar about this in Google search. Komitsuki (talk) 13:48, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

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 * Thanks buddy!! Sorry for the delayed reply. I had not logged in for a long time. Wish you the same. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family. So nice of you to remember me every Christmas!--Indian Chronicles (talk) 08:49, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

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I was wondering if you would be able to provide the original shlokas for the following translation under the 'Influence' section of the Atma Siddhi acticle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atma_Siddhi):

"Nasti, na nityo, na karta na bhokta na cha nivrutah Tadupayascha netyaahuh mithyatvasya padani sat"

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Karma in Jainism
My message was mostly because of the Karma in Jainism. It was months ago I guess, can you see if correctly interprets the Karma in Jainism? Bladesmulti (talk) 15:07, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

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