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08-01-2004, 10:09 AM

JainWorld & Mission*24L* Amazing progress in just 18 months…

It gives me a great pleasure to present you a summary of Mission*24L*
achievements over the past 18 months.

• English: Jainworld is now a truly global site visited from
122 countries and more than 42,000+ hits per day. From1997,
JainWorld has been working relentlessly to create a global identity
for Jainism as independent, unique religion and it's great value
system and to create a new awareness about the unique principals of
Jainism by making core values of Jainism accessible to all, all the
time. Whether some one wants to stay with Jain families to understand
how Jains follow non-violence in day-to-day life or wants free
material on Jainism or a Jain Recipes needed by hotels worldwide to
serve Jain food to their guest, they came to Jainworld. A professor
or a student wanting material on Jainism, writers, institutions
wanting to borrow photos and other contents, Interfaith wants someone
to talk on Jainism then JainWorld is there to help. Names like BBC,
National Geography, Harvard, Princeton, etc. Radio stations, TV
stations, they all come to Jainworld. In fact, for non-Jains,
www.jainworld.com is the de-facto entry point to the exciting world
of Jainism. Thanks to continued dedication and support from all of
you.
• French: Native French speaking people have dedicated
themselves for this work. More than 125 lessons have been translated,
checked, corrected and uploaded on web.
• German: Native German speaking people are associated with
this work. More than fifty lessons have been translated, checked,
corrected and approved for putting on web. Uploading and linking work
is completed.
• Italian: Native Italian speaking people are working under the
leadership of famous pop star. Complete Samman Suttam and other
material is posted.
• Korean: Work on this language is just released with few
hundred pages. Correction, checking and new translation is going on
• Russian: Native Russian speaking people have taken-up this
work. One complete book and many lessons have been translated,
checked, corrected and approved for putting on web. Uploading and
linking work is completed.
• Romanian: Work on this language is started with several pages
of translation, correction, checking is going on.
• Spanish: Native Spanish speaking people are working hard on
this. More than eighty lessons have been translated, checked,
corrected and approved for putting on web.
• Serbian: Work on this language is progressing and new
material is being developed. Prominent Serbian scholar is working on
this.
• Hindi: Several prominent Jains are working on this. More than
1600 pages worth of material is released by way of 11 books. Work is
progressing on several other books that are getting ready.
• Kannada: First book is being loaded onto the web. Work on
this language is progressing and new material is being developed.
Prominent scholars from Karnataka are spearheading the efforts.
• Marathi: More than 1900 pages worth of material is released
by way of 14 books. Prominent scholars from Maharastra are
spearheading the efforts.
• Oriya: Two books are loaded onto the web. Work on this
language is progressing and new material is being added.
• Tamil: Several pages worth of material is already released.
Work is progressing and new material is being developed by a
dedicated group of Jain Scholars and IT wizards.

Work on many more languages like Chinese, Arabic, Japanese, Gujarati,
Bengali is planned during the next few months along with enhancement
of exciting language editions. More languages will follow in 2005 and
beyond.

We welcome you to join this movement and JainWorld team and make a
difference.
Contact vinod@j... (USA Phone No. 678 362 2662 Fax#
309 210 1086 )