India should issue series of postage stamps on selfless Jain monks and coin on Mahavir Swamy
It is indeed a matter of pride that Jain community is honoured by USA through naming a street in Chicago as Mahavir Marg. Jains are basically in India with the community being the highest contributor of tax per individual. Unfortunately this community has minimum growth-rate after Parsis where share of Jains in population has declined to 0.37 percent in 2011-census as compared to 0.40 percent in 2001-census with fertility rate of just 1.2 against replacement rate of 2.1. This vegetarian community is the flag-bearer of nicest ancient Indian traditions in terms of religion, talent and tax-contributor. Selfless society has in recent past has witnessed many ultra-talented youth and rich families leaving all worldly pleasure to adopt spiritualism which otherwise also is holy part of Jainism.
Department of Posts should honour the community by issuing a series of commemorative stamps on renowned selfless Jain monks with a special fabric-stamp on Mahavir Swamy like was issued once in memory of MK Gandhi. A silver-alloy commemorative coin together with ordinarily circulated coins in different denominations should also be issued on Mahavir Sawmy.
MADHU AGRAWAL