Smithsonian Magazine

The Tradition of Now: Jainism, Jazz, and the Punjabi Dhol Drum

While the originations of the dhol are not known with complete certainty, what is known is that it is a sound that has migrated. Sunny Jain After composing and transcribing music for my wedding day, ...
Los Angeles Times

Little known outside India, Jainism spreads at colleges amid calls to ‘decolonize’ studies

Cerritos College in Norwalk — where the majority of students are Latino and the first in their families to attend college — is a stone’s throw from Southern California’s famed “Little India,” a ...
Pew Research Center

6 facts about Jains in India

Jain nuns gather beneath the monolithic statue of Gommateshvara during the first day of the Mahamastakabhisheka ceremony on Feb. 8, 2006, in Shravanabelagola, India. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) Jainism ...
The New York Times

Don’t Fear Dying. Fear Violence.

Why do millions of practitioners of the Jain religion strive to avoid harming even microscopic creatures? Credit...Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times Supported by By George Yancy Mr. Yancy is a ...