Challenges to Ramadan end

Tiwari had to rush back from Mumbai to photocopy a few recipes of national importance. All the friendly neighborhood photocopying shops in Mumbai are closed. Jains are “having” or “behaving” Paryushan. I do not think they celebrate it.

Jains control all non-essential services in Mumbai. These non-essential services include Grocery stores, photocopying and laminating shops, "ready made" garments stores designed by the guys who designed the grocery, hardware stores also designed by the guy who designed the grocery etc. They also, the control the diamond and jewelry business. They used to control the BSE till the American Jews took over.

This is the only Indian festival which the Jews in Diamond trade dread. Their prayers might just work!

Jews gather to ask the wall if Jains will leave some Diamonds for them.

Paryushan is also the period when Jains end their fasting period and their fasting challenges to Ramadan. In this period when they ask forgiveness from all those people with whom they have business dealings! I think this is the only reason they continue to have business associates. Jews are also thinking of inventing a period like this.