The following successful events took place since the last newsletter - this is our 27th year and our campaigns are relentless!

1 On 6th August 2006 I spoke at a multi faith meeting at Friends Meeting House in Brixton. I spoke on ‘Faith and Food’. I said that for Hindus and Jains, diet, ahimsa, karma and reincarnation are all interlinked.

2 On 2nd August 2006 we kept a stall during the Janmastmi festival at the Hare Krishna temple in Watford. A special thanks to Janaki Mehta, Bakula and Kajal Bhatt for manning the stall. The following individuals agreed to give up meat eating and become vegetarian:Piya Nath (Enfield), Vijay Mistry (Leicester), Rahdika Kalia, Ruchi Walia (Cranford, Middx.), Vilay Patel (Stanmore), Vasundhara Savarikar (Birmingham), Patricia Wright (Bedford), S. Soni (Rickmansworth), Mrs. Parmar (Leicester), Rishi Sehdev (Middx ), Pritesh Kerai (Harrow), Kunal Bhimani (East Ham)

3 On 8th October I travelled to Aylesbury. The Aylesbury Indian Association had organised a festival to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary. I said that all those who believe in Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals should be vegetarian.

4 On 28th October I went to Camberwell in Surrey. There I gave a talk at a Yoga retreat held at the Tekel Park. I said Ahimsa and compassion are the greatest ideals.

5 On 1st November we took part in a ‘World Vegan Day’ festival at the Indian Y.M.C.A. in Fitzroy Square. The event was organised by Jagdeesh Singh of London Sustainability 21. In my talk I said that vegans and vegetarians should be more assertive and take every opportunity to promote the cause!

6 On 16th November we gave a talk at Westwood School, Norwood. There were around 45 students. We prepared rice and potato sabji while the students watched. They all enjoyed the food and were introduced to the vegetarian world!

7 On 28th November I gave a talk to the Rotarians of Balham. The event was a great success. A special thanks to Ganshyambhai Patel for inviting me.

8 On 10th December we had our annual Christmas Lunch. The event was jointly organised with the Wanza community of South London. Around 120 people thoroughly enjoyed the lunch. Malcom Wicks MP and Minister for Energy as well as Andrew Pelling MP were present. A Mahaveer Award was presented to Lorraine Chatfield of the Heathfield Ecology Centre. Lorraine’s compassion is ‘as deep as the ocean’.

9 On 2nd February 2007 I was a guest speaker at the AGM of the Heathfield Ecology Centre. I spoke about meat eating and the ecological and environmental damage to the planet.

10 On 7th February we took part in a multi faith event at the All Saints Church in Kenley, Surrey.

11 On 19th April we were invited again by Westwood School Norwood. Students watched as we prepared rice and mixed vegetable sabji. They became aware of the health as well as the ecological and environmental benefits of a vegetarian diet. They also realised that a huge amount of food that could feed humans is diverted to feed animals raised for meat.

12 On 26th April I was invited to give a talk at the London School of Economics. The event was organised by the Hindu Society.

13 On 4th May the Sivananda Yoga Centre in Putney had organised an evening of devotional music. We provided samosas to all those attending and they were a great hit!

14 On 27th May I gave a talk at the Good Enough College, London. This was arranged as part of National Vegetarian Week. There are students from 92 countries living at the college. I urged the students to take the message of vegetarianism back to their countries.

15 On 6th June we did an event with Kenley Methodist Church. We prepared a traditional Indian vegetarian meal for around 35 members of the congregation. Members of the Church enjoyed the food and were fascinated to hear about the philosophy of Ahimsa.

16 On 13th June I was interviewed by DJ Nihal on the BBC Asian Network. This was a great opportunity to promote the vegetarian message to thousands!

17 On 16th June the Quaker concern for animals held a multi faith meeting at Friends Meeting House on Euston Road. I spoke on the Jain concept of ‘Abhay Daan’ - giving all living beings protection from fear - fear of death.

18 On 21st June I gave a talk at the Nehru Centre in London. I urged the audience to promote vegetarianism and Ahimsa at every opportunity.