Lokrakshax Cader Jagya Vadharanu Catagory Mujabnu ListAt the far end of village Jitodia in Anand district there is an ancient Shiv temple named Baijyanath Mahadev. The caretaker of the temple, Tilak Giri Goswami, lives in the adjoining small house with his family. There are only four members in the family, Tilak Giri, his wife, a daughter and a son. Village Jitodia is just 6 km away from 'the milk capital oflndia'- Anand. Residents ofJitodia are very happy because ofTilak Giri's daughter Lajja has given their village a permanent place on the global map. Lajja Goswami is India's shooting sensation. She has made the nation proud with her superlative performances in several national and international competitions. She was born on September 28, 1988 in a middleclass family. Since her childhood she was interested in rifles and guns. In an interview, Tilak Giri told media that while other children were playing with dolls and toys, Lajja played with guns in her childhood. Her talent in shooting became focused when she got enrolled to the N.C.C. as a cadet. To sharpen
the edge ofher performances she took coaching from Indian shooting coach Sunny Thomas in Pun e. In a pluralistic society, the right to religious freedom requires both the assurance of the presence of religious education in schools and the guarantee that such education be in accordance with parents’ convictions. The Second Vatican Council reminds us: “Parents have the right to determine, in accordance with their own religious beliefs, the kind of religious education that their children are to receive […].The right of parents are violated, if their children are forced to attend lessons or instructions which are not in agreement with their religious beliefs, or if a single system of education, from which all religious formation is excluded, is imposed upon all” (Declaration Dignitatis humanae [DH] 5; cf. c. 799 CIC; Holy See, Charter of the rights of the family, 24 November 1983, art. 5, c-d). This statement finds confirmation in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (art. 26) and in many other declarations and conventions of the international community.


