Eyeway Stories

Tarun Kumar, a 31-year-old resident of Dwarka, Delhi, has turned his life around after years of uncertainty and isolation brought on by a degenerative eye condition. Diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) in 2017, Tarun gradually lost over 70% of his vision.  In 2003, he lost his father, who ran a

Born in 1997 in a small village in Balod, Chhattisgarh, Bhavesh Sonkar grew up as the youngest of four siblings. Though he was born with low vision, he remained unaware of the extent of his visual impairment during his early years. He attended mainstream school, joining his peers in daily

Priti Bhunge, a 38-year-old woman from Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Maharashtra, was born with low vision. In the early years, her parents didn’t recognize the seriousness of her condition. But by the time she was about five, they began noticing her vision difficulties. A local eye specialist confirmed their concerns, stating

Monu Gupta, a resident of Uttam Nagar, Delhi, comes from a modest background. Born in Rewari, Haryana, he moved to Delhi with his family in 1995. After his father’s health declined and financial pressures mounted, Monu left school after 8th grade to support the family business. In 2017, he was

Sachin Patel grew up in a small village in Gujarat. Due to limited access to resources and  guidance, Sachin’s education was paused for a while, leaving him unsure of the next steps. He had studied up to 10th standard at Victoria Memorial School for the Blind (VMS) in Mumbai. But

Sagar Dhamankar was born in 1997 in Chandur Railway, a small village in Maharashtra’s Amravati district. Visually impaired since early childhood, Sagar faced numerous challenges growing up. As the only son in a middle-class family, his parents were overprotective and initially hesitant to send him to a residential school for