Eyeway Stories

Twenty-two-year-old Kamlesh Kumar Gupta was born in a small village of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh. He was born with a vision impairment and his parents took him to see […]

Twenty-four-year-old Shreya Deshmukh hails from a village near Amravati in Maharashtra. She was born with an eye condition called Retinitis Pigmentosa which results in gradual sight loss. She comes from […]

Twenty-six-year-old Arti Pawar was born blind to a low-income family in a village near Satara, Maharashtra. Her three other siblings are sighted. Arti’s parents had no knowledge on how to […]

Twenty-six-year-old Sumitra S lives in Bangalore, Karnataka. When she was 3, she lost her eyesight after developing a high fever. Her parents consulted several doctors, but her vision could not […]

One of the frequently reported issues on our Eyeway Helpdesk from blind and visually impaired people across India, is the discrimination meted out to them by nationalized as well as […]

Twenty-four-year-old Muskan Bhut hails from Odisha. She and her elder sister are visually impaired by birth. Despite their low vision, the siblings managed to study in mainstream school and college. […]