Second Innings
Sixty-one-year-old Bashir Ahmed Bhatt lives in Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir. He is a B.Sc. graduate who was successfully employed with the Indian Postal Service until a few years ago. At 48, Bashir lost his eyesight following an unfortunate accident, which rendered him incapable of carrying out his services. He could
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Reservation versus Access
A person without digital skills is termed illiterate in today’s technologically driven world. From studying and working, to socializing and engaging with the outside world, all takes place online. Thanks to tech innovations, persons with blindness and vision impairment are also able to digitally engage with various services. They can
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The Right to Choose
Eighteen-year-old Surand Sen was born blind into a low-income family in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh. Due to lack of awareness about educational facilities for blind children, he was sent to a regular school in the village. Surand found it extremely hard to study alongside sighted kids or participate in
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Learning to accept and seek solutions
Twenty-two-year-old Ritu L lives in Bangalore, Karnataka. At the age of two, she started losing her eyesight due to a condition called Diabetic Retinopathy. Her parents still put her in a mainstream school, so she wouldn’t feel isolated or left out. However, in Class 7, Ritu faced another challenge when
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