Eyeway Stories

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. […]

Sixty-three-year-old Shankardas was born sighted to a middle-income family in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. He started losing his vision when he was studying in Class 7. And soon he became totally […]

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 […]