I also happened to watch that program and I would like to say that he was no doubt one of the best singers among the many participents. The attitudes are hard to change and it's a long process which has no doubt been set in motion with blind people exeling in many walks of life. If someone does well in music he or she must be commended. As far as the question of blind folks possessing extra sensery powers is concerned, I feel the loss of vision does entail what is commonly refered to as 6th sense. There is no doubt that we try our best to compliment our inability to see with emphasis on developing our capabilities of differentiating between sounds, reflections, varying degrees of air pressures etc. All this can be regarded as something extraordinary by people who have not come into close contact with visually impaired folks. So I agree that there is a need to make people aware about the life and activities of the blind. at the same time there is a need to moderate our strong responses about things we may feel bad about. Regards, Aruni. khurana wrote: > Dear friends, > Today I happened to watch a program on Zee Tv where budding singers are given > an opportunity to show their talent. The host introduced a blind participant > as someone having a disability, and that such people usually have some > special powers to make up for their disabilities. Another thing that I > noticed was that the judges were reluctant to point out the deficiencies in > the singing of that participant. Needless to say, such projection of blind in > media is uncalled for. Although things are not as bad as they used to be some > 10 - 15 years back, I do feel that with TV as a medium being as powerful as > it is in shaping the attitudes of the masses, some action needs to be taken > to persuade it to have a more sensible attitude than at present. I wonder if > some sort of protest can be lodged or request can be made to present things > in a more rational manner, instead of talking about imaginary powers that the > blind are supposed to be blessed with. Would seek your opinion on this. > Thanks, > Anil > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject > unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > >
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