What about the people who hold you firmly by your wrist while showing you the way? The grasp sometimes seems uncomfortable and tight but you can't complain since you are getting help which you may require very urgently at that moment. The social attitudes play an important role even if the person concerned may not like to do so but is forced by social circumstance.
Kiran Kaja wrote: > Strangely enough, everyone at office have developed a habit of giving me > directions rather than holding my hand or cane . This applies to colleagues > and the security personnel. > > Regards, > Kiran. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geetha Shamanna > Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 8:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] idea for the documentary > > Dinesh, > > This is all the same done most of the time, and I must confess that I > sometimes simply do not have the energy to protest. My observation has been > that people with some amount of education do not usually lead you by holding > the cane, but people with relatively little education do that more often. > This may differ with others, but in my case, colleagues who lead me to the > bus have never held my cane; on the other hand, when any of the bus drivers > do so, they invariably take one end of my cane. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dinesh Kaushal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 8:18 AM > Subject: Re: [AI] idea for the documentary > > > >> holding cane in a way as if you are being dragged is not good, and it >> would >> be far difficult for me to explaine in words, nevertheless I will try. >> >> Let us say you are holding the cane from the top of it as all of us do it. >> then someone grabs it from the middle or from the other end and pulls you, >> this is what I ment by holding the cane. Sorry if I was not clear enough. >> It >> is very hard to explain feelings properly in words. >> >> Dinesh >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Taraprakash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 12:13 AM >> Subject: Re: [AI] idea for the documentary >> >> >> >>> As about not holding or letting hold of hand is concerned, I think we >>> shouldn't be so demanding. I wouldn't mind someone holding my cane and >>> helping me cross the road, rather than holding my hand. >>> >>> Do you think the kind of people who watch documentaries, are found >>> walking >>> on the roads? Documentaries are more or less watched by few elite unless >>> they are shown on the television. >>> >>> Sorry for being cynical, the idea of such a documentary is good, but I >>> have >>> serious doubts how much awareness it can bring. >>> >>> All the best for your endeavour. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "jatin shah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 11:24 AM >>> Subject: [AI] idea for the documentary >>> >>> >>> >>>> hi friends this is jatin shah >>>> I'm trying to make a documentary where I'm going to show incidents which >>>> have taken place with the visually challenged. The purpose behind this >>>> is >>>> to >>>> create awareness among other people about visually challenged. Therefore >>>> I'm >>>> going to use Malhar (the xaviers college festival) as a platform to film >>>> the >>>> documentary. >>>> This movie will not exceed five minutes. I am planning to divide this >>>> movie >>>> in two parts: >>>> The first part will be about how people tend to make blunders. For >>>> example >>>> when a friend of mine asked for assisstance to cross the road, a woman >>>> dragged him by his collar instead of allowing him to hold her arm. >>>> The second half will show the correct way to assisst etc. >>>> So I would like to hear of incidents which have taken place with any of >>>> you >>>> as it would be a great help to me. >>>> I'm doing this to spread awareness about the visually challenged. >>>> I look forward to your response. >>>> Jatin Shah >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 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 > >>> 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 >>> >>> >> 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 >> > > > > 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 > > > > 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 > > -- best of regards Aruni Ph: +91 522 404-2921. cel: +91 933-584-4700 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: aruni100 msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: aruni_sharma C-103, sec H, Aliganj Lucknow--24. 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