can anybody tell, is there any organisation which give the finencial help for those who wish to go abrod for further education?
With Regards Neeraj Manglik Mobile number: 9312902018 Yahoo id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] msn id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype id: neerajmanglik We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Subramani L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 10:07 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Disabled students turn to foreign universities > Besides, tell me honestly how many disabled can afford to go abroad. > Unfortunately, we are not even in a politically sensitive country to > seek asylum. > > Subramani > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Taraprakash > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 7:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] Disabled students turn to foreign universities > > *********************** > No virus was detected in the attachment no filename > > Your mail has been scanned by InterScan MSS. > *********************** > > > I have nothing to say against the media in this particular context. > These > kind of reports do draw bureaucratic attention towards what is missing, > however, I am against the mindset that everything is hunky dory in the > west > and leaving once country for good is a panacea for all disability > related > problems. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Subramani L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 10:34 AM > Subject: Re: [AI] Disabled students turn to foreign universities > > >> Agreed Dinesh. Most media people themselves need to learn about >> disability issues before they set out to report on things. It's sad > that >> while there are several 'beats' for reporters such as 'education' >> 'health', which a single reporter follows for a long time and becomes > an >> expert in it, there isn't an independent 'beat' for disability, though >> some papers like The Hindu and my own newspaper are sending reporters >> more to focus on disability issues. >> >> Subramani >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dinesh >> Kaushal >> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 9:45 AM >> To: Geetha Shamanna; [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [AI] Disabled students turn to foreign universities >> >> *********************** >> No virus was detected in the attachment no filename >> >> Your mail has been scanned by InterScan MSS. >> *********************** >> >> >> I agree with Geetha, and who says people in the west do not go through >> those >> hardships? those facilities could not be build without the hardwork. >> Lots of >> western literature is filled with the evidence of the hardwork which > is >> now >> showing the results. >> >> And I can from my own experience say, that avoiding hardwork sooner or >> later >> leads to disappointment. >> >> And smart hardwork usually leads to greater enlightenment of once own >> abilities. >> >> I am also somewhat concerned that media people do not think while >> reporting, >> what kind of values they are promoting? Escapeism? Easy Life? that's > why >> >> rome and lots of successful states fell. It all happens because of >> paradox >> of success! good life should not mean Easy life and only fun, but >> greater >> ability to do something with lots of fun as well. >> >> There is nothing wrong in working and studying in a developed nation, >> but >> reason to go must be carefully evaluated. >> >> Dinesh >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Geetha Shamanna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 9:39 PM >> Subject: Re: [AI] Disabled students turn to foreign universities >> >> >>> While it cannot be denied that foreign universities offer better >>> facilities >>> for the disabled, in terms of openness about employing blind people, >> India >>> is far ahead of several western countries. 80% of blind people are >>> unemployed in America, and the figures are not too encouraging in >> Europe, >>> either. >>> So those of us who choose to remain in India despite all the > hardships >> >>> need >>> not despair. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Viraj Kafle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 8:13 PM >>> Subject: [AI] Disabled students turn to foreign universities >>> >>> >>>> Disabled students turn to foreign universities >>>> >>>> Swastika Mehta >>>> >>>> Saturday, September 23, 2006 (New Delhi): >>>> >>>> The lack of infrastructure on campus for students who are visually >>>> impaired or hearing impaired has now forced several of them to look >> at >>>> foreign universities. >>>> Smriti, 22, is an M Phil student at Jawaharlal Nehru University and >> among >>>> the 1 per cent visually impaired students in the country to reach >> this >>>> educational >>>> level. But her journey so far has been a difficult one. >>>> "There are no facilities in India. I have to do everything on my > own. >> I >>>> have to go to libraries, scan all my books. It's a struggle, > visually >>>> challenged >>>> people work more than sighted people," she says. >>>> Smriti wants to make a crossover in every sense of the word. After >>>> completing her M Phil in Mythology, she plans to go to Chicago >> University >>>> for a doctorate >>>> in Disability Studies. >>>> "Here we don't even have books and computers. Some people are from >> such >>>> poor families that they don't even have a tape recorder to study >> from," >>>> she adds. >>>> Better infrastructure >>>> For disabled students, the West promises full fledged universities >> like >>>> the Gallaudet University in Washington DC for the hearing impaired >> and >>>> better physical >>>> infrastructure on campuses. >>>> What's more, it opens up a whole new world of job opportunities. >>>> For instance Jagdish, who is hearing impaired and a class X pass > out, >> has >>>> with grave difficulty managed to get a job as a teacher at the > School >> for >>>> Deaf. >>>> He earns a meagre amount of Rs 6,000 every month and has been > limited >> by >>>> the fact that signing is not recognised as a language, like it is in >> the >>>> West. >>>> He was unable to study courses like Engineering and Medical Science. >>>> "Abroad, there are deaf and dumb pilots," says Jagdish. >>>> "There are only few of us who have family support and can thus > afford >> to >>>> go abroad," adds Smriti. >>>> Looking West >>>> Twenty five-year-old Shobhan, a PhD student at JNU, took his GREs >> last >>>> year. He is waiting to arrange a scholarship to go to the US. >>>> Though the Centre provides scholarships to Dalit, tribal and Muslim >>>> students who want to pursue higher education abroad, there is no >>>> government scholarship >>>> for students with disabilities. >>>> "If I put it simply, we can't even walk freely here. We don't have >>>> accessibility like we have in the US," complains Shobhan. >>>> For students like Smriti and Shobhan, it's a mixture of both > ambition >> and >>>> disillusionment that pushes them to apply to universities in the >> West. >>>> Ambition to find a place under the sun and disillusionment as there >> is >>>> lack of infrastructure in India. >>>> >>>> >> > http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?category=National&template=Edu >> cation&slug=Disabled+students+rue+lack+of+facilities&id=93668&callid=1 >>>> 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.i >> n >>>> >>> >>> >>> 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.i >> n >>> >> >> >> 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.i >> n >> >> >> 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.i > n >> > > > 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.i > n > > > 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. 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