Hi, I totally agree with Smriti Singh. I had the first hand sense of it when we through (Mobahisa group): which is active in Delhi, were compiling a report on status of visually challenged in Delhi 2 years ago. This is a very serious and sensative issue and it requires the constructive efforts from all rassional persons. I will not discuss this here since it has already been discussed at length. But i wish to promise with me here that i would certainly be a part of any active effort if made in this issue. Thanks and regards.
Nikhil Jain On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 smriti singh wrote : >I totally agree with the article tara sir send. >meethodology of the article is very cleaar we should >not always think that condition in our country is >great. because girls do not know about sexuality. in >delhi, according to survey, 95 % visually challenged >girls are unaware about usage of contraceptic or >sexuality and the method of sexual exploitation. I >have data of three states. with all the fascilities if >Delhi Visually Challenged girls are in this condition, >then you can imagine about other states. I don't >believe that this issue should not be brought on >accessindia, because, first, in a way, this is also >concerned with accessibility rights. When you are >aware about some situation, then only you can protect >yourself and your friends from this kind of situation. >Secondly, it is concerned with law and government >policy, which accessindia allows to discuss. I would >like to ask, can only the evolution of technology give >us all the accessibility rights? should we be >satisfied only with career discussions? Does not this >kind of issue also come under government policy? >It is very unfortunate that while discussing about >this kind of issue, people have very insensitive >atitude and somebody has called it love crime. For one >minute, I agree with this respected person. But, if >somebody is in love and that person is physically and >emotionally exploited in an institution, is >institution not responsible for it? Or is it also love >crime? Secondly, in institutions for visually >challenged girls, girls and boys are segregated very >carefully. So there is less chance of falling in love. >Those who have suggested about not bringing up this >kind of issue in media, they should remember that, >with possitivity, it is necessary to accept negativity >also. Besides, I would like to tell that we cannot >cover up this kind of issue in the fear that this will >be problem for visually challenged girls, because >crime of such institution will never come inlight if >media is not involved. >I totally agree that this could be problem for >visually challenged girls in education, marriage and >so on. But there is possitive aspect of it also. Girls >will be told about sexuality and they will then be >able to empower themselves like sighted girls to face >the world. >The real problem is that visually challenged girls >generally do not think that they could be sexually >harassed, because many of them, as I have already >said, do not know about sexuality, and here lies the >key difference between the harassment of sighted girls >and that of the visually challenged girls. > >Smriti Singh >Programme: M. Phil (English Literature) >Room # 03 >Sabarmati Hostel >Jawaharlal Nehru University > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Want to start your own business? >Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. >http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index > >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
