Yes, the needless inaccessibility of new rupee two coins ought to be vehemently protested. As far as letters to editors are concerned, I have observed that newspapers have virtually stopped paying any heed to any disability related news or opinions. case of recently adopted international convention for the protection and rights and dignity of persons with disability is obvious. No print media barring a few editions of a few cared about it. My repeated letter to the Hindu and its readers' editor are gathering dust to this day.
Do write and let me know if any letters to editors about this issue are published. I think it would be a nice practice to post the published copies of letters/complaints about various disability related issues to this list as well. Initially, Hindu did publish a few letters of mine about various issueds including disability. At least Subramani may highlight the matter in his deccan herald! Rajesh ----- Original Message ----- From: "nikitavaid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [AI] New 2 RS. coin inaccessable > hello harish ji thanx a lot for the vital information. we all must agree > that the introduction of the new 2 rs coins without the edge will make it > very difficult for people like us to deal with such coins. we all must, as > early as posible do something about it before it gets too late. > regards nikita vaid > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harish Kotian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 7:14 AM > Subject: [AI] New 2 RS. coin inaccessable > > >> Hello >> The government has introduced new stainless steel Rs.2 coins rescently. >> The edges of the earlier 2 rupee coins had a wavy edge fascilitating easy >> detection of the rupee 1 coin from the rupee 2 ones by the blind. The new >> coins are having rounded edges like the rupee 1 coin. >> >> I would urge all organisations for the disabled protest against it and >> ask >> for its withdrawal. Individuals too should highlight in the letter to >> editor columns of different dailies. >> >> Harish. >> 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
