I am married now second time, and i know, that one man in Bombay is married already three time!!
At 03:10 PM 7/9/2007, you wrote: >The very basis are mythical! >There are instances where blind persons have married >not only once but so >many times. >Its an issue of attraction not of accessibility! >Atleast I never faced such >dearth in my life, whether the occasion is of getting >married or making girl >friends. >With love and regards, >Vip > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "rajesh asudani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 3:07 PM >Subject: Re: [AI] The blind diplomat > > > > Yes, I do also inclined to hold the same opinion, >even David Blunket seems > > not to have married! > > > > Exclusion is ubiqutous. > > > > Rajesh > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "dr.u.n.sinha narain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Geetha Shamanna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 1:28 AM > > Subject: Re: [AI] The blind diplomat > > > > > >>i met mr. rabby. i saw his capacities, when i met >him in lucknow. > >> since he is transferred from india, i could not >contact him, as i do > >> not have his e mail now. my questionis the gentle >man is so qualified > >> but why he has not married? is it general blind >problem everywhere? > >> regards > >> drun > >> > >> On 7/8/07, Geetha Shamanna ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> The Saturday Profile > >>> > >>> A U.S. Diplomat With an >Extraordinary Global View > >>> > >>> By [4]MARC LACEY > >>> > >>> PORT OF SPAIN, [5]Trinidad > >>> > >>> AS chief of the political section at the >American Embassy here for > >>> the > >>> last two years, Avraham Rabby has had the job >of surveying > >>> Trinidads > >>> political landscape for Washington. > >>> > >>> The fact that he has not actually seen the >Caribbean island or any > >>> of > >>> the places on five continents where he has >been posted has not > >>> stymied > >>> him. > >>> > >>> I necessarily listen more than a sighted >person would, he said. If > >>> Im > >>> walking along a street, I can tell there is a >building next to me > >>> because of the echoes of my feet or my cane. >A blind person sees > >>> the > >>> world differently from a sighted person. Our >impressions are no > >>> less > >>> valid. > >>> > >>> Mr. Rabby, who lost his sight at the age of 8 >because of detached > >>> retinas, is the State Departments first blind >diplomat. It is an > >>> achievement he fought for in the 1980s, >passing three written > >>> entrance > >>> exams and two oral exercises along the way. >But even then, the > >>> State > >>> Department barred him from the diplomatic >corps. > >>> > >>> You dont ask a blind person to drive a bus or >be a bank teller, > >>> George > >>> S. Vest, who was the personnel director for >the Foreign Service, > >>> explained in a 1988 interview. There are jobs >which are dangerous > >>> or > >>> unsuitable for them. And in the Foreign >Service, were full of jobs > >>> like that. > >>> > >>> The department contended that diplomats, >blind ones included, had > >>> to > >>> be able to work anywhere in the world and to >work with confidential > >>> documents without any outside aid. In >addition, State Department > >>> officials said, diplomats had to be able to >pick up on nonverbal > >>> cues, > >>> such as winks or nods, which can sometimes >have more meaning than > >>> the > >>> words being uttered. > >>> > >>> But Mr. Rabby illustrated another essential >quality of diplomats: > >>> perseverance. No international treaty has >ever been decided on the > >>> basis of a wink or a nod, he retorted, after >hiring a lawyer and > >>> challenging the State Departments policy, >which dated from the 18th > >>> century. > >>> > >>> Aiding Mr. Rabbys effort was a federal law >barring the government > >>> from > >>> disqualifying prospective employees because >of disabilities. > >>> Eventually, after the news media and Congress >found out about his > >>> case, the State Department reversed course. >The new policy would > >>> consider disabled diplomats on a case-by-case >basis. Mr. Rabby > >>> became > >>> case No. 1. > >>> > >>> In 1990, he was off to London, where he was >posted at the embassy > >>> there as a junior political officer. He moved >next to Pretoria, > >>> South > >>> Africa, where [6]Nelson Mandela had just been >freed from prison and > >>> where Mr. Rabby witnessed the countrys first >free elections. It was > >>> one of the most stimulating experiences in my >life, he said, noting > >>> that he was one of the embassys election >observers. > >>> > >>> People ask me how I can assess a political >rally if I cant see it, > >>> he > >>> said. I tell them that I listen to the crowd >and to the speakers. > >>> You > >>> can sense what is going on. > >>> > >>> He spent time in Washington at the State >Departments Bureau of > >>> Human > >>> Rights, and in postings in Lima and New >Delhi. During a stint at > >>> the > >>> United States Mission to the [7]United >Nations, he helped write > >>> resolutions dealing with literacy, global >health and the rights of > >>> the > >>> disabled. > >>> > >>> His final posting he retired at the end of >June at the mandatory > >>> retirement age of 65 was to Port of Spain, >where he became an > >>> expert > >>> in Trinidads political system, which has long >been divided between > >>> parties, one predominantly Afro-Trinidadian >and one > >>> Indo-Trinidadian. > >>> > >>> When journalists descended on Trinidad >recently in search of > >>> information on the suspected plot to set off >a bomb at a fuel line > >>> at > >>> Kennedy International Airport that was traced >back to this > >>> Caribbean > >>> island, he became one of the officials to >talk to. > >>> > >>> A diplomat does a lot of writing, a lot of >reading, a lot of > >>> thinking, > >>> a lot of talking and has to attend a lot of >meetings, he said. > >>> Thanks > >>> to technological advances and a full-time >assistant, Mr. Rabby > >>> could > >>> do all of those things too. > >>> > >>> He wrote his cables to Washington using a >machine that wrote in > >>> Braille. He then read them back to his >assistant, Rhonda Singh, who > >>> typed them up. He also had a computer with a >speech program that > >>> allowed him to listen to his e-mail messages. > >>> > >>> As for tracking news developments, Ms. Singh, >an American citizen > >>> who > >>> lives in Trinidad, read him the local papers. >I was basically his > >>> eyes, she said. > >>> > >>> BORN in Israel, Mr. Rabby, who is known as >Rami, was sent to live > >>> with > >>> an aunt in England at the age of 10 because >his parents believed > >>> there > >>> were better schools for the blind there. A >Hebrew speaker, he > >>> quickly > >>> mastered English at Worcester College for >Blind Boys. > >>> > >>> I remember the headmaster used to go out and >speak to groups about > >>> the > >>> school, and he used to say that we teach our >boys to stand on their > >>> own two feet and, if necessary, to step on >yours too, Mr. Rabby > >>> recalled. > >>> > >>> He went off to Oxford, where he studied >French and Spanish. Finding > >>> a > >>> job after college proved a challenge. Time >and time again I met > >>> recruiters who felt that a blind person could >not work in > >>> management, > >>> he said in the British accent that he has >never lost. > >>> > >>> Eventually, he joined Ford Motor Company in >Britain, where he > >>> worked > >>> in human resources. After about a year, he >moved to the United > >>> States > >>> and earned an M.B.A. at the [8]University of >Chicago. > >>> > >>> After graduation in 1969, he sought out a >management training > >>> program, > >>> but had few offers after dozens and dozens, >if not hundreds of > >>> interviews. > >>> > >>> He finally landed a job with a management >consulting firm, Hewitt > >>> Associates, and later moved to Citibank. He >also spent time as an > >>> independent consultant, writing a number of >employment guides, > >>> including one giving advice to blind job >seekers. > >>> > >>> One of my problems in my working life, after >a few years I get a > >>> bit > >>> tired of what I am doing and I want to >change, said Mr. Rabby, who > >>> became an American citizen in 1980. > >>> > >>> It was while living in New York that he >decided to make the jump > >>> into > >>> international relations, a longtime interest. >The State Departments > >>> regular rotations of its diplomats proved a >perfect fit. > >>> > >>> His fight to join the Foreign Service has >helped others along the > >>> way. > >>> There are now four blind Foreign Service >officers stationed around > >>> the > >>> globe, the State Department said, among about >170 disabled Foreign > >>> Service employees overseas. > >>> > >>> MR. RABBY said blind Foreign Service officers >had recently been > >>> restricted from adjudicating visa >applications because of their > >>> inability to verify photographs and >signatures of applications. > >>> > >>> Mr. Rabby, who attributes the decision to the >increased > >>> restrictions > >>> after the Sept. 11 attacks, said he did visa >work at the start of > >>> his > >>> career in London, with the assistance of a >reader, who verified > >>> documents for him. He asked the questions and >assessed the > >>> responses. > >>> > >>> The State Department is not yet completely on >the side of the > >>> angels, > >>> he said. A State Department official disputed >that there was a > >>> policy > >>> in place restricting the assignments of blind >diplomats. Decisions > >>> on > >>> assigning personnel, the official said, are >made on a case-by-case > >>> basis in accordance with the law. > >>> > >>> Even before Mr. Rabby headed out into the >world as a diplomat, he > >>> was > >>> already testifying before Congress on his >quest for the job. He > >>> said > >>> back then that he did not want to be put in a >pigeonhole as a blind > >>> diplomat. > >>> > >>> Blind people are as different from one >another as sighted people, > >>> he > >>> told members of the House Foreign Affairs and >Civil Service > >>> Committees > >>> in 1989. There is no such thing as a category >labeled, blind. > >>> > >>> Prior Beharry contributed reporting. > >>> > >>> 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 > > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Choose the right car based on your needs. 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