Being the representer of many, he has rightly put forth his worries. On 10/26/15, avinash shahi <[email protected]> wrote: > We need more of such reports documented. This man is very indebted to > his other sighted classmates. And amidst breaks he keeps on sitting > and the rest go on hangouts. Can we know more of such experiences? > social life in universities? > http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/i-am-worried-about-the-future/article7802412.ece > > > A day in the life of Ashish Kumar, a student of Delhi University, is > pretty much like any other college student — going to college in the > morning, spending time with friends, visiting the library and then > going back to the hostel. The only difference is that Ashish is > visually impaired. > > So, while his other classmates living in the hostel with him wake up > at 8-30 a.m. for an 8-40 a.m. class and rush to their classes, Ashish > wakes up much earlier. “I take more time to get ready, so I get up > before everyone else does,” he says. > > At college, he has friends to help him climb stairs and get him to his > classroom. After each lecture, there is a 10-minute break. Everyone > else goes down to the hang-out area to grab a cup of coffee or catch > up with friends while Ashish sits in the classroom alone. > Occasionally, some friends give him company and they discuss books and > course topics. > > “My classmates have been really nice to me. I couldn’t have asked for > more,” he says. > > After the lectures end, a group of boys and girls usually head towards > the canteen. They take Ashish along with them and the youngsters spend > about an hour discussing random topics from movies to books to > teachers. > > If he has an assignment, Ashish heads to the Braille section of the library. > > By evening, he is usually done with his study schedule for the day and > just wants to relax and talk to his parents in Patna. > > To do that, he picks up his phone and uses the voice command to dial > home. With his phone on the voice command option, he says – “dial > home”. > > That is how he usually wraps up his day, chatting with his mother, who > keeps worrying about him. > > On a concluding note, Ashish says that as long as he is a student he > is not worried, because he still finds people who are ready to help > him. But, he adds, “I am worried about the future when I get into the > professional world, it’s really difficult to find good people in the > practical world, out there.” > > > > > > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > 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 > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. >
-- Best, Mujeeb M +91 9446483337 Sent from my iPad Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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 Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
