Hai: Living in Bangalore, I must tell you that I have never experienced this even once; if I will face the problem in future, I know not.
But, the most basic issue here is the perception of the blind as beggers by the society. Yes, it hurts, but who suffers the damage depends on the attitude. When someone refers to you as a begger, say in the case of the autowala, I would have perhaps walked away without picking up the change. It's costly and we can't do this very often, but if you get a chance you can do at least once. After this I am sure the other person will be feeling bad, not you. Regarding the Lalbagh incident, when someone abuses you publicly, you must tell him/her in no uncertain terms that you have come there to spend a pleasant evening and they have spoilt it. Reminding them how their own family member would have felt while hearing something like this, you must walk out creating a big fuss, so that others notice and you can spread the word. Make sure you talk in the most polished English, reminding them that their perception is wrong. Subramani -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ashwani Jassal Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 1:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AI] an interesting but shokking observation about Benglore very bad but these people come from lower community that is why they don't know the potential of blind people. A campaign has to be launched to make people aware of the qualities of blind people. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Abhijit Joshi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 1:13 PM Subject: [AI] an interesting but shokking observation about Benglore > Hello friends, > Last weekend I spent with our 1 of the members Fayez pasha. I have been > to Bangalore to celebrate Ied with him. > > Bangalore is known as high-tech city in India. I experienced that the > common people are showing negative attitude towards blinds. I am sharing > just 2 examples for you here to show that though we can list our so much > achievements but still we have shown the mirror by society. > 1. Just Fayaz and I board in an auto and gone to some place. we just > forgot to take change so after getting down I gave a 100 rupee note to > that auto person. he had the change but he abused us in these words in > local language."blinds always want free service they made for begging > only" after long argument he gave us the change. > > 2. on the next day We have been to a local park called Lal baag. after > reaching there just we asked in the counter "where is the gate?" In return > the ticket seller told the road adding this fraise "begging is not allowed > inside" then he abused with local language. We have taken action according > to the situation. > > As a regular traveler I am moving here and there in India. I never saw > this kind of aggressive and negative attitude any where ells. in northern > India we are known as Soor dass sometimes we have to fight with others but > this is the first time I experience that all classes of a high-tech city > are showing negative attitude towards a particular category. > > 'where there is smoke there is fire' through my experience I can say > that in Bangalore it has been projected that blinds are beggars only This > projection has come in organized way.I do not know who is behind this but > people can change this attitude who are between us. I can understand that > the blinds of Bangalore may feel uncomfortable after reading this mail but > if this attitude will change then it will comfortable to all of us in long > run. > > Where there is the will there is the way. > > With hope > Abhijit > Hyderabad > 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
