The touch is the touchstone for understanding others; be it individuals or the objects. One could corroborate this claim by meeting people who are deafblind. 'Touch the art' should become a movement if blind people are to achieve accessibility.
On 10/18/16, Himanshu Sahu <sahu.himanshu2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Because the action of touching is embedded in the human mindset as > getting personal or physical... Whether to the human or the object!!! > > > > On 10/18/16, avinash shahi <shahi88avin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Amen! you are right. why there is a taboo when it comes to touching? >> the notion of touch needs to be politicized. And this could only be >> done by blind people and those who are deafblind. >> >> On 10/18/16, Asudani, Rajesh <rajeshasud...@rbi.org.in> wrote: >>> Well, this is the accessibility situation for orthopedically disabled. >>> For VI, I am prohibited from touching majority of things in temples, >>> exhibitions and wherever... >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On >>> Behalf >>> Of Boopathi P >>> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 1:01 PM >>> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues >>> concerning >>> the disabled. >>> Subject: [AI] a news article from The Hindu on inaccessable Kolkata’s >>> Durga >>> Puja pandals >>> >>> Disability access ‘worsens’ in Kolkata’s Durga Puja pandals >>> On October 9, when the city was soaking up the Durga Puja festivities, >>> Rubia Chatterjee, national gold medallist para athlete, decided to go >>> pandal hopping with other para athletes. She was shocked to find that >>> she could not enter many of the pandals . “It was horrible. I was >>> accompanied by another para athlete Sandhya Mondal, who was walking >>> with crutches. She fell down at various places,” Ms. Chaterjee told >>> The Hindu . Ms. Chaterjee, who was a part of a group of ten >>> sportspersons, had informed major Puja pandals of their visit. Many of >>> the pandals have average footfalls of 4 lakh people per day and are >>> constructed at a cost of several crores of rupees. Ms. Chatterjee and >>> Ms. Sandhya found no wheelchairs or ramps or even volunteers to help >>> them. The ‘Disability Access to Durga Puja Pandals in Kolkata: 2016’ >>> survey of 14 marquees conducted by the Kolkata-based Civilian Welfare >>> Foundation (CWF) echoes these findings. CWF’s Abhirupa Kar, who has >>> been involved in documenting disability access at Durga Pujas pandals >>> for the past three years, said that the situation has worsened this >>> time instead of improving . “There is so much competition among Durga >>> Puja organisers for awards but the basic question of accessibility to >>> the disabled is far from receiving the serious attention of >>> organisers,” she told The Hindu . The report points out that giving >>> the disabled a restricted view of a pandal or asking them visit only >>> in the mornings just shows the organisers’ “discrimination, and lack >>> of sensitivity and understanding with regards to the disabled >>> population”. The report also points out that most of the pandals have >>> staircases, “thus rejecting the person with a disability to the major >>> attractions of the pandals ”. 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