Some friends of my organisation Blind Persons' Association in Kolkata and I myself met Sri Gopalkrishna Gandhi the day before yesterday. We went to invite him to our library inauguration on the 4th of January. He is really so kind and affectionate. Though he will not be able to come on the desired programme, he promised to visit our library and braille press complex very soon. I admit, celebrities use these occasions for their image. But Sri Gandhi is not such a person perhaps. He requested us not to offer him any floral wreaths or to call any media on his visit. He will just stay for an hour or so in our campus and meet our members. We shall also do so, we told him.
The role he has played in West Bengal in protesting against the state government's atrocities at Nandigram may be carefully noted. This is not exactly a place for discussing his political role. Best regards, Amiyo. Cell: +91-9433464329 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dinesh Kaushal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 12:23 PM Subject: Re: [AI] A treat for visually challenged children > Even though it was an media event, I see it as positive event, no way > harming. I would really have to watch the audio visual clip to make actual > assessment, but currently it seems quite ok to me. > > > > > > Regards > Dinesh Kaushal > > blog at > dineshkaushal.blogspot.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sudhir R > (NeSTIT) > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 11:29 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] A treat for visually challenged children > > You are forgetting, Dinesh, that this news item would never have made it to > the papers (or channels) if the visitors were just kids from some schools. > And, I am sure kids are allowed to visit the gardens of the Raj Bhavans and > Rashtrapathi Bhavan routinely, but, rarely shown around by the dignitary > himself unless it is a photo op with "children of a lesser God". (smile) > > As for celebrities reaching out to the disabled, you need to be very careful > in Kerala, especially on special occasions like the Whitecane Day or the > World Day for the Disabled, lest, these insufferable creatures come around > with a bunch of camera crews and start hugging and kissing you. (smile) > > RS > > RS > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dinesh Kaushal > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 11:14 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] A treat for visually challenged children > > > I don't think there is any harm in such activities, if children from schools > in general are sent to similar events, then why not special children? > > This seems to me very genuin event. > > Regards > Dinesh Kaushal > > blog at > dineshkaushal.blogspot.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sudhir R > (NeSTIT) > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 10:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] A treat for visually challenged children > > You are right there, Vetri. But, why just blame the political class ? > Physically challenged, especially the visually challenged, are the favourite > "hug and kiss" targets for celebrities too, who find it create excellent > photo ops. Unfortunately, our so-called NGOs and media walk straight into > their ensnaring web and waste their time and column centimetres with such > hyped up reaching out gestures. Sickening. > > RS > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Vetrivel > Adhimoolam > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 10:41 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] A treat for visually challenged children > > > Ya. But the problem with these top officials is that they will not > contribute to our genuine development. As long as we remain as their > advertising tools, there will be more of such events. But when we begin to > assert our voices, then we become the unwanted citizens of this country. > That's the attitude of present politicians towards physically challenged in > general and visually challenged in particular. > > Vetri. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: renuka warriar > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:59 PM > Subject: [AI] A treat for visually challenged children > > > Date:12/12/2007 URL: > http://www.thehindu.com/2007/12/12/stories/2007121262231700.htm > > National > > A treat for visually challenged children > > Antara Das > > - Photo: SUSHANTA PATRONOBISH > > Affectionate touch: West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi shows visually > handicapped children around in the Raj Bhavan gardens in Kolkata on Tuesday. > > Kolkata: As the evening chill set in on Tuesday on the sprawling gardens of > the Raj Bhavan here, another world seemed suddenly possible, at least for > the visually challenged children who had gathered there to soak in the > fragrance > > of the various flowers blooming on the lawns. > > Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi had invited the visually handicapped and street > > children, belonging to the Voice of World and Future Hope organisations, to > experience and appreciate the fragrance of the flowers, especially that of > Cestrum Nocturnum, commonly known as 'Raat ki rani' or 'Hasnuhana' that > casts its enchanting smell in the evening when it blooms. > > Mr. Gandhi showed the children around, describing in detail how the flowers > looked. > > > 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 > > > 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 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. 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