hmmm! yes, i see your point. yes, there is need also to view such events in the slight positive light, as u r doing. agreed to a certain extent..... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dinesh Kaushal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [AI] A treat for visually challenged children
> My point is also that not every celebraty event is bad. I have seen many > events which are designed to get publicity for the celebraty and no > benefit > to persons with disability. Also such event degrade persons with > disability > in a very suttle way not visible to people in general. > > Where someone tries to portray themselves as "big benevelent" > > But a governer spending some time with special children does not seem bad, > given that governers don't try to get elected to office using these > images, > they are appointed by central government based on their political > objectives. > > At times such events even help spreading awareness about the cause. I > can't > still give my final view on this, I would need to watch some video, but I > can give the benefit of doubt. > > Regards > Dinesh Kaushal > > blog at > dineshkaushal.blogspot.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mufazal > munshi > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 12:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] A treat for visually challenged children > > no doubt the event is genuine. but the point other listers are trying is > not > one to ignore. despite the interaction of this sort with the special needs > kids, the upper echelon will do nothing to contribute effectively. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dinesh Kaushal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 11:14 AM > 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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