great that blind are also trying to become an actor. best of luck to all. as doing new thing is always a difficult one.
On 4/27/19, Vedprakash Sharma <vedprakash.sha...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have heard of some person who is conducting a theatre workshop for the > blind in Jaipur from 25th of May 2019 to 24th of June 2019. Duration is of > approximately one month. Boarding and lodging facilities are available free > of cost. > Please contact: > Ashok Gupta Mobile No. 8765435654, 9450129808. > He runs an NGO titled, "Progressive Federation for thde blind". > The resource person has been related to Radio BBC and has also worked with > All India radio. > The objective of the workshop is to develop the acting capabilities of the > visually impaired. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf > Of Simran Chawla > Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2019 1:37 AM > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > Subject: [AI] Request for Support: "We can Do Whatever We Want to" Movement > > Dear Access Indians: > I am Simran Chawla, a visually impaired girl who loves acting. I won a > beauty pageant-Princess India 2016-2017 and was crowned by John Abraham. I > have been a user of Access India since 2016. > > I am writing to this mailing list today, because I wish you to join our > movement in spreading our stories as the visually impaired. We are capable > of doing everything and anything that we want to do. We can together > overcome discrimination and isolation issue by advancing our movement > together. > We will show > we are as equal as everyone. > I am using my acting to share this message with my audience. I am by no > means a renowned actress. However, you and I can together make a difference. > You can join this movement by one or more of the following actions 1. Share > the social media post on this issue - I am writing them as well; 2. Post > your story on social media with hashtags - you can see my story and hashtags > below as reference; 3. Introduce me to someone like yourself, those who are > working on the blind awareness issues, WhatsApp group on this matter, > journalists passionate about this matter, and any influencers on social > media such as Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram; 4. Join my acting as a > participating actor - let me write how you can do this at the end of this > email; and 5. More than anything - respond to this email that you are > supportive to me! > > Let me now write my story. > I was born with normal eyesight. At the age of five, I got fever and my > parents gave me a sirup prescribed by the doctor to counter its effects. My > body got reacted with that medicine and when I woke up the next day, I had > red sores of sorts all over my body, even my eyes. I was immediately rushed > to the doctor and admitted in the hospital. I was totally on glucose and > food pipes. My weight came down to 15 kgs. My nails were breaking and my > hair were coming off. It was a complete nightmare. After a month when I got > discharged from the hospital, the marks on my body got okay but all that > affected my eyes. My eyes got totally dried up and I lost my vision. my > whole world turned dark. Being a kid, I lost my mental balance and used to > hit my head on the wall and had no clue what was happening to me. It was the > love of my family that made me strong. My parents consulted all the eye > specialists pan india, my right eye got 8-9 surgeries done but only thing > that got better was that I started differentiating between the colours from > a very close distance. > After almost two years of that accident, my parents admitted me to NAB Delhi > to make me learn braille. And then after an year, I got integrated to Mount > Carmel School. With the help of teachers, family, braille and technology, I > got confidence that I can do everything. I’m like everyone, I’m as same as > others, I’m no different. I started believing in myself. I realised there > are so many things to be thankful for, rather than crying over what I’ve > lost. > I can make use of other senses that I’ve got and do whatever I want to. My > family made me learn to smile and be positive even in the toughest of the > situations. > And in this coarse of time, I myself realised that your positive attitude > towards life, belief in yourself, will and determination to do something, > can make you fulfill all your dreams. Nothing in this world can stop you > from achieving that. Till date, I’ve tried out everything that I wanted to, > be it acting, voice overs, radio jockeying, writing poetries, writing > scripts for short films and advertisements, modelling, motivating people, > anchoring and many more such things. The dreams don’t end here. I’ll keep on > trying out many more things of my interests, be it difficult or easy, either > I succeed or fail, I just want to try, try and try. Trying makes me win all > the battles. > > In the next days, I’ll be posting my stories on my facebook with the hash > tags like, #ICanDoWhateverIWantToDo, #IBelieveInMe, #BelieveInYou, > #ConfidenceIsMyWings, #Storytelling, #Robosion, #StorytellingApp, #Movement, > #LifePurpose, #LifeMeaning, #Blind, #VisuallyImpaired, #Confidence, #Belief. > This story will be first told via writing. If you can respond to this email, > we can aim at the same timing to release our story for higher impact. Our > team will spread the message. > This movement has already started and is getting larger. As one of the great > milestones, the team from Stanford University, Silicon Valley, Hollywood, > and Japan have offered support to us. This team has created an app to tell > story. With this app, we can act together to deliver our message. > We can be > in the same scene even if we are remote with each other. The app removes the > background of your videos with artificial intelligence so that you can put > your selfies into our acting. Animator of Lion King, Beauty and Beast, and > Aladdin is creating the scene, background and characters to support our > acting. > We will act and deliver our message in this magical scene that communicates > hope. 007 and Bourne Identity story analyst can help us brush up our story. > I believe that it is important to tell story this way in addition to our > writing, because this is symbolic in delivering the message that we are > capable of doing whatever we want. > To join my acting in this story or simply to support my acting, please sign > up at www.robosion.com. > You will get update of my situations as well, if you sign up. > > I’ll be counting on your support to fight on the blind awareness, isolation > and discrimination issues. I hope to have your support in whatever way > possible to you. 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