I extend my heartily thanks to Faiyaz, Amar, Krishna, Pradeep, Sushmeetha, Neha, Sidhant and Pavan for responding :) I’ll be getting back to each of you personally very soon! What about others? Still waiting for your response.
Best Simran Chawla Sent from my iPhone > On 29-Apr-2019, at 00:18, siddhant arora <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi simran > Hope you are rocking > I have gone through your email and i feel happy to support this movement > let’s make it a big short. In order to hsve greater clearly let’s have a > quick discussion as to what can be done > You cam reach on call/whatsaap @ 9999762352. I am also having some things > in my mind which i plan to start soon would love to have more ideas and > feedback. > > With Regards > Siddhant Arora > > On Sat, 27 Apr 2019 at 1:37 AM, Simran Chawla <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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. Please respond to this email with your support. >> >> Sincerely, >> Simran Chawla >> [email protected] >> >> >> Search for old postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> 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 >> >> >> Disclaimer: >> 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of >> the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; >> >> 2. 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