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On Sat, 11 Mar, 2023, 18:09 Shadab Husain, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Access Indians, > > Shocking, isn’t it? > > Many times we chat with folks presuming them to be simple. But try > going right ahead and shaking off the curtain…and that person’s true > face comes out. > > Yes, I too have had many such experiences, and what would stir your > mind is the truth that these ‘true faces’ are notable names of our > very own community. > > His career was just ready to take off. After completing his B. Tech in > Production Engineering and performing staggeringly well in MBA > (Marketing,) his future appeared sunshine and roses. > > He was on that exciting threshold when you know that your mind-racking > over studies, your patient actions, all your sweat and toil of those > student days are eventually going to work like gangbusters. > > But wham… > > Something tiny was creeping in his retina, which would kill his cons > and rods, and eventually plunge him to darkness. Retinitis Pigmentosa > was about to crush his dreams, shatter all his future plans, and > overturn the trajectory of his life, forever. > The story of Deepak Singla > > Born in Dhuri, brought up in the village of Amargarh, district > Sangrur, Punjab, Deepak Singla‘s search for a high-paying job was > reaching success when it struck him that his eyesight was getting > blurred. Earlier he was able to read using extra lighting, but now > even the sun had become dim for him. > > It was 2005 when the problem started to hamper his daily activities. > Soon he was told that he has RP, and then the icy hands of depression > tightened their grip on his heart, pounding in his head the scathing > idea that joy and independence would ever remain alien to him. > > As his eyesight was ebbing away, he started earning his daily bread by > doing content writing. He would make the screen black so to see white > text to check off his assignments. > > But soon, even this vision of his deteriorated, and he wasn‘t able to > use computers anymore. Lights out. > > A menacing cloud rose, first covering a part of sun, and then shrouded > the entire horizon. As the winters of 2008 were approaching, Deepak > had started to feel colder and emptier. Depression, dejection, > hopelessness, and failure appeared to leap towards him with a > horrifying speed. > > A gleam of hope > > Fortunately, Deepak had seen a gleam of hope earlier, when he was > browsing the Internet. That gleam was National Institute for the > Visually Handicapped (NIVH) Dehradun, Uttarakhand. NIVH, he had read, > offers computer courses using screen reading technology and daily > living skills training to the visually impaired. > > It felt just the right moment for him to try something new and > uncertain. Thus, to seek a better future for himself, he haired off to > NIVH, Dehra. > > There he made friends with other visually impaired people, and the > thought that he wasn‘t alone in that condition comforted him. The > company of visually impaired boys, all at the top of their spirits, > made him realise that human beings are so much gifted that the lack of > eyesight can‘t dampen their capabilities or passions. > > With this idea taking root in his heart, he trekked up to the winding > roads to Mussoorie on 15th of October, 2009, as the blind celebrated > the White Cane Day. His visually impaired friends, all amazing and > energetic, accompanied him, drinking in the fresh mountain air and the > perfume emanating from the trees and flowers dotted on the course. He > river-rafted in the cool, thrashing River Ganges, something which > would have sent a chill in his spine when he was sighted. > > The horrors of RP-triggered blindness, which once upon a time made him > sick in the stomach, turned out to be a sham. He got successful in > doing many things which he thought were impossible for him because of > his blindness. > > Computers. Working. Earning. Beloved. > > INDEPENDENCE! > > A cluster of activities which Deepak thought were out of bounds for > him when blindness struck him were eventually shaping up in real life. > Hopelessness had started to evaporate. > > An intelligence > > A doctor of L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, once advised Deepak > that he can apply for government jobs. However, Deepak was unaware > about the process or if there actually was any law entitling him to do > so. > > It was when he came in contact with organisations and other visually > impaired people that he learnt about the rights of the Persons with > Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protections of Rights and Full > Participation) Act, 1995, under which 3% seats were reserved for > persons with disabilities. > > (Note: Now the aforementioned act is called Rights of Persons with > Disabilities Act, 2016, wherein other forms of disabilities are also > included – increasing the reserved seats to 4%). > > Acting on this intelligence, he applied for a government job, and was > recruited as a Clerk in Punjab Mandi Board in June 2010. March 2011 he > applied in Punjab State Warehousing Corporation and was recruited as > District Manager. Presently he is working as an Assistant Director > with Delhi Development Authority. > > When asked about his performance at workplace, he said, “Wherever I > go, initially people presume that I won‘t be able to work. But when I > submit my work, they feel compelled to believe that I can work as > efficiently as anyone else.” > > “Nowadays,” he adds, “because all the things are online, it has got > easy for us to work using screen reading technology.” > > She comes > > Shortly after Deepak came to Delhi, he found someone tugging the > strings of his heart. He felt an irresistible force pulling him > towards the love of his life, and the emotional stirring was such the > like of which he had never felt before***Excerpt, Beating Blindness: > > Electronic version (free with Kindle Unlimited) > > https://www.amazon.in/Beating-Blindness-Heart-moving-thinking-blindness-ebook/dp/B0B9LLTJG5/ref=sr_1_2?crid=15P64F7WVADCF&keywords=beating+blindness&qid=1666936253&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjI4IiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=beating+blindness%2Caps%2C289&sr=8-2 > Hardcopy > https://www.amazon.in/dp/9356685347?ref=myi_title_dp > > https://www.flipkart.com/beating-blindness/p/itmf05c28ae187b9?pid=9789356685345 > > > -- > http://husainjournal.blogspot.com/ > > -- > 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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