not only seat numbers, but washrooms in many railways also have instructions in braille. Railway stations have accessible map of the station. I glad to experience this inclusivity. I wouldn't say things can be handled lonely, but these accessibility points make the task easy for one who is going to help. Vedika
On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 11:01 AM Austin Pinto <[email protected]> wrote: > i have found braille on atms since long time back, but i think this is > catching up more as the seet numbers in Vande Bharat Express are labled on > handles at the back of the ile side seats > but this is a good move. there are lots of talking micro ovens and other > things in other countries hope all of this comes to india. > > On Sun, Apr 21, 2024 at 10:16 PM Yamuna Jivana Dasa <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi friends, >> >> >> >> A few weeks back, my wife bought some shower gel on Amazon. Seemed like >> an ordinary event and I thought nothing of it. >> >> When the package arrived, my eldest son excitedly brought it to me. >> “Baba! Baba! Come check this out” he exclaimed as he put the bottle into my >> hands. >> >> Not thinking much of it I asked “What is this?” without much examination >> of the bottle. “sShower gel” he said, still excited. “Feel the bottle”. >> >> Somehow I still didn’t catch on, as I fingered lamely around the bottle’s >> edges. “Ok Nice”, I said. “Go pack this away now”. >> >> “No! Feel the face of the bottle. Feel properly.” He insisted. I now knew >> something was up so with more alertness I carefully examined the face of >> the bottle. >> >> Before I could even figure it out he exclaimed “Braille!” And he was >> right. Not just that, but both the front face and on the rear face had a >> whole lot of braille. >> >> On the front face across the short side was written in short single lines >> as follows: >> >> Fiama >> >> Shower >> >> Gel >> >> >> >> On the opposite face, this time along the length of the bottle was >> written, again in beautiful braille letters along the length of the bottle >> this time: >> >> Patchouli >> >> And macadamia >> >> >> >> It was uncontracted, no capitalization of letters, the dots felt somewhat >> faded on the plastic label, but still it was a pleasant surprise indeed. >> Coming to India I wasn’t sure I would ever see beautiful braille again, >> here in the village of Vrindavana. >> >> >> >> Just for this fact I would like to keep buying this product, to simply >> say thank you for remembering us on the fringes of society, while most >> others see us as nothing more than disabled people that might at least be >> able to sing for some handout. We now bought 4 bottles in total for the >> moment, and every morning I can’t help running my fingers over the braille >> when I take some out to shower my body. It just feels so warmly familiar. >> >> >> >> Just wanted to share this small yet heart-warming story of my own >> personal experience. >> >> >> >> With kind regards, >> >> Yamuna Jivana dasa >> >> -- >> 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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