I appreciate your focus on inclusivity in Indian law. Here are my suggestions:
Online shopping platforms should provide disability help desks. Internationally recognized software must be available for purchase in India. Google should ensure at least 50% accessibility for Indian Android and iOS apps before they are uploaded to the Play Store or Apple Store. Travel apps like Makemytrip, Cleartrip, and RedBus should support keyboard and screen reader access for seat selection and allow users to upload disability certificates to claim discounts, similar to Air India’s concessions. Government websites such as Aadhaar and PF portals should be accessible to people with screen reader and keyboard users. On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 4:39 PM Ketan Kothari <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Mission Accessibility > > I am truly happy with your initiatives. One suggestion: Please do > something whereby this need of inclusivity becomes part of Indian law. > First time in my knowledge our law defines both public place and public > service and we must use this to our benefit. I am just unable to watch > Indian OTT. What is the use of them having audio description but I am > unable to search/watch their programmes? When I say this, please note that > I am subscribed to them with my money hoping then to become accessible. > Tell us if we can be of any use. Thank you. > > On Mon, 12 Jan 2026 at 16:29, RSKC-Rising Star Khilte Chehre < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Today's Thought of discussion >> >> Has anyone here been stopped at a mall entrance just because you’re blind >> or visually impaired? >> >> Not because you can’t shop. >> Because someone assumed you won’t. >> >> That assumption is expensive for malls too. >> Every time a guard blocks someone “for crowd flow” or asks “who is with >> you?”, the mall doesn’t just hurt dignity — it loses footfall, repeat >> visits, trust, and loyalty. >> >> India has a huge visually impaired customer base. You are independent, >> tech-enabled, and ready to spend — yet you’re still treated like an >> inconvenience at entrances. >> >> At Rising Star Khilte Chehre (RSKC), we’re raising this as an awareness >> issue that must be called out — by guards, managers, and also by bystanders >> who choose silence. >> >> Now we want to hear from you: >> City + mall name >> >> What exactly happened at the gate? >> >> What should staff have done instead? >> >> YES/NO: Should malls be required to publish and follow an accessibility >> SOP at the entrance? >> If YES — what must be in it (one line)? >> If NO — what’s the alternative that still protects dignity and safety? >> >> *Context* >> >> India is losing a big customer base at the Public Space and MarketPlace >> >> Blind and visually impaired Indians today are tech-savvy and independent >> — using screen readers, UPI, cabs, maps, shopping apps, and smartphones >> daily. They are not “helpless”. They are customers. >> >> The scale is not small: >> >> Widely cited estimate puts India at ~4.95 million blind people and ~70 >> million people with visual impairment. () >> >> That’s a massive customer base. >> Independent. >> Earning. >> Still Unspent >> >> >> Join our whatsapp group : >> https://chat.whatsapp.com/JnMisylVdx4BvpBIQCrmQx >> >> Contact : Lovely Sarkar - 8527044355 >> >> On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 at 11:02, turab chimthanawala <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi all. Thanks again to those who supported us as part of our year-end >>> donation campaign. We would like to deploy the funds that we have raised on >>> 3-4 high impact issues that affect the PwD community at large. This will >>> predominantly be through strategic litigation and, wherever the possibility >>> of pursuing policy reforms without resorting to courts exists, that will be >>> preferred. We therefore invite your suggestions on the issues/causes that >>> we should be taking up. 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