Dear friends and members of the Access India community, I hope this email finds you well. As a fellow member of this incredible community, I am deeply humbled and proud to share a milestone that is very close to my heart. After years of reflection, writing, and production, I have officially released the complete, unabridged English edition of my autobiography, "The Unseen Path," as a free, fully polished audiobook on YouTube.
* YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/vU7yvOumtiQ * Official Website: https://www.nagababu.org/ About the Book Narrated beautifully by Veena Prabhakaran Nair, this autobiography traces my journey from a modest, mud-floored house in Vuyyuru to my career in corporate technology, culminating in my appointment as a Vice President of Technology. Written entirely by ear—using a standard keyboard, screen readers, and absolute faith—this memoir is not just a personal story. It is a document of the collective battles many of us face in navigating systemic barriers and pushing for a more inclusive world. For members of this list, many of the chapters will resonate deeply with your own lived experiences, covering: * The Tools of Our Learning: From the metallic tap-tap of the Braille slate and stylus and the clatter of the Taylor’s frame to my first digital awakening with MS-DOS and a demo version of the JAWS screen reader that restarted every 40 minutes . * The Legal and Academic Battles: My intense fight in 2002 to overturn the discriminatory rule barring "100% blind candidates" from polytechnic admissions , and the historic 2005 JNTU and High Court ECET battle where I had to demonstrate assembling a breadboard circuit by touch to secure my seat in engineering. * The Corporate Journey: Writing code at Wipro and Infosys, debugging complex backend microservices by sound, and using Generative AI today to translate structural systems into visual diagrams for my sighted teams. * A Life in Full Color: My quiet marriage to my wife Rekha , , and my ongoing resilience through severe medical battles,. Why I am Sharing This with You This community has always been a beacon of support, technology exchange, and advocacy. A core message of my final closing is that "Accessibility is not charity. It is good engineering." I hope this audiobook serves as a source of encouragement for young visually impaired students pursuing STEM, a testament to what is possible when we refuse to let systemic "rule books" dictate our potential, and a tool to raise awareness among corporate leaders about inclusive engineering. At the very end of the video (starting at 04:33:30), I have included a Visual Gallery featuring original childhood photographs, our tactile learning tools, and the original newspaper clippings that documented these historic battles as they unfolded . If this journey resonates with you, I would be deeply grateful if you could listen, share it with your networks, students, friends or colleagues, and leave your thoughts on the YouTube channel. Your feedback and support mean a lot to me. Thank you for your time, your continuous support, and for being a part of this unseen path. Warm regards, Nagababu Jannu Vice President of Technology https://www.nagababu.org/<https://www.google.com/url?sa=E&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nagababu.org%2F> -- 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/KUXPR06MB800553228E16813E3234575E96A52%40KUXPR06MB8005.apcprd06.prod.outlook.com.
