Dear Friends, I was witness to what Kanchan had narrated. In fact, I have always believed that there is no alternative to Braille. It is sad to note that many a teacher now feels that there is no need to teach Braille. However, we must remember that since nothing has replaced writing for the sighted, Braille cannot be replaced. Oh yes, even when writing is replaced by electronic writing through computers and cell phones, what about reading and development of language skills? It is important beyond any iota of doubt that Braille must be taught and learned at appropriate time.
I am proud that I can read and write Braille and love it even today. God grant eternal peace to Louis Braille. Words fail me to thank him adequately. The wonders of language would have been beyond me had I not learned Braille. Ketan On 3/21/11, Pamnani <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Friends, > I thought that some other member of this list would write about it but since > no one has done it here is my take. > > I am late blind and when I was first exposed to braille I thought braille > was outdated and since I knew computer I would manage with e text and audio. > Over time I have changed my opinion and I do feel that I am disadvantaged > because I cant read braille fluently. > > I know there are many sceptics who still dont have faith in braille > I am now telling you what happened in court on Friday- > > We have been arguing all the matters on Disability. The first conference > room style of court was on 15th January 2011 and the second was on Friday > 18th March 2011. > Many lawyers had been arguing different issues. The court had been passing > orders as we went along. The Advocate General of the State and the > Additional Solicitore general were appearing on behalf of the State Govt and > Union of India respectively. > We then came to the issue of backlog and reservation. > In full court Mr. S. K. rungta read several paragraphs of a judgement to the > court. He read it at a fast pace, clearly, without missing words and > stopping correctly at punctuations. Before starting out he had pointed the > correct page nos. and para nos. to the judges. The performance was superb. > The learned chief justice had to comment that the reading was faster than > their own reading. The whole court broke into applause. For those who dont > know-Mr. Rungta read braille. > I know that I could not have read from the computer screen every word as > fast as he did and not with that clarity and correctness. I could have > summarised it but never read it. I can make power points but I cannot read > verbatum with screen readers. > > > I hope we do not have to discuss the importance of braille after this. > Kanchan Pamnani > Advocate & Solicitor > 9, Suleman Chambers, > Battery Street, Colaba, > Mumbai - 400 039. > > > 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 > > -- Ketan Kothari Phone: [r] 24223281, Cell: 9987550614 MSN ID: [email protected] Skype ID: Ketan3333 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
