HAHAHA akhil, beware, they may say only four escorts are enough, or they may want to find relations among the blind so that only one escort may lead them, as happened with me and my brother. After all, it is the matter of Vigyan Bhavan!!!!
However, I fail to understand why many blind folk are still harboring the illusive hope of cure someday!!! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Akhil Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 6:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AI] Insult to blindness Hello sir, Even I don't know what's went wrong, But even I am coming with 18 people from Bangalore and among 18 9 are escorts and rest of us are blind. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Asudani, Rajesh" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 5:40 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Insult to blindness > No escort for faculty, they specifically said.... > Perhaps, they don't have enough bugs to provide reasonable accommodation > to the blind. > Fair enough, of course, as they believe in cure of blindness and not in > taking care of reasonable requirements. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Srikanth > Kanuri > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 5:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] Insult to blindness > > i really don't know what had been the issue might be sir but we are > all provided with permission for bringing escorts. the registration > form clearly indicates the provision for additional delegate > registration and without any charge. hope you will be getting a reply > soon from the organization committee. > > > > On 9/20/11, Asudani, Rajesh <[email protected]> wrote: >> Friends >> It is with deep remorse that I am informing you of shameful behaviour of >> an >> organization called Retina India. >> RI is holding a national convention in Delhi on September 24 and 25. >> They invited me and my brother Dr. Prof. Vinod Asudani, for some sessions >> in >> the said convention. >> However, all their invitations were, oral to begin with, and when I wrote >> to >> them for written invites they forwarded without essential details like >> registration Number. >> Again, I had to plead for registration number, which they grudgingly >> provided. >> Anyway, the confusion and inco-ordination reached to such a level, that >> they >> first invited me and Dr. Vinod, then rescinded the latter's invite, then >> again reconfirmed it and now have finally withdrawn invites of us both >> resulting not only in hardship and anguish but waste of human and >> financial >> resources. >> The ground given for such abrupt U Turn is that we said we would be >> accompanied by escorts. >> Now, it goes without saying that a totally blind person requires an >> escort >> for effective mobility, otherwise, there is a clear risk to his/her life. >> besides, lack of escort surely compromises efficiency in outdoor and new >> surroundings to widely varying degree for the totally blind. Anybody >> claiming full and effective mobility and dignity in moving about new >> surroundings and in a vast campus without an escort is indulging in self >> delusion. >> We have witnessed this often enough to hazard any such venture. >> The tone and manner of their communication is hurtful, to say the least. >> >> They claim that none of the people are accompanied by escorts in the >> convention. >> It baffles me how a NGO working for blind does know so little of the >> basic >> needs of the blind community. >> I am compelled to conclude that actually the NGO is run with clearly >> defined >> medical goals for researching the cure for some retinal conditions, and >> consequently is totally unaware of actual needs of the blind or totally >> blind. >> >> I am not writing this out of personal motives, even though their >> behaviour >> has caused much needless anguish to me and my brother. >> Besides a personal insult, such a conduct is an insult to blindness in >> general, and anybody compliant in such conduct is contributing to such an >> insult. >> The propaganda of the organization surely creates false hopes in the >> hearts >> of hapless blind which is cruel to say the least. >> Psychologically, it also hinders the full acceptance of the condition >> which >> is a sine qua non for effective living with blindness. >> >> In fine, RI is nothing more than a clique of medical doctors doing >> research, >> to whom a handful of blind folk have rendered support in the false hope >> that >> the treatment is just round the corner and workable for most blind >> people. >> Let me remind one and all that living with blindness is the key to a good >> life as a blind, and these tantalizing illusions of a complete cure for >> most >> be guarded against. >> My above observations are duly supported by oral and e mail records of >> the >> way in which our legitimate requirements were condescendingly granted by >> organizers, and When I spoke up, the invitations were summarily >> withdrawn. >> I have no dearth of conventions to attend, but I appeal every blind >> person >> having self respect to give matter a thought and decide for her or >> himself >> the course of action in lending unqualified support to an NGO which is >> cut >> off from the totally blind and their life. >> >> I know the rules of this group do not permit mails against any group in >> particular, but this definitely is an out of ordinary situation in the >> blind >> field, and I thought to let everybody know the other side of all pomp and >> glory projected by such NGOs. I would be happy if the traffic on this >> topic >> is not carried out further in this forum. >> The moderator may, in his discretion, take action against me, should he >> so >> please. >> I would be compelled to reply, if the NGO publishes any response in this >> group itself. >> >> >> With thanks and regards >> >> >> >> (Rajesh Asudani) >> Assistant General Manager >> Reserve Bank of India >> Nagpur >> Cell: 9420397185 >> o: +91 712 2806846 >> R: 2591349 >> >> It's not activity that wears out the body and spirit- it's inactivity. >> Keep >> going!" >> GUS ECKSTEIN >> >> >> ________________________________ >> Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and >> intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are >> addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, >> review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in >> this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. 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