Great words Ketan!!. Good work keep it up..... On 1/4/12, George Abraham <[email protected]> wrote: > Good writing! Did not know that you wrote so well. > > Best, > > George > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ketan Kothari" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 10:26 AM > Subject: Re: [AI] A Letter to Louis Braille > > > Actually, I had written this 3 years ago but now just changed the > year. These are my heartfelt feeling towards Louis Braille. > > On 1/4/12, Sruti disAbility Rights Centre <[email protected]> wrote: >> Ketan, >> >> Thanks for sharing this in this forum. I am forwarding this to our groups. >> This needs to be shared more widely. >> >> In solidarity, >> Shampa Sengupta >> Kolkata >> >> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Ketan Kothari <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Uncle Louis, >>> >>> I am happy to celebrate the 203rdh anniversary of your birth and would >>> like to gratefully acknowledge your contribution in my life. In fact, >>> it is only due to you that I am what I am today. You probably could >>> not have imagined at the time when you created a totally new script >>> the monumental development that it was. But let me assure you that >>> you are God for most of us especially in places where people are not >>> living in palaces and owning large properties. Your script is the >>> greatest gift that has been bestowed upon us. >>> >>> In these days of so-called modernization, it has become fashionable to >>> look down upon your invention as either out of date or even worse >>> archaic but those that talk that way do not realize what mistakes they >>> are committing. In fact, it is only through your contribution that >>> more and more of us who are deprived of light have been experiencing >>> the divine light and live our lives with fair amount of success. >>> >>> I have always believed that even when people will give up your script >>> (hopefully that day will never come) you will still have won as the >>> contribution that you have made in our lives is indelible. Even today >>> when computers and other media have come about people are still >>> talking of Electronic Braille displays. And yes, there is no >>> alternative for reading and writing and no other technology will equip >>> the poorest of the poor amongst the blind to access the printed word. >>> >>> Let me thank you for the immeasurable hours of pleasure you have given >>> to fill my solitude with the treasures of the creation of the greatest >>> authors and poets resulting in broadening the vistas of my knowledge. >>> You have filled void in my life on days when I had given up on life >>> and only through reading some of the greatest works of literature I >>> have been inspired to continue. >>> >>> On another note, in the world filled with parochial conflicts, uncle >>> Louis, yours is probably the only script that can be written in any >>> language of the world and if it were used by all we would rid the >>> world of the conflicts that have created havoc in our lives. >>> >>> I am extremely pained to read about the treatment meted out to you in >>> your lifetime but unfortunately the world is a place where mere >>> mortals have always failed to recognize great souls and later >>> worshipped them as Gods. >>> >>> There has been a fashion to find out alternatives for your script but >>> let me assure you that those of us who have benefitted by your >>> invention will never let this happen. Braille has a place that is >>> very difficult to be taken by anyone, least of all by scripts that are >>> very rudimentary. >>> >>> Dear uncle, on this 200th anniversary of yours, let me share with you >>> one secret: the linguistic skills that I possess have all been >>> developed by you and had it not been for you I cannot imagine my >>> status. I am horrified when I hear that these days’ children are >>> discouraged from learning “literacy” but as Jesus Christ had said: >>> God forgive them for they know not what they are doing. I hope that >>> God will send you back amongst us and save my brethren. People are >>> not even aware of the immense loss that they are suffering. >>> >>> May God let the better senses prevail. I cannot thank you enough for >>> making me what I am and let me assure you that till the last day of my >>> life I will work for the propagation of your great script and will >>> create awareness amongst all classes of people about its efficacy and >>> utility. May God grant you the highest place in his divine abode and >>> may you come to us one more time to recreate the great atmosphere for >>> the literacy of my brethren. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ketan Kothari >>> Phone: [r] 24223281, >>> Cell: 9987550614 >>> MSN ID: [email protected] >>> Skype ID: Ketan3333 >>> >>> >>> Search for old postings at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >> >> Search for old postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> 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 > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > 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 > > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > 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 > >
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