Ahmedabad, Jan 4 : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will on Wednesday launch the Braille and audio version of ‘Bal Shrusti’- a monthly magazine for children published by Gujarat Rajya Shala Pathya Pustak Mandal.
The special edition of the magazine is prepared by Blind Peoples' Association (BPA), a NGO which aims at building comprehensive rehabilitation of persons with all kinds of disabilities through education, training, employment, integrated education, research, publications etc. Both the Braille and audio version are being launched to celebrate the birth anniversary of Louis Braille who was the inventor of Braille - a system of reading and writing used by people who are blind or visually impaired. As a mark to commemorate the ‘Louis Braille Day’ on Wednesday, a visually impaired person will be reading Gujarati News Bulletin on Doordarshan at 7 pm and another visually challenged person with will read the regional news broadcast at 7.10 pm on All India Radio. (IBNS) http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-138784.htm 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
