amaizing one, a few years back i had seen a blind man running a small canteen in Haveri town of karnataka state on N H 4 WITH HIS WIFE HELP. lot of travellers used to visit his canteen. vivek.
On 5/17/12, avinash shahi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi access Indians > > few days ago, we've got to know, some restaurant is runned by blind > people in Chennai. > And this time some delicious smel is coming from our neighbour nation Nepal. > "casto hunu honcha? nepali friends? I'm coming, no passport needed.☺ > Go on reading > > By Gopal Sharma | Reuters – .... > ......KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A line of diners, holding on to the > shoulders of the person in front of them, enters the pitch dark hall > at Nepal's first blind restaurant, which treats guests to food they > can smell, touch and taste but not see. > http://in.news.yahoo.com/nepal-blind-eatery-lights-way-visually-impaired-074643649.html > The 16-seat dining room has been heavily curtained from ceiling to > floor in black, and the guests grope their way to the table, guided > deftly by the waiters -- all of whom are visually impaired. > > But while similar blind dining venues have already opened in Europe > and the United States, the one here comes with the key difference that > it provides a rare chance for the Nepali handicapped to gain a measure > of independence. > > "We should see this from two angles - giving opportunities to the > blind and a new experience to the public," said Shyam Kakshhapati, > president of the Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN). > > "It is important to give opportunities to disabled people because > there are not many job openings for them in our country." > > The blind restaurant, a separate wing of an ordinary eatery, comes on > the heels of a separate restaurant chain that employs deaf waiters and > has become popular with patrons. > > Trainees are nominated by the Nepal Association of the Blind, a > charity working for the visually impaired, of whom there are estimated > to be 200,000 in Nepal. Some are already working as telephone > operators, teachers and musicians. > > Waiters get a daily wage of $6, a substantial income in a country > where nearly one quarter of its 26.6 million people live on an income > of less than $1.25 a day. > > "With this I can continue my studies and the money is a financial > relief to my family," said 23-year-old Utsav Nepal, a waiter and a > bachelor's level student in a Kathmandu college. > > In impoverished Nepal disabled persons are considered economic burdens > on many families. Some take disability as a curse for things they have > done wrong in their previous lives. > > But notions are changing fast as Nepal undergoes rapid political > changes after the Maoist rebels, who waged a decade-long civil war, > joined the mainstream and the 239-year-old feudal monarchy was > abolished in 2008. > > Still, change comes slowly, and the restaurant may play an important role. > > "It gives customers a small taste of what it is like to be blind...If > they understand the problems of the visually impaired people they can > help them better," said Adam Levene, a senior official of the Embassy > of Israel, which helped set up the facility and train waiters. > > At the restaurant, lined by a small bamboo grove, waiters put their > white walking sticks into their bags and flit between tables to help > diners find a fork or advise them on orders. > > "If you want spicy food then take fusilli with cheese, mushroom, > chilli and olives," Nepal, the waiter, is heard suggesting to the > guests. > > A Spanish couple, who wanted to do "something special and different" > on their first wedding anniversary, came to eat. > > "At the beginning I was scared completely...how to find food, how big > is the dish," said Milca Hanukoglu, after the anniversary dinner with > her husband, a native of Malaga. > > "It was romantic. Instead of candle light, it was darkness." > > (Reporting by Gopal Sharma, editing by Elaine Lies and Paul Casciato) > > -- > "The best things and most beautiful things in the world Cannot be seen > or even touched. They must be felt within the heart." — Helen Keller > > Avinash Shahi > M.A. Political Science > CPS JNU > New Delhi India > > > 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 > > -- vivek, Ph.919868954833, New Delhi 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
