Was not able to use Net for last few days as fast as I used to. But yes, Mr Khan has done very emancipatory work. Though He is charging aproximately four crore for each episode. so what!reaching to those whom social Scientists and Disabled activists will dream to make sense specially in the countryside. I experience the aftereffect of the show very soon. Yesterday, went to Nokia service centre, in Rohini Sector 3 Delhi it was very sunny, and mercury soaring up and up, Forehead was submerged in sweaty flood. went off the Rikshaw and started looking for someone who could tell me the way which led to Nokia service centre. I wandered back and forth then found one young man might be around 21/22, and sounded as recent arrived migrant from northern rural India He assisted me to reach there. and it was time to part, and my duty to thank him. I did that! but his reply moved me a bit. "Arey Bhaiya" thank you vank you kuch nahi Yahan ham sab musafir hain. aour ek dusray ko nahi samjhangay to kaisay chelega? Aur Aapnay Amir Khaan ka programme nahi dekha? Vikalang piklang kuch nahi hota. Saab mein kami hai. achcha Bhaiya chalta hun. I did Amen! and Hmm.
On 6/11/12, Asudani, Rajesh <[email protected]> wrote: > > The Aamir Khan Column: One simple step to increase our GDP > Aamir Khan > > With education, the disabled can contribute to the growth and wealth of our > nation > > In America, 12 per cent of the population is counted as disabled, the > corresponding percentage in England is 18 and in Germany, nine. In India, > government statistics claim it is two per cent. Javed Abidi of the National > Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People has a very poignant > question with regard to the above numbers: what is so amazing about the > Indian environment or climate or gene pool that we have only a tenth or a > fifth of the number of persons with disabilities when compared to other > countries? Or is it that something is wrong with our counting? > > Until the year 2000 - 53 years after Independence - the Census did not > record a single disabled person in India! In other words, in the minds of > the people making policy, taking decisions and allocating funds, the > disabled did not exist. And if they did not exist, obviously we did not do > much for them. So in the first 53 years of Independence, while we were > building the infrastructure of our country, we did little or nothing to > include them in our thoughts and actions. Therefore, the bulk of our > infrastructure is not disabled-friendly, leaving them further marginalised, > and disabling them further. > > How we behave with the disabled among us tells us what kind of a people we > are. > > Ketan Kothari, another expert, explains how, by and large, we have two kinds > of reactions to disabled people: one, that they must have done something > wrong in their previous birth and therefore deserve what they got; two, let > us use them as a ticket to heaven - make a donation to an organisation > working for the disabled, or give money to a disabled person asking for > alms, and score some brownie points with God. If this is how many of us > behave towards the disabled, it is a sorry picture that we paint of > ourselves. > > Time to change, guys. > > So where and how should this change begin? Education. > > The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan programme and the Right to Education Act say that > every child in India is guaranteed an education. Despite that, most regular > schools in India deny admission to children with disabilities. They cite > lack of infrastructure and trained special educators. They are probably > right. But what stops so many schools across India from becoming inclusive > and disabled-friendly? Who is putting a gun to their heads, not allowing > them to do this? I'm afraid it is our own lack of thought, application of > mind, and maybe of heart. Let's change that. If we start today, each school > (if it really wants to) can become a truly integrated school within a period > of two, or at most three, years. Let each school make this its target. > > Currently, an alarmingly low percentage of children with disabilities are > educated. Without the foundation of a strong education, no child can reach > his or her potential in life. By denying children with disabilities > admission in regular schools, we are denying them their right to education > and, therefore, their right to make their lives productive.We are also > denying other children the right to intermingle with, learn from, and grow > up with friends with disabilities, and vice versa. With education for our > persons with disabilities, we can prepare them to be productive, look after > themselves, and their families. > > The government says two per cent of our population is disabled. Various > experts and NGOs say it is six per cent. I think it is safe to assume that > the number is somewhere between six and 10 per cent - let's say eight. Now > eight per cent of 1.2 billion is 96 million. That is more than the > population of England (51 million), France (65 million) and Germany (80 > million). As Mr. Abidi puts it, what we as society need to decide is, do we > want 96 million of our population to be uneducated, unemployed, unproductive > and left with no choice but to be a weight that the rest of us carry? Or do > we want them to be educated, employed, productive, able to look after > themselves and their families, contributing to the growth and wealth of our > nation? If we want the latter then we simply cannot achieve that without > including them in our mainstream education system. > > That's the bottom line. > > Jai Hind. Satyamev Jayate. > > (Aamir Khan is an actor. 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