Hi Subramani, Was compelled to correct that Reem shamsudeen is a lady and not a man as you seem to have deduced.
Payal -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Subramani L Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 5:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AI] about the mass wedding at Paravoor I am writing to the list directly after a very long time. I can't stop but to admire shamsudeen for the thoughts expressed here. I entirely believe what he says and also the thought that marriage is between two individuals who love each other cannot be over emphasised. There is no question of disability or ability here, it's the question of how far two individuals are committed to each other. I feel the VI community must come out of its shell and starts to discuss marriage and relationship more strongly and openly rather than ignoring it. In this regard I convey my personal appreciations to Mr. Rajesh Asudani who was the only individual to have answered a questionnaire on marriage and relationship posted in the list before. Also Ms. Sushmeetha for the marriage session conducted in Mumbai. I hope we speak more on this issue in future. I have not followed the discussion before so I would like to make it clear that I am replying only to shamsudeen's mail and am not talking for or against anyone. Treat this as an individual mail. regards, Subramani On 2/26/13, reem shamsudeen <[email protected]> wrote: > dear Himanshu and friends, it is great to base my point from the view > of a scientificaly proven statement about "mainstream". meanwhile, > thanks Avinash for clearing my way to it. Himanshu, i know that you > were answering to Habeeb's quaries. i am not interested in such > intervensions. the only thing i wanted to assert here is that if > "mainstream" means practising the prevailing, then it should be > cleared that in the present society what is the prevailing practise... > here i am talking about a society which is divided, and subdivided on > religion, caste, community, rich and poor, and which uphold millions > of practises. here who decides if you are mainstream or not, ofcourse, > your social and economic status. now, leaving these so called deciding > factors aside which are definitely societal, and personaly not my cup > of tea, i am really worried if my accessindian friends who are > "educated", "enlightened" believe that the Visually Impaired community > live in darkness. as Europeans put it, is it the "whitemans burden" of > the sighted people to bring us to the real light? really sorry to say > this, you are still surrendering your identity, dignity and even > yourself.... we all must have been friends with both the communities, > visually impaired and the sighted.. and we all must have guided by > both the communities in different ways. we should not forget our > qualities and strength, even when we make hue and cry about ourselves > being included among the non-disabled people. dear friend, > "mainstream" is that concept even accademissions are trying to > dismandle. ofcourse we have problems, and they are our major weekness. > to survive with it, it is our duty to find out alternatives to > resolve these problems, and in our ways ofcourse, we should seek > support from our fellow beings. but i believe that seeking support, > and making partners are two different things. > thanks > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind ia.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 > > -- L. 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