Dear Parimala, For books published by Third Eye Foundation, please get in touch with Mahua Seth, her email id is [email protected]. She will be able to guide you and all others who are interested in reading these books on how to access them as well as send you the detailed catalogue.
Regards Shampa Sengupta Kolkata On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 10:42 PM, Parimala Bhat <[email protected]>wrote: > how do we get access to these books. do we have to be member of some > library or organisation? I am interested in reading Tagore's books. are > they in English or Bengali? > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sruti disAbility Rights Centre" < > [email protected]> > To: <[email protected].**in <[email protected]>> > Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 11:35 AM > Subject: [AI] Classics Popular fictions in Braille > > > Report from Times of India, Kolkata edition >> >> KOLKATA: It's rare to find a Bengali household that does not have an >> omnibus of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay and Rabindranath Tagore's works. >> Ditto with the popular detective fictions featuring Byomkesh and Feluda. >> Yet, there are lakhs of visually impaired people who have no access to >> these titles that make Bengali literature so rich. >> >> Recognising this long-standing need, Third Eye charitable trust unveiled >> several titles in Braille on Saturday. These included Tagore's >> 'Sanchaita', >> Bibhuti Bhushan Bandyopadhyay's 'Pather Panchali', Bolai Chand >> Mukhopadhyay's 'Bonoful', Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's 'Srikanto', >> Jibananda Das' 'Banalata Sen', Subir Sen's 'Jana Theke Ajana', 'Gangtoke >> Gondogol' and 'Badshahi Angti' by Satyajit >> Ray<http://timesofindia.**indiatimes.com/topic/Satyajit-**Ray<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Satyajit-Ray> >> >, >> >> Byomkesh's 'Adim Ripu' by Saradindu Bandyopadhyay, 'Arun Barun Kironmala' >> by Sailen Ghosh and Ashapurna Devi's 'Kishore Bachai Golpo'. >> >> Several English titles including RK Lakshman's 'Malgudi Days', APJ Abdul >> Kalam's 'Mission India', Gandhi's 'The Story of My Experiments with >> Truth', >> 'The Jewel >> <http://timesofindia.**indiatimes.com/topic/Jewel<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Jewel>> >> of India' >> by Jawaharlal >> Nehru >> <http://timesofindia.**indiatimes.com/topic/**Jawaharlal-Nehru<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Jawaharlal-Nehru>> >> and 'Our >> >> Constitution' by Leila Seth were also released in Braille as were some >> books in Hindi. Braille books have reverse indentation or raised embossing >> that allows the visually impaired to read the alphabets by touch. >> >> "Each day, each moment there are so many shades of colors that reflect off >> our eyes and we don't even notice. How often we love curling up with a >> magazine or a thriller or a poem? How often do we stop to think of the >> millions for whom this is a luxury? They who wait patiently, for others to >> get a little free from their busy schedule to just read them a few pages. >> It is a small effort on our part, telling these beautiful minds that their >> wait is over," said Third Eye trustee board member Mahua Seth. >> >> Pointing to the need to bridge the gap between the large body of >> literature >> that is available to the masses and a fraction that the visually impaired >> have access to, social activist Shampa Sengupta said the amendment to the >> Copyright Act last year would help publish more books in Braille. >> >> PricewaterhouseCoopers<http://**timesofindia.indiatimes.com/** >> topic/PricewaterhouseCoopers<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/PricewaterhouseCoopers> >> > >> >> manager >> (HR) Asif Iqbal who lost his vision to a >> genetic<http://timesofindia.**indiatimes.com/topic/Genetic-(**designer)<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Genetic-(designer)> >> > >> >> disorder >> when he was in his teens hailed the move. "It is a pity that the visually >> impaired have so little access to books despite it being the only form of >> recreation that is available to them apart from music. When I was growing >> up, the challenge was acute and I had to depend on >> friends<http://timesofindia.**speakingtree.in/topics/life/**friends<http://timesofindia.speakingtree.in/topics/life/friends>> >> to >> >> read out text books during my B Com and MBA. But there is a whole world >> beyond texts that I could not explore. I am glad that some books are now >> being converted to Braille. But we still have a long way to go," he said. >> >> Five children's encyclopedia from Parragon like Our >> Universe<http://timesofindia.**speakingtree.in/topics/**universe/universe<http://timesofindia.speakingtree.in/topics/universe/universe> >> > >> , Incredible Earth and Human Body have been converted into DAISY format >> >> which can now be accessed and enjoyed by both visually impaired and >> dyslexic children. The books will be given away free to 17 schools in >> Bengal. >> >> "It is a pity that the visually impaired have so little access to books >> despite it being the only form of recreation that is available to them >> apart from music. When I was growing up, the challenge was acute and I had >> to depend on friends to read out text books during my B Com and MBA. But >> there is a whole world beyond texts that I could not explore. I am glad >> that some books are now being converted to Braille. But we still have a >> long way to go," said PricewaterhouseCoopers manager (HR) Asif Iqbal who >> lost his vision to a genetic disorder when he was in his teens. >> >> Recognising the long-standing need for Braille On Saturday, The Third Eye >> charitable trust unveiled several titles in Braille on Saturday, including >> Tagore's Sanchaita, Bibhuti Bhushan Bandyopadhyay's Pather Panchali, Bolai >> Chand Mukhopadhyay's Bonoful, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Srikanto, >> Jibananda Das' Banalata Sen, Subir Sen's Jana Theke Ajana, Gangtoke >> Gondogol and Badshahi Angti by Satyajit Ray, Byomkesh's Adim Ripu by >> Saradindu Bandyopadhyay, Arun Barun Kironmala by Sailen Ghosh and >> Ashapurna >> Devi's Kishore Bachai Golpo. >> >> Several English titles including RK Lakshman's Malgudi Days, APJ Abdul >> Kalam's Mission India, Gandhi's The Story of My Experiments with Truth, >> the >> Jewel of India by Jawaharlal Nehru and Our Constitution by Leila Seth were >> also released in Braille as were some books in Hindi. Braille books have >> reverse indentation or raised embossing that allows the visually impaired >> to read the alphabets by touch. >> >> "Each day, each moment there are so many shades of colors that reflect off >> our eye and we don't even notice. How often we love curling up with a >> magazine or a thriller or a poem? How often do we stop to think of the >> millions for whom this is a luxury? They who wait patiently, for others to >> get a little free from their busy schedule to just read them a few pages. >> It is a small effort on our part telling these beautiful minds that their >> wait is over," said The Third Eye trustee board member Mahua Seth. >> >> Pointing to the need to bridge the gap between the large body of >> literature >> that is available to the masses and a fraction that the visually impaired >> have access to, social activist Shampa Sengupta said the amendment to the >> Copyright Act last year would help publish more books in Braille. >> >> Also, for the first time, five children's encyclopedia from Parragon like >> Our Universe, IncredibleEarth and Human Body have been converted into >> DAISY >> format which can now be accessed and enjoyed by both blind and dyslexic >> children. >> >> The books will be given away free to 29 schools-17 in West >> Bengal<http://timesofindia.**indiatimes.com/topic/West-**Bengal<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/West-Bengal> >> >, >> >> two each in Tripura, Maharashtra, Tamil >> Nadu<http://timesofindia.**indiatimes.com/topic/Tamil-**Nadu<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Tamil-Nadu>> >> and >> >> Delhi and one each in Orissa, Kerala, Andhra >> Pradesh<http://timesofindia.**indiatimes.com/topic/Andhra-**Pradesh<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Andhra-Pradesh>> >> and >> Karnataka. >> Happy birthday for all times; Hellen Keller! 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