Commendable work on his part! He truly deserves appreciation. Thanks a lot for sharing such an inspirational story, David!
With best regards, Binni Kumari | Helpdesk Executive Project Eyeway - A knowledge resource for living a fuller life with vision loss C/o Score Foundation, 17/107 L.G.F., Vikram Vihar, Lajpat Nagar - 4, New Delhi - 110024. India. Helpdesk:+91-11-460 70 380 (Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm) Website: www.eyeway.org. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Richards" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 3:27 PM Subject: [AI] Can blindness really be challenged in life? Dear all Access Indians, We have heard about several visually-challenged people excelling in their spheres of activity, despite handicap. Likewise, a 28-year-old totally blind man in Trichy (Tamil Nadu) stuns everyone by his extraordinary talent in repairing any branded motorbikes perfectly. S. Kannappan, a bachelor, is an inspiration for the people of Pandamangalam in Trichy city. They admire him for his passion to obtain knowledge and technical skills needed for the profession. Kannappan is not blind by birth. He lost his eye-sight after he was afflicted with brain-fever when he was just four years of age. Nevertheless, he never lost his hope to find his way to succeed in life and became a two-wheeler mechanic. Born in a poor family, Kannappan now runs a small workshop at Pandamangalam road in Woraiyur in partnership with his childhood friend Ramesh. "I can repair any branded bikes, I sense the parts with my fingers and shoot the troubles. As I lost my eye-sight at an early age, I can only visualize bikes in my mind," Kannappan says who became mechanic in the year 2000. He was initially trained by two mechanics Srini and Moorthy quite casually in the locality. Earlier, he honed his skills by repairing bicycles at home. That experience pushed him up to become a two-wheeler mechanic. "I want to dedicate my whole life in this field, my father, brother and my sister-in-law always encourage me. I have no personal wishes other than achieving the pinnacle of success in my profession, I want to provide a good service to my customers," Kannappan proudly says. His work is highly appreciated by his customers and the reputation earns him a lot of customers. Durairaj, a sub-inspector of police knows well Kannappan's talent. "I've been servicing my bikes for the past seven years here, I never found any fault with his service, even normal people too commit mistakes sometimes, but Kannappan is extraordinary," he sums up. Kannappan has his own ways of identifying mechanical problems by hearing the trademark sound of the bike. He's perfect at his work. If he's committed to complete a task, he totally involves himself in the work until he succeeds in it. By appreciating his extraordinary talent, a leading motorbike manufacturer dealer appointed him as a mechanic in Ramanathapuram, but he resigned and started his own workshop. The general public in the area want government to help him financially so that he can grow in his career. I'm writing this article on Access India domain to illustrate the fact that how a person challenges blindness and proves his skills efficiently to the world so that blind individuals may never be deemed as good-for-nothing at all. He who works with his hands is laborer, he who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman, he who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist. Saint Francis of Assisi. Warm regards. David Richards. Sent from my Nokia phone Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.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. 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