can't you translate that Hindi texts into English?
Umesha
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From: "sonu yadav" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, 26 August, 2013 11:20 PM
Subject: [AI] my dilemma and social atitude
Hi friends, I am a regularreader of this list. Today I want to share
an incident with you all which is making me said and angery both and
moving my inner conscience. although it may be out of the scope of
this list but I feel our visual disability is in the centre of this
incident in which I happened to get involved today. This incident is
about our day today accessibility, experiences which we ordinarily
face outside and even more in the society. It has enriched my
experience as being disabled. I am expecting your comments and remarks
over it and about what we all should do in such circumstances.
Now I straight do come to the incident. I was happened to travel to my
hometown along with another visually challenged friend Baljeet from
Gurgaon where I came for some urgent work. A private buss which I knew
was heading to our location. Conductor misguided us and physically
forcing us for not to board this buss. Despite we got in to the buss
by equal force as many of you would have done at any point in your
life more in case of private busses. My friend alighted on his
destination before me. I communicated to the conductor that I may
inform the PCR if he behaved in such an offending manner especially
when I was ready to pay the fair. In a fit of anger he said to me “ek
kan par marunga”. I will blow on your ear. i got literally afraid. If
it punctured my airdrum though law will take its course but I will
never get my ear back. Therefore, at that time I thought wishful to
remain silent. Even many of the gentlemen and gentle ladies commuters
were saying that: “are buss men baitha to liya na. tumhe isiliye koi
baithata hi nahi hai”. I tried to make them convince and understand in
a soft voice in my best capacity but they were adamant. Some of others
were saying “are Kuch nahi hua seat to mil gain a ab chup-chap baith
jao”. At last I phoned to PCR. Despite my repeated exhortation
conductor refuse to talk to the PCR. Even he refused to divulge body
number of the buss as PCR was asking the buss number. Even the worst
part is that no passenger was ready to tell me the same. Anyhow I
could manage to inform the location of the buss. The other worst part
was that PCR informed me that police is waiting for the buss at a
distance of around seven KM from the location of the buss. I wonder if
it is the case in Gurgaon than what might be the condition in smaller
and far-flung cities and villages. For this reason I didn’t get down
on my destination as which was before that. Even conductor taunted me
“are vaikil sahib aap ka stoppage AAA Gaya” one co-passenger lady said
to conductor: “are aaj to ye tumhe hathkadi hi pahana kar maanega”.
“Isiliye to tumhe koi baithata nahi hai. ek tobuss men baitha bhi
liyaoopar se tum uski complaint kar rahe ho”. “kuch bhi to aisa nahi
hua.” After police barricaded the buss, conductor and driver all
began apologizing and at the same time feigned their innocence in the
matter as if they did not know anything about it, They pretended that
any such thing didn’t occurred and they did not in indulge anything of
sort. Some of the Passengers also took their sides. They were many but
I argued my case with them for almost one hour. Anyhow after heated
arguments I was able to compel police to chalan the buss as initially
they were not ready to do. Cutting it short conductor and driver
profusely apologized to me and emotionally blackmailed me by all means
and methods that they knew. Now Police was ready to issue Chalan now
it was all up to my will. He was swearing in the name of Ramadan at
another occasion he said that I am also Yadav of your community. Here
my purpose is not to comment on any religion but to expose his lies.
At this point police played their usual spoiler. Although I refused to
share contact details any of my family members. Perhaps in their mind
they knew that only my family members could convince me take back my
complaint. they took me along with them to drop me at my home as they
were not ready to let me go on my home though I insisted several
times that I am adult and you do talk to me as it has occurred with
me. When they didn’t yielded I have to go with them to my home. Now
all driver, conductor and police began to apologize and convince all
my family members and brothers and uncles to persuade me to take back
the complaint. There also police was stating that they were ready to
Chelan the buss and they have to if I still insisted. Although
initially I refused to take back the complaint at no cost but under
moral pressure and prolonged persuasion especially by my family
members I felt compelled to take back the complaint otherwise Chalan
was certain. Here the incident ends.
Here my feeling is that at large society either it is police, bus
operators, or passengers and sometimes our family members don’t seem
to understand our struggle. It doesn’t cost anything to my family
members to let that bus driver and conductor go unpunished. Instead
they got the credit and bountiful appreciation for mediation. At that
time they forgot and failed to understand and feel the struggle and
agony I underwent during that all and in putting my case. Perhaps they
don’t know the struggle we face outside as being disabled. I am
feeling sad but somewhat satisfied that at least I reached so close
perhaps driver and conductor would take some lesson from this. But I
am said that even our families don’t understand us. Though I guess
that some of you may support and subscribe to the views and action of
my family. But at least from my family even if they are part of my
extended joint family I expect them to support me instead of moved by
crocodile tears of buss driver and conductor. They need to
cooperative and empathize to our pain, struggle and rights. It is
because of such some insensitive people in the society such as these
protagonists passengers, driver, conductor and policemen people with
disability and even others also face types of problems. face it is
bitter but true. What do you think friends?
Sonu Yadav
PHD research scholar JNU CHS/SSS
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