Dear friends, We have all been discussing this legislation for a few days now and obviously our passions are running high with the way this is being imposed upon us. I personally feel that this is also a significant way of looking at our polity and our sector:
This law was to have been in actuality one of the most consulted and discussed piece of legislation in the history of this country. I remember having participated in several such discussions. But as it turned out: we are being handed a raw deal. Our sector is legitimately upset about this. Congress, BJP, Communists or any one do not really care for us. None of the senior parliamentarian is ever concerned about disability. India ratified UNCRPD without reservations: This could have meant 1 of 2 things: either the nation is serious to change the entire legal regime to bring it in tune with the Convention or (and this is more likely in our case) just ratify the damned document and make disabled happy. I am still perplexed as to how are we going to have UNCRPD implemented merely by having the new disability law (certainly not this one with all its inadequacies) when there are so many laws that run counter to the Convention. This sure needs to be kept in mind by us at the time of considering the new law and should also insist in the amendment of the other relevant laws. With best wishes, Ketan -- Ketan Kothari Phone: [r] 24223281, Cell: 9987550614 MSN ID: [email protected] Skype ID: Ketan3333 Time to meet up again! Register for AccessIndia Convention 2014: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm 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. 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 Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
