Mam, I suggest that you should contact Blind people's association for this.
On 7/15/14, Parmala Bhat <[email protected]> wrote: > how do we get this balsrishti book in Braille which is read by nine thousand > > children we can distribute these copies in our schools for the blind. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Avichal Bhatnagar" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 1:04 PM > Subject: [AI] Budget's Braille vision from Modi book? > > >> Budget's Braille vision from Modi book? >> >> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Budgets-Braille-vision-from-Modi-book/articleshow/38223997.cms >> >> AHMEDABAD: For blind people, Union Budget 2014-15 presented on >> Thursday was historic - for the first time, the word 'Braille' was >> given the importance of being mentioned in a central Budget. The role >> of a teacher from Gujarat, Geeta Vaghela, who wrote the Braille >> version of Narendra Modi's book on education, 'Kelve te Kelavanikar', >> may be behind this sudden impetus given to Braille in the central >> Budget. The Budget made the provision for 15 Braille presses and >> Braille-embossed currency. Vaghela had gifted the Braille edition of >> the book to Modi in 2007, when he was the chief minister. >> >> Director of Blind People's Association, Bhushan Punani - an IIM >> graduate who chose the social sector over the corporate sector - says >> Vaghela's gift sparked Modi's interest in Braille, a tactile writing >> system used by blind people. >> >> "I got a call from the CMO and it was communicated by CM Modi that >> Vaghela's efforts should not go waste," says Punani. Vaghela teaches >> in Guzariya Primary School in Mansa, Gandhinagar. Modi's interest in >> Braille continued to be sustained and in 2012, his government in >> Gujarat offered another gift to blind children of the state - 'Bal >> Srushti' (The World of Children) - a monthly magazine for school >> children. That too was released in Braille by Modi. The magazine is >> read by 9,000 children enrolled in blind schools. >> >> >> According to Census 2011, Gujarat has 3 lakh people with sight >> problems of whom roughly 60,000 are children; 12,000 of them go to >> school. India has 23 lakh people with visual impairments, 6 lakh of >> whom are children. "These are small numbers but allocations in the >> Union budget for Braille presses and the Institute of Universal Design >> for aids and devices along with currency, give a boost to the >> integration of blind people in the mainstream," says Punani. >> >> -- >> Avichal bhatnagar >> >> >> >> 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. 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