yah its a nice idea. the people like you may do it. as I'm not interested much in social networking, I can't do. our normal counter part would understand our feelings and zeal for living our own way of style. why PWDs are not mainstreamed is is our stareotyped behavior could be one of the reasons. we must mingle with the society.
On 10/21/14, avinash shahi <[email protected]> wrote: > Amen. In Fact I also felt as I am standing in the cue to collect > crackers to burst from the roof of the hostel. Certainly celebrating > Diwali with friends is something that most of us cherish. > But when such normal phenomenon during festival seasons of our lives > makes a news, it attracts undue reactions. It would be appropriate if > we share such news on our FB/Twitter accounts so that other prominent > media outlets also go crazy to cover in different cities. > > On 10/21/14, suryanarayana ganta <[email protected]> wrote: >> nice info. for sometime, I felt i am in my school amidst my vi friends >> enjoying divali. keep posting, thanks. >> >> On 10/21/14, avinash shahi <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Wonderful, such stories have immense potential to ignite unaware minds >>> who hold pre-conceived notion about blind people' duable capabilities. >>> Kudos to The Hindu for doing a story on Diwali from (BRA...) >>> http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/diwali-brings-cheer-and-light-into-their-dark-world/article6521331.ece >>> >>> "The first thing is stop calling them 'they'," says K. C. Pandey, >>> management head of the Blind Relief Association (BRA), while referring >>> to the visually-impaired people. >>> >>> He is right. The visually-impaired enjoy Diwali as much as any one >>> with two pairs of eyes do, and especially if they are among friends in >>> a hostel, as parents often get overprotective about them while they >>> light firecrackers on their own. >>> >>> There are three kinds of visually-impaired people, and for each >>> category Diwali holds a different meaning. For those blind by birth, >>> the festival of light is just a medley of sounds. For the partially >>> blind it's a blurred of vision of sparkling lights and some can even >>> peer at the brands and check the ones they like. For those, who are on >>> the verge of loosing sight it's the time to pack in memories of lights >>> and colours. At the hostel here they have an edge over the other two >>> categories, who often "seek help" from them to identify the >>> firecrackers and the 'danger' they pose. >>> >>> At BRA, the residential senior secondary school, students of all ages, >>> however, are having a gala time this season. The fun includes bursting >>> firecrackers and decorating diyas in the hostel. For most of the >>> students' rocket bomb, sutli bomb, 'bullet' bomb, anar bomb and >>> woollen bomb are outright favourites. >>> >>> "I love rocket bomb. 'Voh mast phootta hai'. I crack them after >>> placing them in a bottle." says Pawan Kumar. >>> >>> "Once we had put all our rockets in an almirah and somehow they caught >>> fire. Since the rockets didn't find space to go up, they went >>> spiralling down. Later, we saw numerous holes in the bottom of the >>> almirah," recalled Mahtab, a student of Class XI, as everyone around >>> laughed aloud. Imran, another student, said: "There is no count of >>> naughty stuff we do during Diwali. We fire crackers inside spare >>> desks. I love to fire crackers inside a mouse trap, hold it and run >>> with it." >>> >>> A Class XII student Daman Preet Singh chipped in: "Though we can't see >>> the firecrackers but burning them is fun. Our parents/guardians tell >>> us the colours and sizes and make us touch them to feel their shape. >>> So, we all practically know what they look like. I even know and have >>> touched the ash of the 'snake' tablet. To be on the safe side, though, >>> some of us fire the crackers by wrapping them in papers." >>> >>> Gaurav Mishra, who is partially visually impaired, lights the crackers >>> by hand. "I am perceptive to light. When I can see it flickering >>> hazily I leave the cracker to burst. When we light the bomb, its mild >>> 'surrr' sound alerts us to run away." >>> >>> Another student Deshraj, who is slowly losing sight, said earlier he >>> loved to take risk with fire crackers and is particularly fond of >>> anars. "I can hazily see a shadow of the anar flashing as it flowers >>> up." >>> >>> Students unanimously agree that they love to celebrate Diwali with >>> their friends rather than at home. "Parents are too protective at >>> home. We have less fun there", many of them said in unison. >>> >>> For some children in the primary section here, Diwali is also an >>> occasion for "eating unlimited amount of sweets". >>> >>> "I eat rasgullahs and balooshahi endlessly and love lighting up the >>> bullet and sutli bombs," said Aditya from Haryana, a Class V student. >>> >>> His views were echoed by Tushar, his class mate who loves to fire >>> crackers "from the gun for safety reasons." Nihal, who is slowly >>> losing vision, said he loved Diwali more when his sight was better. >>> But, he insisted that with friends around, he was slowly coming to >>> accept his disability. "This year, I will also enjoy the way I used >>> to," he declared. >>> >>> The visually-impaired also often commit dangerous mistakes while >>> lighting firecrackers. Some of the boys narrated how they took a slow >>> burning bomb to be a defused one and had to run when it exploded. Some >>> narrated how they threw a burning firecracker towards a friend by >>> mistake and how often the sutli bombs simply burst under their feet. >>> >>> Damanpreet concluded by asking: "Even sighted people face this scenario, >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Avinash Shahi >>> Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU >>> >>> Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! >>> >>> >>> >>> 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.. >>> >> >> Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! >> >> >> >> 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.. >> > > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > > Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! > > > > 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.. > Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! 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..
