Dear Preeti, I couldn’t agree with you more! It is so important to interact and engage with the larger community that exists. We as the community of Persons with Disabilities, are extremely marginalised, and given the lack of access and infrastructure are mostly confined to the indoors. This makes us and our issues even more invisible. The larger quote unquote normal population hardly know anyone or anything about our lives, which leads to stereotypes being perpetuated. The only way we can change and bring about a lasting social transformation is through social contact, which increases empathy. Towards this we at Adventures Beyond Barriers Foundation, aim to promote adventure and outdoor sports for PwD’s and able bodied individuals together. Our initiative has been able to reach out to large audiences in the public sphere and has helped not only PwD’s come out and play and participate as equals and at the same time changed perceptions and built lasting friendships between the two groups. You can learn more about this by visiting the following URL: WWW.AdventuresBeyondBarriers.com You can follow and participate in our adventures by going to the following URL: www.m.facebook.com/AdventuresBeyondBarriers
In fact we are running a marathon in Mumbbai this 25th with over 100 visually impaired runners and over 200 professional marathon runners including Milind Somen. Come play and change the world. Divyanshu On 12/20/14, Preeti Monga <[email protected]> wrote: > Just my thoughts, > I think once, more blind people who are doing so well in life, make it a > point to be seen and interacting in public places in big numbers, and as > often as possible, the begger picture will go into hiding. So I request > all > my blind friends on this list to quit being lazy and get out every time > there is an opportunity to get out of doors. Even if it is for a walk to > the > park, useingthe jym or just trips to your markets. I think we need to > become > visible and make ourselves seen as consumers instead of hiding indoors! We > will all need to make this effort, and a consistent one, if we wish to > choose to be drawing away from the beggers picture! Nothing really happens > without taking huge and consistent effort! > So lets go friends! > > Complaining and discussing, till the cows come home is not going to get us > anywhere guys! > Warmly > Preeti > > > > > Preeti Monga > Chief Executive Officer > > > > > Inspiring INCLUSION! Fostering DIGNITY! > > Mobile : 91 9871701646 > Landline : 011 22781446 > E-mail : [email protected] > Website : www.silver-linings.org > > Connect With Us : > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of George Abraham > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2014 8:47 AM > To: 'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning > the disabled.' > Subject: Re: [AI] Lets discuss: Acting blind to beg on Delhi streets earned > him 5 seconds of fame > > Koshish, Sparsh, Katla, Aankhen, Suhaag and so on > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Divyanshu Ganatra > Sent: 20 December 2014 08:14 > To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning > the disabled. > Subject: Re: [AI] Lets discuss: Acting blind to beg on Delhi streets earned > him 5 seconds of fame > > Reeti > any names at the top of your head where bollywood has depicted blind > in good positive lighte? > > On 12/19/14, avinash shahi <[email protected]> wrote: >> Over the years blind people in India have made outstanding strides in >> different professions, however its utterly disgusting to see cinema >> bigwigs refuse to note such trend. Depiction of blind people as >> beggars holding bowl waiting alms is still dominant in the psychy of >> Bombay-based moviemakers which needs to be busted. Hope to hear from >> the listers. >> >> > http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/acting-blind-to-beg-g > ets-assam-youth-role-in-pk/article1-1297928.aspx >> Call it blind luck. >> >> >> >> Manoj Roy (Photo: Dhrubajyoti Nath) >> Feigning blindness ensured Manoj Roy a few extra coins in his begging >> bowl. The act was good enough for a life-changing role in Rajkumar >> Hirani's film PK that releases Friday. >> >> Manoj, 39, is from Bedeti in north-central Assam's Sonitpur district. >> Son of a daily wager who lost his mother soon after birth, he dropped >> out of school to beg after his daily-wager father fell too sick to >> work. >> >> Twenty years ago, he boarded a train to Delhi seeking a job. But he >> fell back on what he was good at - acting blind, begging bowl in hand. >> "I was a regular at Jantar Mantar. A few months ago, two gentlemen >> approached me and asked if I could act. I told them acting is what I >> do to ensure two square meals. They gave me a phone number and a Rs. >> 20 note before leaving," Manoj said from his village. >> >> Something told him not to ignore the number. The person who picked up >> the phone asked him to go to Nehru stadium. "I went the very next day >> and found myself among members of a film unit. I was taken aside for >> an audition with seven other beggars, all visually impaired. I cared >> little about the film or the actors; it was the free food that >> mattered, for a week till my selection," he said. >> >> The seriousness of the whole thing dawned on Manoj when he was put up >> in a five-star hotel in Delhi. "I used to often go without bath in the >> slums because of scarcity of water. There I was, cooling off in the >> hotel's swimming pool, and rubbing shoulders with the likes of Aamir >> Khan and Anushka Sharma," he said. >> >> Manoj's brief for the film was to beg by the roadside leaning on a >> stick, waiting for Aamir to come along dancing and stealing some coins >> from his bowl. >> >> The promo scene lasts five seconds. But it is long enough for Manoj to >> come home to a hero's welcome. "I returned to my village with the >> money earned from the film. I have a job in a village shop, a Facebook >> account and a girlfriend too. People now call me PK Honey Singh. This >> is all because of the film," he said. >> >> What next? Maybe acting in Assamese and Bengali movies, he said. >> >> For the time being, he has set his sights on meeting his girlfriend >> for the first time on Christmas. >> >> >> -- >> 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_accessin > dia.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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