I saw many movies where O H and poor mothers are seen begging in movies. So, its not just blind.
On 12/23/14, Madhumitha <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm totally confused. I've seen also many orthopadically handicapped, many > ladies with small kids, are also begging in local trains and traffic > signals. Still, why only we blind are being noticed and being shown in many > of the movies? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dinesh Kaushal" <[email protected]> > To: "AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues > concerningthe disabled." <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 10:01 PM > Subject: Re: [AI] Lets discuss: Acting blind to beg on Delhi streetsearned > him 5 seconds of fame > > >> Well, if a story demands a blind beggar, then it is ok to do so. >> >> But what we want is a richer depiction of persons with disabilities. So >> there are blind adventurers, software professionals, teachers and >> trainers, lawyers, Marketing professionals, financial professionals, NGO >> professionals, entrepreneurs, beggars etc. >> >> The above list is not exhaustive, so please excuse me if I missed anyone. >> but what I mean is that there should not be a single story about >> disability. It should be multidimentional. It should be about our day to >> day life with or without disability. >> >> And one more point, the picture is not complete without showing a blind or >> >> person with another disability as a legitimate romantic partner. Often >> people with disabilities are either seen as totally useless or so >> exhaulted that ordernary social life is not possible. >> >> To make that posible, we have to live our life under regular >> circumstances. We need to be doing stuff that others do such as shopping, >> excersising, going for trips, raising kids and being romantic! >> >> Appologies to mention that again, covert affairs also shows the blind >> techy guy interested in girls same as any other guy could have been. I am >> yet to see similar role for a blind girl! Oh no, lafangey parindey was >> close. >> >> >> Best >> Dinesh >> Mobile: +91 9718328272 >> "Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their >> simplification". --Martin Fischer >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Preeti Monga >> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 10:38 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 >> >> great! >> >> >> >> >> 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 Divyanshu Ganatra >> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 9:33 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 >> >> 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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