notice the words like 'realm of his darkness' and survivor of his fate', in this article. such words promote the stereotypical image of blindness and blind in the society.
On 2/2/15, avinash shahi <[email protected]> wrote: > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/A-blind-mans-dream/articleshow/46001120.cms > BHOPAL: Always seek knowledge; these three words were the mental white > cane for Professor Rohit Trivedi, who chose to illuminate the lives of > others with the power of knowledge. He saw a dream and he struggled to > fulfill it. Power of knowledge coupled with desire to illuminate lives > of others helped the blind professor achieve unimaginable within the > realm of his own darkness. Visually impaired since birth, Trivedi > (52), who is currently the professor of English at Nutan College and a > recipient of national award for being a role model for disabled > through his outstanding performance in 2014 is a survivor of his fate. > > "I was privileged to be born in an educated family that always > believed in my special abilities. Initially, it was tough but after > both science and spirituality failed to restore my eye-sight, I > finally made peace with the fact that I will never be able to see. But > I could dream," said Trivedi. > > "In the initial years of my schooling, I studied in a blind school. > We tried several other schools but nobody was ready to take the > responsibility of teaching a blind student. Finally, I took admission > in Campion school, but coming from a Hindi medium background, I was > faced with the challenge of studying in a completely English-driven > environment," added Trivedi. > > After completing his MA in English, Rohit went on to fulfill his dream > of becoming a teacher, but it was no cakewalk for him. > > "A number of applications went to dustbins and nobody believed in the > blind man's dreams. Everybody doubted whether I would be able to teach > students. Then one day, I decided to send an application without > mentioning my disability and got an audience with the jury. There was > dissidence amongst the jury to take me in, but there was a retired IAS > officer, who vouched for me and gave me a chance to teach," said > Rohit. > > "If you have desire to do something, no one can stop you from > achieving your goal," he added. > > > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > > > > 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.. > -- (M S Vaswani Assistant Professor, Department of English Shivaji University, Kolhapur Cell: 09404825544 Office: 0231-2609189 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..
