Payal and all\ Its been wonderful staying in Mumbai. You guys are familiar to different transit systyems but yet to work upon. I enjoyed going to diffferent places and enjoyed food of different varieties. Payal come to political capital Delhi, the place of endless foos.
On 5/14/15, payal jethra <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Avinash, > > Welcome to the finantial capital of the country! > > I guess we as Mumbaikars are so use to all that you pointed out, it > hardly matters anymore. Challenges are everywhere; whether you travel > by train, bus, cab or rickshaw, only the nature of difficulty varies. > > Tactile paths are rare; so much to be done there. Do take a ride in > the Metro though, Reliance Mumbai Metro has made travel fairly > accessable for the physically challenged. > > As a visually challenged Mumbaikar girl, I have learnt to move beyond > a protected environment of being driven around by family in car to > commuting by cabs, rickshaws, busses and trains with a toddler by my > side, from Boriwali to Kalyan and Belapur to Andheri in all > directions. > > Wouldn't say the challenges get lesser if a choice is made to board > busses or hier cabs. The advantage of train travel is that one can > seldom expect to be lost; for even if you get off at the wrong > station, its not tough to find your way back whereas while travel by > road, one must be confident of the routes or it is likely one might be > misled or taken for a royal ride! > > The ease in commuting we have today is a result of joint efforts put > in by our visually challenged activists, NGOs pushing for rights and > achieving results in as many ways as possible. The best way to > minimise discomfort is to take advantage of accessable travel wherever > possible and seek help from fellow Mumbaikars whenever need be! Most > people are very warm and helpful if requested curtously. I have had > pleasant as well as unpleasant experiences of interactions with people > on railway platforms, trains, busses as well as rickshaw drivers with > the former types of incidents outnumbering the latter. > > Looking forward to have you show the way around when I visit Delhi next! > > Thanks for sharing > > Cheers! > > Payal Jethra > Phone: 7303448295 > > > > 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 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..
