Re: [AI] Lets discuss: Acting blind to beg on Delhi streets earned 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:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] 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 : preeti.mo...@silver-linings.org Website : www.silver-linings.org Connect With Us : -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] 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 preeti.mo...@silver-linings.org 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 : preeti.mo...@silver-linings.org Website : www.silver-linings.org Connect With Us : -Original
Re: [AI] Lets discuss: Acting blind to beg on Delhi streets earned him 5 seconds of fame
While I have no problem with that guy's life getting settled for whatever role he played, but yes, the role of cinema can be certainly more positive in removing the stigmas attached to the disabilities. Are there individuals and organizations willing to write a collective letter to all the associations dealing with film industry such as Film Federation of India and producers in particular, to initiate a dialogue so that a voluntary code can be adopted which will govern the depicting of disability in Bollywood? Certainly things are not going to change unless we actively take part in changing them. Rather than just sitting here and exchanging our views, why not lets take a collective effort to at least get that message across? Please note, I have not yet seen the movie, and I don't know the moto behind this scene. But whatever be the moto, I am of the firm opinion that we must write to the producers and these associations. Regards, Amar Jain 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/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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..
Re: [AI] Lets discuss: Acting blind to beg on Delhi streets earned him 5 seconds of fame
As I said earlier, actions always speak louder than words! Why do we always choose the easy way out? Write we all can, till the cows come home! That is not the way things can change...you just have to become more visible, participating in everything, not only in your schools, colleges and offices... you have to go shopping, even if it is to get a loaf of bread, you just have to get outdoors and mingle and develop friendships and get involved with everyday life in person! This too will have to be a collective effort, and a consistent one for long time. Use public ficilities, take part in social reforms and so on. That is the only way people will stop picturing us blind people as begers and also depict us as what we really are! As for me, I am doing my level best to walk my talk. How about you? Let us get out there and claim our space! Warmly Preeti Preeti Monga Chief Executive Officer Inspiring INCLUSION! Fostering DIGNITY! Mobile : 91 9871701646 Landline : 011 22781446 E-mail : preeti.mo...@silver-linings.org Website : www.silver-linings.org Connect With Us : -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Amar Jain Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 3:36 PM To: accessindia Subject: Re: [AI] Lets discuss: Acting blind to beg on Delhi streets earned him 5 seconds of fame While I have no problem with that guy's life getting settled for whatever role he played, but yes, the role of cinema can be certainly more positive in removing the stigmas attached to the disabilities. Are there individuals and organizations willing to write a collective letter to all the associations dealing with film industry such as Film Federation of India and producers in particular, to initiate a dialogue so that a voluntary code can be adopted which will govern the depicting of disability in Bollywood? Certainly things are not going to change unless we actively take part in changing them. Rather than just sitting here and exchanging our views, why not lets take a collective effort to at least get that message across? Please note, I have not yet seen the movie, and I don't know the moto behind this scene. But whatever be the moto, I am of the firm opinion that we must write to the producers and these associations. Regards, Amar Jain 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_accessind ia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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..
Re: [AI] Lets discuss: Acting blind to beg on Delhi streets earned him 5 seconds of fame
I think he's accepting to make his pic as a symbol of blind everywhere. As he's begging. I'm very sorry to hear this fellow is putting down our society. There are many girls are being slut everywhere. So can we call all girls a slut? I'll slap that person if someone call me that way. Please please think before you write. - Original Message - From: jignesh thakur jigneshthaku...@gmail.com To: neelima24su...@gmail.com; AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled. accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 12:00 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Lets discuss: Acting blind to beg on Delhi streets earned him 5 seconds of fame I have seen many blind begging in many towns and railway. So it is wrong to say that each blind person can open gmail or facebook. Many blind persons are teacher. So we don't have problem with movie sparsh. Because in sparsh nashiruddin shah was teacher or principal. Right? Now walk any railway station you will find blind persons begging there. So what is wrong in showing blind begger? This is profession where many blind peoples are engaged so film pk has shown a blind man begging rightly. So no need to panic I think. And do not bring ramayan and mahabharat in this just for the sake of condemning Hinduism. A time will give you many opportunities to abuse Hinduism. so it is better to wait for proper opportunity. as perfect timing is always important in prasing or condemning. On 12/22/14, Neelima Surve neelima.a...@gmail.com wrote: Yes! there is one film also in Marathi in which blind or visually impaired person shown in some other role. Agree with Dinesh Kaushal. Regard, Neelima On 12/19/14, avinash shahi shahi88avin...@gmail.com 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-gets-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_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes,
Re: [AI] Lets discuss: Acting blind to beg on Delhi streets earned him 5 seconds of fame
Well friends, we are over reacting! Films do portray men and women in different roles. Good, bad and ugly. Blind people are also human and can be a teacher, musician, a lawyer and even a beggar. Films all the time show beggars who are not blind. I do not see anything wrong in a movie having a character who happens to be a beggar who is blind. The primary object of movies is to entertain and the scenes often present realities around us. They are not always required to show what should be. Just take it on our chin and move on. Today we have seen the film, tomorrow we will forget it and life will go on. Having said this, we must also expect film makers to come up with roles where blind people are more socially acceptable characters. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Madhumitha Sent: 22 December 2014 15:49 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issuesconcerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] Lets discuss: Acting blind to beg on Delhi streets earned him 5 seconds of fame I think he's accepting to make his pic as a symbol of blind everywhere. As he's begging. I'm very sorry to hear this fellow is putting down our society. There are many girls are being slut everywhere. So can we call all girls a slut? I'll slap that person if someone call me that way. Please please think before you write. - Original Message - From: jignesh thakur jigneshthaku...@gmail.com To: neelima24su...@gmail.com; AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled. accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 12:00 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Lets discuss: Acting blind to beg on Delhi streets earned him 5 seconds of fame I have seen many blind begging in many towns and railway. So it is wrong to say that each blind person can open gmail or facebook. Many blind persons are teacher. So we don't have problem with movie sparsh. Because in sparsh nashiruddin shah was teacher or principal. Right? Now walk any railway station you will find blind persons begging there. So what is wrong in showing blind begger? This is profession where many blind peoples are engaged so film pk has shown a blind man begging rightly. So no need to panic I think. And do not bring ramayan and mahabharat in this just for the sake of condemning Hinduism. A time will give you many opportunities to abuse Hinduism. so it is better to wait for proper opportunity. as perfect timing is always important in prasing or condemning. On 12/22/14, Neelima Surve neelima.a...@gmail.com wrote: Yes! there is one film also in Marathi in which blind or visually impaired person shown in some other role. Agree with Dinesh Kaushal. Regard, Neelima On 12/19/14, avinash shahi shahi88avin...@gmail.com 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,
Re: [AI] Lets discuss: Acting blind to beg on Delhi streets earned him 5 seconds of fame
Amen Amar. However, we have to keep in mind that we all are not activists. some of us are well in academia, some are doing well in media. And many are very well tuned in NGO advocacy. Different roles demand diverse strategies. And I am of the firm beleif that unless we strongly foreground conceptual rights-oriented approach highlighting allienation, negative depiction and discrimination by India's commercial cinema (Bollywood), there imagination will not traverse beyond pity and sympathy. Today's commercial cinema attaches utmost value to money and it hardly matters how it accrues to them. I hope days are not far, we will have a director with disability who will deal the subject with utmost care. On 12/22/14, Amar Jain amarjain2...@gmail.com wrote: While I have no problem with that guy's life getting settled for whatever role he played, but yes, the role of cinema can be certainly more positive in removing the stigmas attached to the disabilities. Are there individuals and organizations willing to write a collective letter to all the associations dealing with film industry such as Film Federation of India and producers in particular, to initiate a dialogue so that a voluntary code can be adopted which will govern the depicting of disability in Bollywood? Certainly things are not going to change unless we actively take part in changing them. Rather than just sitting here and exchanging our views, why not lets take a collective effort to at least get that message across? Please note, I have not yet seen the movie, and I don't know the moto behind this scene. But whatever be the moto, I am of the firm opinion that we must write to the producers and these associations. Regards, Amar Jain 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/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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..
Re: [AI] Lets discuss: Acting blind to beg on Delhi streets earned him 5 seconds of fame
While I have a different opinion, but I respect others' thought as well. Given that, this threat then only remains for our discussion, feel good bad or ugly about it and move on. -- Amar Jain. Website: www.amarjain.com 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/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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..
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 preeti.mo...@silver-linings.org 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 : preeti.mo...@silver-linings.org Website : www.silver-linings.org Connect With Us : -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] 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:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] 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 shahi88avin...@gmail.com 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
Re: [AI] Lets discuss: Acting blind to beg on Delhi streets earned him 5 seconds of fame
Amar Discussions often give us a new perspective and thought to take up things further. I can directly write to Rajkumar Hirani and Aamir Khan letting them know my take on the sceen and Aamir's commitment which he pledged through his disability episode of Satyamev Jayate. But that's not my job. By doing critical discussion on negative depiction in Bollywood, we should aim to provide a range of issues to be taken up by the interested parties who are involved in advocacy. My objective behind posting this post was to not only let people know how a blind is duped by Aamir Khan in the movie, but to take this discursive battle further which challenges the conventional depiction of disability by Bollywood cinema. And I think when movie goers start questioning such negative bias against blind people, directors will enhance the scope of their faculty. Indian feminists are fighting tirelessly against the objectification of women for years and the change is visible. We should hope disability sector will soon include popular culture as one of the core areas for advocacy in India. On 12/22/14, Amar Jain amarjain2...@gmail.com wrote: While I have a different opinion, but I respect others' thought as well. Given that, this threat then only remains for our discussion, feel good bad or ugly about it and move on. -- Amar Jain. Website: www.amarjain.com 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/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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..
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 : preeti.mo...@silver-linings.org Website : www.silver-linings.org Connect With Us : -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] 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 preeti.mo...@silver-linings.org 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 : preeti.mo...@silver-linings.org Website : www.silver-linings.org Connect With Us : -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] 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:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] 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 shahi88avin...@gmail.com 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
Re: [AI] Lets discuss: Acting blind to beg on Delhi streets earned him 5 seconds of fame
Yes! there is one film also in Marathi in which blind or visually impaired person shown in some other role. Agree with Dinesh Kaushal. Regard, Neelima On 12/19/14, avinash shahi shahi88avin...@gmail.com 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-gets-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_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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.. -- God examine those whom loves he the most. 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/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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..
Re: [AI] Lets discuss: Acting blind to beg on Delhi streets earned him 5 seconds of fame
I have seen many blind begging in many towns and railway. So it is wrong to say that each blind person can open gmail or facebook. Many blind persons are teacher. So we don't have problem with movie sparsh. Because in sparsh nashiruddin shah was teacher or principal. Right? Now walk any railway station you will find blind persons begging there. So what is wrong in showing blind begger? This is profession where many blind peoples are engaged so film pk has shown a blind man begging rightly. So no need to panic I think. And do not bring ramayan and mahabharat in this just for the sake of condemning Hinduism. A time will give you many opportunities to abuse Hinduism. so it is better to wait for proper opportunity. as perfect timing is always important in prasing or condemning. On 12/22/14, Neelima Surve neelima.a...@gmail.com wrote: Yes! there is one film also in Marathi in which blind or visually impaired person shown in some other role. Agree with Dinesh Kaushal. Regard, Neelima On 12/19/14, avinash shahi shahi88avin...@gmail.com 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-gets-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_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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.. -- God examine those whom loves he the most. Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on:
Re: [AI] Lets discuss: Acting blind to beg on Delhi streets earned him 5 seconds of fame
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 : preeti.mo...@silver-linings.org Website : www.silver-linings.org Connect With Us : -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] 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:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] 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 shahi88avin...@gmail.com 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:
[AI] Lets discuss: Acting blind to beg on Delhi streets earned him 5 seconds of fame
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-gets-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_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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..
Re: [AI] Lets discuss: Acting blind to beg on Delhi streets earned him 5 seconds of fame
Well I agree! But, there are beggers of all kinds all over! But, interestingly, I guess blindness is a mystery and therefore film makers also get away with blind beggers. But, surely there have to be bollywood films showing the amazingly great things blind people are achieving and doing. So they can also project these huge success stories as well, keeping us not all good and not all bad. Somewhere where everyone else is there! Preeti Monga Chief Executive Officer Inspiring INCLUSION! Fostering DIGNITY! Mobile : 91 9871701646 Landline : 011 22781446 E-mail : preeti.mo...@silver-linings.org Website : www.silver-linings.org Connect With Us : -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of avinash shahi Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 3:44 PM To: accessindia; jnuvision; sayeverything Subject: [AI] Lets discuss: Acting blind to beg on Delhi streets earned him 5 seconds of fame 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-ge ts-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_accessind ia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the
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 shahi88avin...@gmail.com 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-gets-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_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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..
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:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] 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 shahi88avin...@gmail.com 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/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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_accessin dia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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
