Dear all Access Indians, It was excitement galore! Best of the iron-horses were lined up at NAB-PNM Rehabilitation Centre for the Blind in Mount Abu on Wednesday for second car rally, where drivers were sighted, but the navigators were visually-challenged. The cars had begun whirring as their respective drivers kept testing the accelerator. Rotary Club of Mount Abu president Deepak Singhal and his visually-challenged deputy secretary Dr. Vimal Kumar Dengla could be seen attending to last minute rushes. Chairman of the centre KN Contractor was there all eager to see his visually-challenged wards in perfect shape and spirit raring to win the race to be awarded by sumptuous victuals by the scion of royal family of Sirohi Daivat Singh in his Kesar Bhavan Palace Heritage Hotel. On a beautiful morning, SDM Jitendra Kumar Soni had consented to whistle off the rally. He was not ready to have the whistle, rather desired to use his fingers and his lips. But a whistle was handed over to him to do the needful. Merrily, he blew the whistle and the cars, drivers and their visually-challenged navigators with Braille route maps were charged with high-octane adrenalin. The first stop was the Telephone Exchange, where they had to alight from their vehicle and find the route on foot for a distance. The referees were already stationed there while the flying squad headed by Dr. Dengla was there to hand over Braille directions for further journey. Travelling from Dhundhai in advance to Kesar Bhavan Palace. The first to arrive there was the team headed by visually-challenged navigator Surendra Singh followed by others soon after. All of them were rewarded by Daivat Singh with gorgeous victuals, a blend of continental and traditional. What a spine-chilling experience it must have been to those virtual drivers and the organizers alike! The organizers of such a car rally deserve a great appreciation for promoting social awareness and vitalizing the confidence of visually-challenged part icipants. The cricket is never blinded by the sand of its burrowing! Nigerian Proverb. Warm regards. David Richards.
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