Re: [AI] Good opportunity at UNDP

The page is not opening. Whatsoever the technical reason, it'll be nice if the details are shared. On 2/3/19, Sonu Golkar wrote: > Dear Sir, > > Page is not opening. > > > -Original Message- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf > Of Prashant

[AI] Fellowship opportunity on leadership training

Dear list members Kanthari International Institute of Social Change, an initiative of Braille without Borders is inviting applications for a seven months fellowship on leadership development course to be started in its campus in Trivandrum in May 2019. Persons with disabilities, particularly

Re: [AI] Sad news

Dear All Its a heart breaking news for me. I shared with him the same hostel in JNU. Though I was one year junior to him we usually enjoy good rapport. May his soul rest in peace. Let his family and friend have the strength to cope up with the loss. Warmly Leikhu Laishram

Re: [AI] request for CBSE text books

Dear friend CBSE books are published by NCERT. Go to NCERT download section, all the books from class I to XII are available in searchable PDF format. Just download and convert the same into word format. Go to the following link and select relevant class, subject and the book, then click

Re: [AI] From ‘Qatl’ to ‘Kaabil’, Hindi filmmakers have always loved a good blind man’s bluff

It would have been nice if the film industry could bring the real issues of poverty, unemployment, attitudinal barriers, lack of access to socio-economic and political system million of blind people are facing in India in to forefront in stead of portraying such fictional character for

Re: [AI] : Gentle reminder - Request Feed-back on accessibility of online services in the Financial and Securities Market

Hi Rahul IIFL (india infoline) mobile apps is very much accessible. I'm regularly trading without any problem. It doesn't have capcha till date. But of course the trading portal in the website is not so accessible. Regards Laishram On 4/29/18, Rohit Trivedi wrote: > Dear

Re: [AI] : Gentle reminder - Request Feed-back on accessibility of online services in the Financial and Securities Market

Dear all concerned I do online trading in india infoline IIFL android apps on my wife's behalf. As per my personal experience its very much accessible. However it might need some time to accustom with the apps which was in my case too. But accessibility in the trading platform

Re: [AI] Shalini Nair reports: "Disabled barred from Haj as they may go and beg, Centre tells Delhi High Court"

Dear all In this context I would like to bring to your attension to the following news item and lets ask the authority concerned about what generalisation can be drawn by taking cue from the assumption that there is high possibility of PWD Hajj pilgrimage begging. Uttar Pradesh's Rampur gang

Re: [AI] Fwd: Govt Defending a Discriminatory Haj Policy

Dear all In this context I would like to bring to your attension to the following news item and lets ask the authority concerned about what generalisation can be drawn by taking cue from the assumption that there is high possibility of PWD Hajj pilgrimage begging. Uttar Pradesh's Rampur gang

Re: [AI] New Railway Concession Certificate Wanted.

Dear all I come across about it in news sometime in January-February. If I recollect rightly, the major change is that the indian railway has changed the nomenclature from viklang to Divyang in the concession form. But where and when it will be available in public domain is obscure. Regards

Re: [AI] OCR conversion results not accurate

Dear Rahul I too face the same problem whenever there are two or more columns in a page. May be once you can see by converting into searchable text in pdf in stead of docx or rtf. Leikhu Laishram On 11/25/17, mukesh jain wrote: > hello, > even I would like to test them

Re: [AI] MSJE: Films create awareness

Dear all "Divyangjan", what does it mean? Is it a mythological or technical term? We use terminologies like dristibadhit or dristihin in hindi or other indian languages which is easily understandable from a technical perspective. Can anyone tell me the english word for divyangjan? On 11/16/17,

Re: [AI] job areas of Visually challenged persons

You can get relevant information from Enable India, Bangalore. This is the premier institute which trains blind people for employment in private sectors in the field of IT, banking, insurance, customer relations, etc. You will get contact detail from www.enable-india.org Warmly Leikhu Laishram

Re: [AI] Digital inclusion update

Dear list members Though we can use Ola Cabs mobile apps there are some basic issues they need to work on. Many important buttons doesn't have any text alternative. Hence these buttons are only announced as tap twice to activate. Its simply difficult to click without knowing what is it really.

Re: [AI] Seeking info on Braille printing facility

Dear Madhu Singhal Thank you for sharing the valuable information. I'll contact your organisation at the earliest. Warmly Leikhu https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=sig-email_content=webmail;

Re: [AI] interesting collection of activities in delhi

Dear all Is there any Braille press which prints Braille books on individual demand in small quantity, three or four copies? I came across about such an organisation last year in this mailing list. But unfortunately I didn't save the information and now can't find the same in the thread archive

[AI] Seeking info on braille printing facility

Dear all Is there any Braille press which prints Braille books on individual demand in small quantity, three or four copies? I came across about such an organisation last year in this mailing list. But unfortunately I didn't save the information and now can't find the same in the thread archive

[AI] Seeking info on braille printing facility

Dear all Is there any Braille press which prints Braille books on individual demand in small quantity, three or four copies? I came across about such an organisation last year in this mailing list. But unfortunately I didn't save the information and now can't find the same in the thread archive

Re: [AI] Fwd: {Disability Studies India} Call for Contributions: Cafe Dissensus September 2017, 'Narrating Care'

and personal experience of myself being a blind and counseling parents of blind children. Warmly Leikhu (Laishram Leingakpa) On 6/8/17, Shilpaa Anand <shilpaa.an...@gmail.com> wrote: > Glad to hear this Rajesh. Looking forward to receiving entries that will > reflect on the complexity of

Re: [AI] as bajaj fincer rejected my consumer loan

If they have an official policy of not giving loan to physically disabled, why they can't share it in public domain? Basically they don't have any such policy in their rule book. They don't have the courage to do so. Its their non official policy of relegating the physically disabled to third

Re: [AI] as bajaj fincer rejected my consumer loan

Dear all Of course this issue could be a local one. But I'm sure, there are countless such unreported local ones faced by our blind and visually impaired fellow friends. Everyone doesn't have the patience or attitude to raise this issues. Its time to do something to take these issues to a logical

Re: [AI] as bajaj fincer rejected my consumer loan

Is it mendatory to declare someone's physical disability while applying for a loan? If so, there should be specific guideline from RBI regarding the same because NBFCs and banks formulate their rules as per RBI regulations. And again, if Bajaj Finserve has a policy of not entertaining loan

Re: [AI] best website for recharging mobile

I'm using paytm since november last out of demonitization effect and I find it very much accessible. I hope any blind or visually impaired could use it with ease for mobile recharge, dth recharge, etc. However I find it little difficult making payment to the shops which accept paytm payment.

Re: [AI] Guwahati: Manash Pratim Dutta reports in the Telegraph: TET plee to the CM

Dear all TET exam was first conducted in Assam for lower and upper primary standard sometime in 2011 where blind and visually impaired candidates are allowed to take the same. However, later on when it was conducted for high school and secondary standard they were not allowed to take. The reason

Re: [AI] PNB denying home loan on the bases of disability

Dear Bhavesh There is no official rule restraining any disabled person from availing any financial service. But there is attitudinal rule restraining us from availing all sorts of services and facilities. Once I approach Union Bank of India to open a current account. The customer relationship

Re: [AI] Blind are useful - But Hardly Human Beings(Read till the end please)

Its nothing new that we are invited in the events and gatherings either to sing or to sit in a corner as mere audience. I stop attending at least disability related events where the ownership of the occasion doesn't belong to us. Of course I, being a visually impaired, don't mind to be an audience

[AI] Are you a Divyang?

Dear list members Simply let me ask you, "Are you a DIVYANG?" If so, could anyone explain the scientific or philosophical justification for branding us with this terminology? But as far as my impression goes, no disabled person is happy with this vocabulary. Then why ministers, bureaucrats and

Re: [AI] Meghalaya State Assembly: 'Opposition takes up Job quota for differently-abled'

ty > commission in the state. What is more encouraging from Meghalaya and > Bihar recently is that assembly leaders have taken up the > disability-related discrimination with the respective states > government. We're going in the right direction. > On 3/16/17, Leikhu Laishram Leingakpa

Re: [AI] About Cheque facility to Customers Using LTI.

Verification by calling the blind customer from the bank sounds practical solution. But there must be an established rule for this which must be applicable to all the banks. May be we need to pursue this matter with RBI, CCPD, PMO, FM, etc. Leikhu Laishram On 3/16/17, Kanchan Pamnani

Re: [AI] Meghalaya State Assembly: 'Opposition takes up Job quota for differently-abled'

Chief minister blaming recruiting agencies for not filling up the reserved quota for the PH very rediculous. Doesn't he has the authority to give strict direction to the departments and agencies to follow the law of this land? Govt of Meghalaya issued Office Memorandum  No. PER(AR)150/88/452,

Re: [AI] My write up in the latest issue of Economic and Political Weekly: Disability and denial of banking services

Please twitt the write-up to PMO and PM's twitter. Its really frustrating to fight for something despite having sufficient nondiscriminatory official provisions. I fail to get an ATM from Central Bank though I have from SBI. Now I simply hesitant to approach Central Bank because I know it means

[AI] test mail

please ignore, this is just a test mail. 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:

Re: [AI] For Millions of Indians with Disabilities making online payments is tough call

Dear all Of course every blind or visually impaired are not literate or tech sabby. This is the case with the non-disabled people too. Moreover cashless is not going to happen overnight. But there are many among us who are familiar with cashless system and can use without any difficulty. So the

Re: [AI] For Millions of Indians with Disabilities making online payments is tough call

Dear All Still many of blind customers are denied ATM card, cheque book, net banking, etc. by their respective bank branches inspite of having RBI circulars asking the banks not to deny these facilities. How can we think of cashless economy without fixing these issues. Leikhu Laishram On