Dear Friends,
I am sorry for sending you this message second time. I am surprised that in my
earlier mail the message that I was forwarding was totally missing.
I know that our list does not accept any attachments; but it was a FWD message
and not an attachment.
Any way, I have copied the full
Dear Friends,
I am forwarding you this message with immense joy and sense of pride.
In fact, one of the Petitioners Mr. Atul Jaiswal was our student in TISS(M.A.
in Disability Studies and Action 2009-2011 batch).
I am proud that I have been teaching the course titled 'Human Rights, Social
Dear Accessindians,
Greetings!
I am coming online after a long time. But this time I am coming out with some
interesting piece of info with regard to the CET--Common Entrance Test to be
conducted by our institute--Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
As you all would be aware that TISS conducts a
Hai Friends,
This is in reference to the discussion on the availability of the translation
of Satya Meva Jayate in other languages,
It is being broadcasted in Tamil at the same time by Star Vijay TV. So, those
who could understand/follow Tamil can watch Star Vijay.
With regards,
Dr. A.Rambabu
Hai Friends,
This is in reference to the query posted by Vinod Benjamin regarding some
contacts of those convert books into Braille in Tamil Nadu. Here, I am pasting
the contact details of Worth Trust, an organisation that functions in Chennai.
They charge very reasonable price for scanning and
Dear Friends,
Greetings!
I came across this very interesting information in the recent CBR Newsletter
which I am pasting below. Could anyone throw some light on it?
A reader for the visually impaired
The Central Scientific Instruments Organization (CSIO), Chandigarh, has
designed a reading
Hai Ramesh,
What was your query regarding TISS Admission on Accessindia List? There was
nothing in the Message box.
Best Wishes,
Dr. A.Rambabu
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Dear Accessindia Members,
Greetings!
I am coming on the list after a very long time. As you would have recieved the
news of my treatment through our friend Rajesh Asudani, I did not participate
in the discussions on our list for quite sometime.
Well, I take this opportunity to thank all those
Dear Friends,
Greetings!
Its nice to get in touch with you all after a long break.
Please go through the message below and I hope that it would serve someone on
the list.
With love and best wishes,
Dr. A.RambabuSearch for old postings at:
Dear Friends,
The article on Kaiser had really provoked most of our members and we had
discussions from various dimensions. At this juncture, I thought of sharing
some details which I got to know about Kaiser.
There was an article about Kaiser in The Hindu, in June, 2008-- no idea of the
date
Dear Harish sir and Accessindia list friends,
I am sending you this message with utmost surprise. When I opened the mail
titled: accessindia digest vol. 51, no. 84, instead of usual messages and
topics, the following uncomprehensible characters appeared.
I am pasting them below for your notice;
Well, it seems that our friend Sameer is yet to come out of his dilemma on this
issue. I think Adina has raised a very important point regarding this issue.
As she has rightly pointed out that most of us have done schooling in Schools
for the Blind So when you mention about your SSLC and Higher
Dear Friends,
Last few days there had been a lot of discussions on the newly proposed UID and
its usefulness on our list. Most of us believed that the inclusion of the
aspect of disability in the UID could be very useful because of its
multi-purpose utility.
However, I came across an article in
Dear Sameer,
Mentioning our disability status and its nature in the CV is very important. If
we hide our disability status while applying for any job or other things, there
is no point in cribbing over being rejected by the concern authorities once
they find it out. Sometimes, even the
Dear Friends,
The article below which had appeared in the Hindu. It draws our attention to
some of the stark realities worth taking stock of and reflecting upon.
Regards,
Dr. A.Rambabu
Source: The Hindu,
18, April, 2010
Front Page
Misuse of scholarship for differently abled: study
Karthik
Dear Friends,
This is addition to Mr. Padmanabam's info about Dr. K. Somashekar who has done
PHD in law. I know one more person who has done PH.D. in International Law from
JNU in 2002.
He is one of our Accessindia list members, Dr. T.V.G.N.S. Sudhakar, who is
presently a faculty at National
Dear Friends,
I came across this interesting details in the Help link of SBI Website.
I am pasting below the full details of that page which would be useful for all
those who use State Bank of India's internet banking.
State Bank of India Logo
Instructions
FAQs
You are in help page
Welcome
Dear Friends,
Yesterday, I spoke to Firozji. I thought someone among his family members would
pick up the mobile. But for my surprise, Firozji himself received my call.
He was sounding very confident. In fact, he told me there's nothing to worry
now. The surgery done on him was fine and he was
Dear Friends,
I found this article from the Hindu very interesting and thought of sharing
with you all. I am sorry if this has already been posted as I am coming online
after a long time.
Have a look at the article below
The Hindu: Front Page: The coolest device of the decade
Online edition of
Dear Vikas,
Your description of the Belkin Wi-fi phone was very interesting. I just have a
couple of queries to you:
1. Does that phone have any voice enabling mechanism like talks?
2. Has it arrived in Indian markets?
Looking forward to your response.
Regards,
Dr. A.Rambabu
To
Dear Dr. Surya Sharma,
This is regarding your query about EPW website.
As you have rightly pointed, the site allows us to read and download articles
from the current issue and four previous issues.
The rest are archived very well which consist of all the articles,
Commentaries, Bookreviews, etc.
Dear Friends,
I wish all the Teacher-members on the list a very very Happy Teachers Day.
Today is the day for 'Self-introspection' for all of us belonging to a
profession which deserves more recognition than it currently enjoys.
I am pasting a poem which was I recieved from an online networking
Dear Friends,
I think that some of you have misunderstood the point that Mr. George had
raised.
He is actually concerned about the way of presentation of the messages. Some of
you have the habit of sending the SMS type of messages. We come across this
problem in most of the mails nowadays. Some
Dear George Sir,
Its a great news indeed!!
I still cherish the fond memories of the first national cricket tournament for
the Blind which you had organised in december 1990.
I am one of the proud participants of that tournament in which I represented
St. Louis Institute for the Deaf and the
Dear All,
As the subjectline suggests, I thought of responding to the query raised by Mr.
Shadab regarding sending newspaper articles without the permission of the
editor.
I am sorry for not reproducing the thread.
Shadab, as far that instruction which you had mentioned is applicable to those
Dear All,
I wish you all a very very Happy and Prosporous New Year!
May the new year be filled with cherishable memories and greater successes for
all of us!
With love and best wishes,
A.Rambabu
Wishing all on Louis Braille Bi-centinal birthday, January 4!
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Dear Friends,
Thank you very much for the care and concerns.
All of us here at Tiss are fine and safe. In fact, this part of the city has
been very peaceful throughout. However, our campus' security is on high alert.
Yesterday, all the educational institutions were closed. But today all are
Watch your Orkut profile, future boss may be snooping
Indian Express, Sunday, September 28, 2008
Has any candidate been rejected on the basis of his online social profile?
Shermon says an organisation has to be very “flaky” in order to base its
decisions on social networking sites alone. A
I wish all the members on the list who are in the teaching profession--schools
as well as college/university, a Very Happy Teachers' Day!!
I was extremely happy and surprised to find a baloon hanging at my office door
and the moment I entered my room, I was surrounded by few students greeting
me
Hai All,
It was nice to know about the Sanjay tondon scholarship for the Visually
challenged for their higher studies.
I would like to know about Sanjay Tondon. Could anyone on the list give us some
details about him?
With regards,
A.Rambabu
Join Access India convention: For updates
Thank you very much Rajeshji for the complete transcription of the proceedings
of that show which was telecasted on the CNNIBN channel on 5th august.
I'm sure that those who could have missed it due to some reasons would
definitely benefit from your effort.
Having said this, I also add upon my
nbsp;
The Hindu: Front Page:
Online edition of India's National Newspaper
nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Sunday, Jun 08, 2008
nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Aid for visually-challenged Nalgonda-based IIT topper
nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Special Correspondent
nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;
Dear Friends,
Tiss, is inaugurating the MK Tata Learning Centre for Visually Challenged on
7th May 2008 at 12 p.m.
I am pasting below a brief note prepared by our Librarian Dr. Muttayya listing
all the details about the Centre to the M.K. Tata Trust as a jesture of
gratitude.
Enabling visually
The Hindu:
Sunday: April. 27, 2008
Front Page
Beware Net’s baddies
Special Correspondent
Bangalore: The so-called social networking sites on the Internet — Orkut,
MySpace, YouTube, etc, — where lay users share their likes, dislikes,
hobbies and habits with
The Hindu
Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Sunday, Apr 27, 2008
Tamil Nadu
Taking books to the disabled
— Photo: R. Shivaji Rao
James R. Fruchterman.
Students start out with ideas to benefit the deprived and the poor, but
often, the need for material benefits propels them
Hai Friends,
this message is for those who have appeared for the Tiss Entrance exams and
those who are awaiting for MSW interviews.
The Announcement of Results (List of Selected Candidates), which was supposed
to be released today has been deferred till May 15, 2008.
All candidates belonging
The Hindu
Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Wednesday, Apr 23, 2008
Front page
The blind shall now see
Ian Sample and Rachel Williams
Camera’s electronic signal gives brain a view of objects
Device enables patients to walk about independently
Source: IndianExpress.com
On terror's anniversary, an unusual tale: when eye for
an eye made two people see
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Anuraag Singh Posted online: Friday, March 07, 2008 at
0047 hrs
SankatMochan blast Varanasi Railway clerk donates eyes
of son killed in
blast-to a
Hi Friends,
This is the link to the advertisement, calling for
applications to posts of lecturers/readers, in the
Centre for Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy,
Panjab University. Pass on the info to all those you
think will be interested.
http://jobs.puchd.ac.in/csseip/csseip.pdf
With
Hai Friends,
I wish you all a very happy Gudi Parva and Happy
Ugadi!!
A.Rambabu
You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total
Access, No Cost.
Dear Friends,
This weekend happened to be a unique one. I t could be
termed as a weekend of Sarva Dharma Sambhavana.
Yesterday we had Id; Today is Good Friday and
tomorrow, Holi and followed by Easter.
I wish all of you a very Happy Id, Joyful Holi and
Cheerful Easter.
May the joy and festivity
Dear Pasha,
I think Geetha is right. It is not necessary to have
SBI account when you have your salary account with
another bank. I too have my salary account in Central
Bank of India. In fact, I went for it because of my
previous bitter experiences with the SBI when I was in
JNU. I am sure, my
Dear Friends,
Warm Regards,
I hope that this mail finds you all in best of your
health and progress in your work and studies.
If anyone of you had wondered about my whereabouts for
the past three months, I have a very long answer.
To begin with, as I had mentioned in my mail in
november, I joined
Dear Friends,
Thank you very much for your hearty greetings.
It really gives me immense pleasure on recieving such
a loving greetings from you both on the list as well
as off the list. In fact, I did not recieve some of
the A.I Digests for some strange reasons. It seems
there had been some quiries
Dear Friends,
Sometime ago I recieved a mail from one of my friends
who is a faculty at BHU. That mail informed me that my
friend had been abroad to attend a conference and
there he lost all his belongings and he is need of
some financial assistance. When I called his home to
confirm the message,
Dear Friends,
I wish you all a very Happy Deepavali. May the joy of
Deepavali fill in all your lives throughout the year
ahead!!
With love,
A.Rambabu
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Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Monday, Oct 01, 2007
International - India World
India to ratify U.N. Convention on rights of
disabled
New York: Home to an estimated 70 million
disabled people, India will
ratify the U.N. Convention on the Rights of
Study: No Cancer Risk in Short Term Mobile Phone Use
A large British study has found that there is no
adverse health risk in short term mobile phone usage.
Over the past few years there has been controversy
over the possible health effects of using a mobile
phone, including its possible link to
Hai Everyone,
the following article that appeared in The Hindu's
Opinion page on 19th sep. is very interesting!!
Sentiment on the computer screen: saying it with
emoticons
Carnegie Mellon University, from where it
spread, celebrates 25th
anniversary of the smiley face
The Hindu
Tamil Nadu
A woman with a vision
Photo:K. Ananthan
I am blind. But, I have a vision. I overcame
blindness, is how Sabriye
Tenberken describes herself. With a small
computer-like assistive
technology in hand, she says Blind
Hai Friends,
Whenever I get any attachment file, the following link
appears which ensures that the attached file
thoroughly scanned and safe for download.
symantec/0301407_antivirus_nodate_79x22
Could you please let me know whether this antivirus
scanner could be downloaded and used as we use
Hai Friends,
The Hindu has brought out an excellent subliment
titled 'Indipendent India at 60 on august 15th with
interesting articles written by eminent personalities
from different fields.
You can find a link with the same title on the front
page of The Hindu in which you can get all those
Friends,
I am pasting a news piece that appeared on the Hindu's
front page on 6th August.
Arrested for attempt to commit suicide
Varanasi: Five physically-challenged traders, who
survived a mass suicide bid allegedly instigated last
week, were on Sunday arrested after registration
of a criminal
Dear friends,
Recently I came across a news about a person's mobile
phone exploded when he tried to talk without
disconnecting it from the charger.
The following article which I had extracted from the
Hindu, dated: 7th july, 2007 is a very important
matter of concern.
Worker dies after mobile
Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Wednesday, Jul 04, 2007
Tamilnadu
Teachers trained to spot children with defective
vision
R. Sujatha
The younger the children the easier it is
to cure them, says doctor
Chennai: REEP - Refractive Errors, Education and
Dear friends,
The following piece which appeared in The Hindu on 6th
july,2007 brings in new hope for music aspirants;
Chennai
Good news for aspiring singers
Staff Reporter
Chennai: For aspiring singers eager to make a mark in
the playback industry here is some good news. Music
director
Hello Friends,
I am A.Rambabu. Let me introduce myself to you.
I was affected by retinoblasterma(medical term for
eye-cancer), one of the rarest cases of blindness,
when I was one and half years.
I had my education from Little Flower Convent, upto
class-5 and at St. Louis Institute for Deaf and
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