Re: [AI] With Valentine’s Day round the corner, here’s the heart-warming love story of visually-challenged couple Muniappan and Amirthavalli

2017-02-13 Thread Shyam M. Sayanekar 

Truly romantic and genuin as well.
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Subject: [AI] With Valentine’s Day round the corner, here’s the 
heart-warming love story of visually-challenged couple Muniappan and 
Amirthavalli




There are some couples who constantly cling to each other; there are
some who don’t need one another’s physical presence to feel loved;
then there are some, a special kind, whose every sense lights up in
each other’s presence — he knows she’s right there and she knows it
too. It doesn’t matter if they cannot see; they can feel and that’s
all that matters. For 19 years, this has been the guiding force in the
life of visually-challenged couple R. Muniappan and his wife M.
Amirthavalli.
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/It%E2%80%99s-the-little-things/article17294340.ece
He is a professor of History at Nandanam Arts College and she teaches
music at a government school in Villivakkam. Seated on plastic chairs
on a windy day at the Marina beach, the couple narrate their love
story. “May 13, 1995,” says Muniappan, “That’s when she said yes.” He
was 25 years old then and she was 24. “We met at the College Students
and Graduates Association of the Blind.” Muniappan was asked to write
and direct a drama to be aired on All India Radio and he picked
Amirthavalli to sing the opening song.




They would meet every day at the Association, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. to
practise. The professional that he is, Muniappan kept their
conversations strictly work-related. But he had feelings for her and
had even conveyed it in a Braille letter a few months before. “I said
no,” says Amirthavalli. “I was staying at a women’s hostel then, and
everyone would keep telling me Muniappan said this and Muniappan said
that,” she smiles. It must have been torturous for Muniappan during
all those practice days, mustn’t it? He smiles and adds, “Finally,
after six months of waiting, she agreed.” The three years before their
wedding were unforgettable, he says. He remembers every detail. “We
watched our first movie together in a tent kottai called Mallika in
Mangadu,” he recalls.

Muniappan and Amirthavalli got married in 1998 in Chennai. They have a
16-year-old son. “One thing that stuck to me from what she told me
when we were younger was that we should do something for the
less-privileged when we were able,” says Muniappan. He promised he
would and kept his word. Today, he is the treasurer of the College
Students and Graduates Association of the Blind and has facilitated
several visually-challenged people to get government jobs. “I wouldn’t
have done this had she not planted the thought in me,” says Muniappan.
“I know he is tall,” says Amirthavalli, speaking of the picture of
Muniappan in her mind. “When we were young, we would ask our friends
how we looked,” adds Muniappan. “Everyone would tell us that we look
good together. Other than that, we don’t know much. It doesn’t
matter.”

Wondering where to spend Valentine’s Day? Turn to page 4 for a
comprehensive listing.


Muniappan





conveyed his feelings for her through a Braille letter



























--
Avinash Shahi
Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU


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[AI] With Valentine’s Day round the corner, here’s the heart-warming love story of visually-challenged couple Muniappan and Amirthavalli

2017-02-12 Thread avinash shahi 
There are some couples who constantly cling to each other; there are
some who don’t need one another’s physical presence to feel loved;
then there are some, a special kind, whose every sense lights up in
each other’s presence — he knows she’s right there and she knows it
too. It doesn’t matter if they cannot see; they can feel and that’s
all that matters. For 19 years, this has been the guiding force in the
life of visually-challenged couple R. Muniappan and his wife M.
Amirthavalli.
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/It%E2%80%99s-the-little-things/article17294340.ece
He is a professor of History at Nandanam Arts College and she teaches
music at a government school in Villivakkam. Seated on plastic chairs
on a windy day at the Marina beach, the couple narrate their love
story. “May 13, 1995,” says Muniappan, “That’s when she said yes.” He
was 25 years old then and she was 24. “We met at the College Students
and Graduates Association of the Blind.” Muniappan was asked to write
and direct a drama to be aired on All India Radio and he picked
Amirthavalli to sing the opening song.




They would meet every day at the Association, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. to
practise. The professional that he is, Muniappan kept their
conversations strictly work-related. But he had feelings for her and
had even conveyed it in a Braille letter a few months before. “I said
no,” says Amirthavalli. “I was staying at a women’s hostel then, and
everyone would keep telling me Muniappan said this and Muniappan said
that,” she smiles. It must have been torturous for Muniappan during
all those practice days, mustn’t it? He smiles and adds, “Finally,
after six months of waiting, she agreed.” The three years before their
wedding were unforgettable, he says. He remembers every detail. “We
watched our first movie together in a tent kottai called Mallika in
Mangadu,” he recalls.

Muniappan and Amirthavalli got married in 1998 in Chennai. They have a
16-year-old son. “One thing that stuck to me from what she told me
when we were younger was that we should do something for the
less-privileged when we were able,” says Muniappan. He promised he
would and kept his word. Today, he is the treasurer of the College
Students and Graduates Association of the Blind and has facilitated
several visually-challenged people to get government jobs. “I wouldn’t
have done this had she not planted the thought in me,” says Muniappan.
“I know he is tall,” says Amirthavalli, speaking of the picture of
Muniappan in her mind. “When we were young, we would ask our friends
how we looked,” adds Muniappan. “Everyone would tell us that we look
good together. Other than that, we don’t know much. It doesn’t
matter.”

Wondering where to spend Valentine’s Day? Turn to page 4 for a
comprehensive listing.


Muniappan





conveyed his feelings for her through a Braille letter



























-- 
Avinash Shahi
Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU


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