Re: [AI] a news article from The Hindu on inaccessable Kolkata’s Durga Puja pandals

[Boopathi P]

Most of the time the sense of touching is perceived by sighted people
as nuisance and it is seen as something out of the normalcy. It comes
out of lack of understanding about visually impaired.

On 10/18/16, Boopathi P  wrote:
> Disability access ‘worsens’ in Kolkata’s Durga Puja pandals
> On October 9, when the city was soaking up the Durga Puja festivities,
> Rubia Chatterjee, national gold medallist para athlete, decided to go
> pandal hopping with other para athletes. She was shocked to find that
> she could not enter many of the pandals . “It was horrible. I was
> accompanied by another para athlete Sandhya Mondal, who was walking
> with crutches. She fell down at various places,” Ms. Chaterjee told
> The Hindu . Ms. Chaterjee, who was a part of a group of ten
> sportspersons, had informed major Puja pandals of their visit. Many of
> the pandals have average footfalls of 4 lakh people per day and are
> constructed at a cost of several crores of rupees. Ms. Chatterjee and
> Ms. Sandhya found no wheelchairs or ramps or even volunteers to help
> them. The ‘Disability Access to Durga Puja Pandals in Kolkata: 2016’
> survey of 14 marquees conducted by the Kolkata-based Civilian Welfare
> Foundation (CWF) echoes these findings. CWF’s Abhirupa Kar, who has
> been involved in documenting disability access at Durga Pujas pandals
> for the past three years, said that the situation has worsened this
> time instead of improving . “There is so much competition among Durga
> Puja organisers for awards but the basic question of accessibility to
> the disabled is far from receiving the serious attention of
> organisers,” she told The Hindu . The report points out that giving
> the disabled a restricted view of a pandal or asking them visit only
> in the mornings just shows the organisers’ “discrimination, and lack
> of sensitivity and understanding with regards to the disabled
> population”. The report also points out that most of the pandals have
> staircases, “thus rejecting the person with a disability to the major
> attractions of the pandals ”. Ms. Kar said that despite the Central
> government’s Accessible India campaign, no effort has been made to
> include the disabled part in the celebrations for the festive season.
> “The situation relating to accessibility for the disabled has not
> improved over the past three years,” she said. “At a time when the
> State government wants to showcase Durga Puja as a major carnival, it
> cannot remain ignorant to the organisers’ apathy in keeping a
> significant population out the celebrations.”
>
> --
> Regards
> Boopathi P
> PhD research scholar,
> department of English Literature,
> School of literary studies,
> EFL University.
> Hyderabad-57
> India.
> Mobile: +91-9843693951
>


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Re: [AI] a news article from The Hindu on inaccessable Kolkata’s Durga Puja pandals

[avinash shahi]

The touch is the touchstone for understanding others; be it
individuals or the objects. One could corroborate this claim by
meeting people who are deafblind. 'Touch the art' should become a
movement if blind people are to achieve accessibility.

On 10/18/16, Himanshu Sahu  wrote:
> Because the action of touching  is embedded in the human mindset as
> getting personal or physical... Whether to the human or the object!!!
>
>
>
> On 10/18/16, avinash shahi  wrote:
>> Amen! you are right. why there is a taboo when it comes to touching?
>> the notion of touch needs to be politicized. And this could only be
>> done by blind people and those who are deafblind.
>>
>> On 10/18/16, Asudani, Rajesh  wrote:
>>> Well, this is the accessibility situation for orthopedically disabled.
>>> For VI, I am prohibited from touching majority of things in temples,
>>> exhibitions and wherever...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Boopathi P
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 1:01 PM
>>> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues
>>> concerning
>>> the disabled.
>>> Subject: [AI] a news article from The Hindu on inaccessable Kolkata’s
>>> Durga
>>> Puja pandals
>>>
>>> Disability access ‘worsens’ in Kolkata’s Durga Puja pandals
>>> On October 9, when the city was soaking up the Durga Puja festivities,
>>> Rubia Chatterjee, national gold medallist para athlete, decided to go
>>> pandal hopping with other para athletes. She was shocked to find that
>>> she could not enter many of the pandals . “It was horrible. I was
>>> accompanied by another para athlete Sandhya Mondal, who was walking
>>> with crutches. She fell down at various places,” Ms. Chaterjee told
>>> The Hindu . Ms. Chaterjee, who was a part of a group of ten
>>> sportspersons, had informed major Puja pandals of their visit. Many of
>>> the pandals have average footfalls of 4 lakh people per day and are
>>> constructed at a cost of several crores of rupees. Ms. Chatterjee and
>>> Ms. Sandhya found no wheelchairs or ramps or even volunteers to help
>>> them. The ‘Disability Access to Durga Puja Pandals in Kolkata: 2016’
>>> survey of 14 marquees conducted by the Kolkata-based Civilian Welfare
>>> Foundation (CWF) echoes these findings. CWF’s Abhirupa Kar, who has
>>> been involved in documenting disability access at Durga Pujas pandals
>>> for the past three years, said that the situation has worsened this
>>> time instead of improving . “There is so much competition among Durga
>>> Puja organisers for awards but the basic question of accessibility to
>>> the disabled is far from receiving the serious attention of
>>> organisers,” she told The Hindu . The report points out that giving
>>> the disabled a restricted view of a pandal or asking them visit only
>>> in the mornings just shows the organisers’ “discrimination, and lack
>>> of sensitivity and understanding with regards to the disabled
>>> population”. The report also points out that most of the pandals have
>>> staircases, “thus rejecting the person with a disability to the major
>>> attractions of the pandals ”. Ms. Kar said that despite the Central
>>> government’s Accessible India campaign, no effort has been made to
>>> include the disabled part in the celebrations for the festive season.
>>> “The situation relating to accessibility for the disabled has not
>>> improved over the past three years,” she said. “At a time when the
>>> State government wants to showcase Durga Puja as a major carnival, it
>>> cannot remain ignorant to the organisers’ apathy in keeping a
>>> significant population out the celebrations.”
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards
>>> Boopathi P
>>> PhD research scholar,
>>> department of English Literature,
>>> School of literary studies,
>>> EFL University.
>>> Hyderabad-57
>>> India.
>>> Mobile: +91-9843693951
>>>
>>>
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Re: [AI] a news article from The Hindu on inaccessable Kolkata’s Durga Puja pandals

[Himanshu Sahu]

Because the action of touching  is embedded in the human mindset as
getting personal or physical... Whether to the human or the object!!!



On 10/18/16, avinash shahi  wrote:
> Amen! you are right. why there is a taboo when it comes to touching?
> the notion of touch needs to be politicized. And this could only be
> done by blind people and those who are deafblind.
>
> On 10/18/16, Asudani, Rajesh  wrote:
>> Well, this is the accessibility situation for orthopedically disabled.
>> For VI, I am prohibited from touching majority of things in temples,
>> exhibitions and wherever...
>>
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Boopathi P
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 1:01 PM
>> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
>> the disabled.
>> Subject: [AI] a news article from The Hindu on inaccessable Kolkata’s
>> Durga
>> Puja pandals
>>
>> Disability access ‘worsens’ in Kolkata’s Durga Puja pandals
>> On October 9, when the city was soaking up the Durga Puja festivities,
>> Rubia Chatterjee, national gold medallist para athlete, decided to go
>> pandal hopping with other para athletes. She was shocked to find that
>> she could not enter many of the pandals . “It was horrible. I was
>> accompanied by another para athlete Sandhya Mondal, who was walking
>> with crutches. She fell down at various places,” Ms. Chaterjee told
>> The Hindu . Ms. Chaterjee, who was a part of a group of ten
>> sportspersons, had informed major Puja pandals of their visit. Many of
>> the pandals have average footfalls of 4 lakh people per day and are
>> constructed at a cost of several crores of rupees. Ms. Chatterjee and
>> Ms. Sandhya found no wheelchairs or ramps or even volunteers to help
>> them. The ‘Disability Access to Durga Puja Pandals in Kolkata: 2016’
>> survey of 14 marquees conducted by the Kolkata-based Civilian Welfare
>> Foundation (CWF) echoes these findings. CWF’s Abhirupa Kar, who has
>> been involved in documenting disability access at Durga Pujas pandals
>> for the past three years, said that the situation has worsened this
>> time instead of improving . “There is so much competition among Durga
>> Puja organisers for awards but the basic question of accessibility to
>> the disabled is far from receiving the serious attention of
>> organisers,” she told The Hindu . The report points out that giving
>> the disabled a restricted view of a pandal or asking them visit only
>> in the mornings just shows the organisers’ “discrimination, and lack
>> of sensitivity and understanding with regards to the disabled
>> population”. The report also points out that most of the pandals have
>> staircases, “thus rejecting the person with a disability to the major
>> attractions of the pandals ”. Ms. Kar said that despite the Central
>> government’s Accessible India campaign, no effort has been made to
>> include the disabled part in the celebrations for the festive season.
>> “The situation relating to accessibility for the disabled has not
>> improved over the past three years,” she said. “At a time when the
>> State government wants to showcase Durga Puja as a major carnival, it
>> cannot remain ignorant to the organisers’ apathy in keeping a
>> significant population out the celebrations.”
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>> Boopathi P
>> PhD research scholar,
>> department of English Literature,
>> School of literary studies,
>> EFL University.
>> Hyderabad-57
>> India.
>> Mobile: +91-9843693951
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
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Re: [AI] a news article from The Hindu on inaccessable Kolkata’s Durga Puja pandals

[avinash shahi]

Amen! you are right. why there is a taboo when it comes to touching?
the notion of touch needs to be politicized. And this could only be
done by blind people and those who are deafblind.

On 10/18/16, Asudani, Rajesh  wrote:
> Well, this is the accessibility situation for orthopedically disabled.
> For VI, I am prohibited from touching majority of things in temples,
> exhibitions and wherever...
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
> Of Boopathi P
> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 1:01 PM
> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
> the disabled.
> Subject: [AI] a news article from The Hindu on inaccessable Kolkata’s Durga
> Puja pandals
>
> Disability access ‘worsens’ in Kolkata’s Durga Puja pandals
> On October 9, when the city was soaking up the Durga Puja festivities,
> Rubia Chatterjee, national gold medallist para athlete, decided to go
> pandal hopping with other para athletes. She was shocked to find that
> she could not enter many of the pandals . “It was horrible. I was
> accompanied by another para athlete Sandhya Mondal, who was walking
> with crutches. She fell down at various places,” Ms. Chaterjee told
> The Hindu . Ms. Chaterjee, who was a part of a group of ten
> sportspersons, had informed major Puja pandals of their visit. Many of
> the pandals have average footfalls of 4 lakh people per day and are
> constructed at a cost of several crores of rupees. Ms. Chatterjee and
> Ms. Sandhya found no wheelchairs or ramps or even volunteers to help
> them. The ‘Disability Access to Durga Puja Pandals in Kolkata: 2016’
> survey of 14 marquees conducted by the Kolkata-based Civilian Welfare
> Foundation (CWF) echoes these findings. CWF’s Abhirupa Kar, who has
> been involved in documenting disability access at Durga Pujas pandals
> for the past three years, said that the situation has worsened this
> time instead of improving . “There is so much competition among Durga
> Puja organisers for awards but the basic question of accessibility to
> the disabled is far from receiving the serious attention of
> organisers,” she told The Hindu . The report points out that giving
> the disabled a restricted view of a pandal or asking them visit only
> in the mornings just shows the organisers’ “discrimination, and lack
> of sensitivity and understanding with regards to the disabled
> population”. The report also points out that most of the pandals have
> staircases, “thus rejecting the person with a disability to the major
> attractions of the pandals ”. Ms. Kar said that despite the Central
> government’s Accessible India campaign, no effort has been made to
> include the disabled part in the celebrations for the festive season.
> “The situation relating to accessibility for the disabled has not
> improved over the past three years,” she said. “At a time when the
> State government wants to showcase Durga Puja as a major carnival, it
> cannot remain ignorant to the organisers’ apathy in keeping a
> significant population out the celebrations.”
>
> --
> Regards
> Boopathi P
> PhD research scholar,
> department of English Literature,
> School of literary studies,
> EFL University.
> Hyderabad-57
> India.
> Mobile: +91-9843693951
>
>
> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of
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Re: [AI] a news article from The Hindu on inaccessable Kolkata’s Durga Puja pandals

[Asudani, Rajesh]

Well, this is the accessibility situation for orthopedically disabled.
For VI, I am prohibited from touching majority of things in temples, 
exhibitions and wherever...



-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of 
Boopathi P
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 1:01 PM
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the 
disabled.
Subject: [AI] a news article from The Hindu on inaccessable Kolkata’s Durga 
Puja pandals

Disability access ‘worsens’ in Kolkata’s Durga Puja pandals
On October 9, when the city was soaking up the Durga Puja festivities,
Rubia Chatterjee, national gold medallist para athlete, decided to go
pandal hopping with other para athletes. She was shocked to find that
she could not enter many of the pandals . “It was horrible. I was
accompanied by another para athlete Sandhya Mondal, who was walking
with crutches. She fell down at various places,” Ms. Chaterjee told
The Hindu . Ms. Chaterjee, who was a part of a group of ten
sportspersons, had informed major Puja pandals of their visit. Many of
the pandals have average footfalls of 4 lakh people per day and are
constructed at a cost of several crores of rupees. Ms. Chatterjee and
Ms. Sandhya found no wheelchairs or ramps or even volunteers to help
them. The ‘Disability Access to Durga Puja Pandals in Kolkata: 2016’
survey of 14 marquees conducted by the Kolkata-based Civilian Welfare
Foundation (CWF) echoes these findings. CWF’s Abhirupa Kar, who has
been involved in documenting disability access at Durga Pujas pandals
for the past three years, said that the situation has worsened this
time instead of improving . “There is so much competition among Durga
Puja organisers for awards but the basic question of accessibility to
the disabled is far from receiving the serious attention of
organisers,” she told The Hindu . The report points out that giving
the disabled a restricted view of a pandal or asking them visit only
in the mornings just shows the organisers’ “discrimination, and lack
of sensitivity and understanding with regards to the disabled
population”. The report also points out that most of the pandals have
staircases, “thus rejecting the person with a disability to the major
attractions of the pandals ”. Ms. Kar said that despite the Central
government’s Accessible India campaign, no effort has been made to
include the disabled part in the celebrations for the festive season.
“The situation relating to accessibility for the disabled has not
improved over the past three years,” she said. “At a time when the
State government wants to showcase Durga Puja as a major carnival, it
cannot remain ignorant to the organisers’ apathy in keeping a
significant population out the celebrations.”

--
Regards
Boopathi P
PhD research scholar,
department of English Literature,
School of literary studies,
EFL University.
Hyderabad-57
India.
Mobile: +91-9843693951


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