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

2016-10-18 Thread 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

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

2016-10-18 Thread 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

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

2016-10-18 Thread 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

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

2016-10-18 Thread 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

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

2016-10-18 Thread 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: