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Visually impaired flyer miffed with lack of assistance
PUNE: An associate professor with ILS Law College, who is visually impaired, has levelled charges of non-cooperation and rude behaviour against Jet Airways and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
City’s Kapil Dev makes it to Indian blind cricket team
Ludhiana: Named after the cricket legend, and one of India’s greatest all-rounders by his father, 29-year-old Kapil Dev is setting a unique example of hard work and strong dedication.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/citys-kapil-dev-makes-it-to-indian-blind-cricket-team/articleshow/66253037.cms
A Durga Puja pandal created for visually impaired devotees and visitors
One of the defining features of Durga Puja is that it is about inclusion – everyone is welcome to the community pujas to participate, from non-Bengalis to even atheists. Taking this spirit of inclusion one step forward, Samaj Sebi Sangha which is in Ballygunge, Kolkata has dedicated their pandal to the visually impaired this year.
This Delhi teenager’s big chess ambitions include teaching the game to blind children
This Delhi teenager’s big chess ambitions include teaching the game to blind children.
Through her Project Checkmate, Devanshi Rathi hopes to coach more students
In a first, Indian-origin visually impaired man to get guide horse in UK
An Indian-origin man based in north-west England, who suffers from a degenerative eye condition, is set to become the first person in the UK to get a guide horse to assist him with daily tasks once he loses his vision completely.
A white smart stick that’s making visually impaired more independent
Panaji: Selfie sticks are more widely known compared to a white cane even though they came into the market a few years ago. This goes to show the lack of awareness people have about the latter, a visually impaired teacher working at the National Association of Blind (NAB), Mahadev Dayanand Sawant said.
WATCH: Visually impaired girls dance to song penned down by PM Modi
Navratri is here, and people across the country are gripped in the festive fever. And the festivities are incomplete without donning traditional clothes and dancing to desi beats. Now, as most people are busy perfecting their Dandiya and Garba steps to the tunes of Falguni Pathak and Amit Tridevi, a group of girls have been dancing to a special song penned down by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
World Sight Day: Sensing the world differently
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Sahadulla S ran his fingers along the length of the leaf and then tried chewing it. The bitter taste got to him and the sixth standard student eagerly whispered to his friends, “It is Neem!”. The air was laden with the hypnotic aroma of Neem, Tulsi, Panikoorka (Indian Borage) and several other aromatic trees. The students who were divided into groups of eight took turns to take a whiff of the leaves while some tried chewing it. The visually impaired children were trying to decipher the name of the trees through the leaves.
This October, Celebrate The Achievements Of The Visually Impaired
By FELICITY DARVILLE
#The Bahamas Alliance for the Blind and Visually Impaired (BABVI) is currently observing Blindness Awareness Month under the theme: "Make Provisions to Preserve Your Vision". BABVI's month of activities started on September 30 and will continue until October 28.
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