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Mozhi project to open up world of fiction for the blind

Fri, 06/22/2018 - 10:34 -- geeta.nair

Thiruvananthapuram: In connection with Reading Month observance, ‘Koottu’, an organization engaged in providing assistance to blind/partially-blind students, has launched a one-month-long programme titled ‘Mozhi’ to help them enjoy short stories, novels and poetry.
Through ‘Mozhi’, the volunteers of Koottu aims to collect voice records of stories, short stories, and poems from the people from various walks of the society and thereby open up the world of fiction to their blind members.

After Delhi HC order, RBI to ease identification of banknotes for visually challenged

Thu, 06/21/2018 - 11:03 -- geeta.nair

Pursuant to recommendations made before the Delhi High Court in April this year, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has intimated that it will be exploring ways to make identification of Indian currency easier for visually challenged persons.

To this end, the RBI has undertaken to develop suitable identification devices/mechanisms following consultation with stakeholders. Furthermore, the body is also expected to issue necessary guidelines within six months.

A statement issued by the RBI dated June 6 states,

National Blindness Survey: 62 to 65 per cent of those surveyed randomly had cataracts

Tue, 06/19/2018 - 12:10 -- koshy.mathew@ey...

In a bid to eliminate blindness from India, the Union health ministry conducted a National Blindness Survey (2015-2018) in collaboration with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

But what came out in the survey is striking and alarming as nearly "62 to 65 per cent of those surveyed randomly were found to be having cataract".

India swaps 40-yr-old definition of blindness for WHO criteria: 40 lakh people will no longer be classified 'legally blind'

Tue, 06/19/2018 - 11:50 -- koshy.mathew@ey...

New Delhi: India has changed its over four-decade-old definition of blindness, bringing it in line with the WHO criteria, a step that would drastically bring down the number of people considered "blind" in the country.

According to the new definition, a person who is unable to count fingers from a distance of three metres would be considered "blind" as against the earlier stipulation of six metres, which was adopted in 1976.

Can a person with ‘low vision’ become doctor, SC to examine

Tue, 06/19/2018 - 10:41 -- geeta.nair

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine whether a person suffering from disability of ‘low vision’, in which eyesight cannot be corrected or improved, can be allowed to pursue MBBS course and treat patients.

This contentious issue came up before a vacation bench of Justices U U Lalit and Deepak Gupta which wondered whether it would be feasible to allow a person with visual impairment to become a doctor and treat patients.

Visually impaired artists to stage Pu La classic

Fri, 06/15/2018 - 11:06 -- geeta.nair

PUNE: In a couple of months, more than 20 actors, all of them visually impaired, will present Teen Paishacha Tamasha, a musical classic by noted Marathi writer and humourist Pu La Deshpande, with the help of recordings and Braille script.
Teen Paishacha Tamasha was Pu La’s take on The Threepenny Opera, a musical by German playwright Bertolt Brecht. It was originally a biting satire on the extreme inequality in Victorian England.

Pranav Lal, who uses a technology that works as an artificial eye, converting the sights around him to sound, stressed that there is no reason for a blind man not to have vision anymore.

Thu, 06/14/2018 - 14:47 -- koshy.mathew@ey...

 

Speakers ignite young minds at TEDx

Students at TEDx Sayajigunj which was organized at Laxmi Vilas Palace on Sunday
Students at TEDx Sayajigunj which was organized at Laxmi Vilas Palace on Sunday

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