Born sighted like any other person, she grew in a good health until 1955 when she lost her sight in a way that she branded as a ‘mysterious termite bite’ while sleeping in her aunt’s house.
Estere Chunga Malula, 72, is an inspirer and a mentor of many. She challenges all obstacles to her success, proving humankind wrong on thinking that the visually impaired cannot execute household chores or engage in other manual work.
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday struck down provisions of the Rules of Competitive Examination 2014 which barred the Central Superior Services (CSS) qualified persons with disability from joining the Foreign Service of Pakistan (FSP).
Releasing a detailed judgment in an already decided matter, Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah on Friday directed the federal government to allocate two seats to the two visually-impaired petitioners in the FSP at the earliest.
BENGALURU: With India home to the maximum number of visually impaired individuals in the world and Karnataka possessing a higher percentage of blind people than the national average, it is fitting that the second visually-impaired friendly railway station in the country now figures in the state. Mysuru attained this distinction on November 3, 2015.
On Tuesday various facilities to aid the blind were unveiled at the Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna (Bengaluru City) railway station.
The only one who can stop YOU from succeeding is YOU! You don’t need to be perfect to achieve your dreams – all you need is the passion to make it happen. This is what Kerala’s singer Vaikom Vijayalakshmi has proved. There is probably no Malayali who has not heard of playback singer Vaikom Vijayalakshmi. This visually-impaired singer brings alive the beauty of music to her listeners. She sings a range of Malayalam songs from old to classical. She had no formal training in music but learned different ragas by singing and listening to the audio tapes of Kerala’s iconic singer KJ Yesudas.
The blind school in Patna is headed by an orthopaedic and not by an ophthalmologist, revealed a ruling party Janata Dal(United) MLA on Wednesday in the State Assembly.
The embarrassed State government promptly assured the House that immediate corrective steps would be taken on the issue.
Dream walk: Disability does not deter the visually-challenged participants at Princess India 2016-17 beauty pageant in Andheri on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Fariha Farooqui
A year ago, K. Suguna and her husband, Elumalai, sold candy at the Tambaram Railway Station. The couple, both visually impaired, made about ₹ 150 - ₹200 a day. They saved the bulk of it for the education of their two children — Vijay and Supriya. Today, Suguna is not only a school teacher, but also a motivational speaker.
Hyderabad: Mr. Hassan Ali Bawazeer of ITI, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, has won the 5th National Blind and Deaf Judo Championships Award.
According to Prof. Mushtaq Ahmed I. Patel, Dean, Students Welfare, Bawazeer has participated under 55 kgs weight category in the Junior Blind Judo Championships – 2017 held at Scottish High International School, Gurgaon, Haryana recently, and secured first position in competition.
About 38,017 students, including 19,107 girls, from 436 schools would take the SSLC public examinations in the district from Wednesday.
Flying squads with 275 teachers have been formed to check malpractices. About 108 students with disabilities would also appear for the examination. Fifty-seven visually impaired students have been allotted scribes. Forty-three students with disabilities have been allotted one hour extra time to complete the exam.
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