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Dialogues in the dark

To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable, says John Milton. Raghavan, the hero of Roopantharam, is born blind, constantly tied to an island of darkness. He decodes the world through sound and touch, creating his own perception through the sensory inflow. One of the three Malayalam films to be screened in the Indian Panorama section of the 47th IFFI, Roopantharam is directed by M B Padmakumar. “Raghavan gave me an opportunity to break free of my routine comedy roles,” says the actor.

Vodafone, Nasscom select Mobile For Good Awards winners

The Vodafone Foundation along and its partner Nasscom Foundation have announced thewinners for 6th edition of the ‘Mobile for Good Awards’ initiative.

Vodafone, NASSCOM announce winners for Mobile For Good Awards 2016

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Recognise deaf, blind under the disability Act, urge experts

Despite there being about 500,000 deaf-blind people in the country, their basic human rights are not fulfilled as deaf-blindness is yet not recognized under the Persons with Disability Act, said experts at the Goa Advocacy for Deaf-blind meeting held here on Friday.

DETERMINATION TRUMPS DISABILITY

Visually impaired runner Gulab Bhandari revealed that dogged determination is the overriding factor when it comes to completing half marathon despite the obvious challenges people with disability confront.

A regular at Airtel Delhi Half Marathon since 2010, the 48-year-old visually impaired half marathoner said he has found out ways to overcome dependency while practising for the race, mainly because of his resoluteness.

Tap-ping to help the blind

Walking around is one of the toughest things for a visually challenged person. Even when they're using a cane. To help them get past this, young innovator Krishna Sai Inkoolu, from Anakapalli in Visakhapatnam invented 'Taparch Footwear', which helps them walk sans the stick. This 24-year-old who studied Industrial Engineering at Gitam University designed a mechanism with an embedded electronic circuit that senses the existence of obstacles in the path and communicates it to the visually challenged person with a 'tap', while they're walking — helping them stay safe.

But for green, foes in familiar climes

CHENNAI: Buoyed by an innings win against Vidarbha in the previous round, a confident Maharashtra take on Assam in a Group B Ranji Trophy match at IIT-Chemplast grounds from Monday.

Two-day national photo workshop for visually-impaired begins today

HYDERABAD, NOV. 5:

It was a shoot with a difference. A group of visually challenged students had a day with the Camera at the University of Hyderabad.

The objective help the students try to translate mental images into reality while taking pictures. Well known author Partho Bhowmick (author of See As No Other & In Touch) was the resource person.

He hears shapes, clicks it!

BENGALURU: A complimentary webcam with a laptop and a printing machine to submit essay papers are all it takes for visually impaired 37-year-old Pranav Lal to follow his passion of becoming a photographer and a writer.

The Kuwait-born-Delhiite takes pictures from his iPhone SE, mainly of landscapes and structures. He is fascinated with objects that he cannot touch. For example his favourite photograph that he took is of a geyser in Iceland in 2011.

Blind association in Karnataka urges PM Modi to print new currency in Braille

HUBLI: A visually impaired association in Karnataka’s Hubli district, while lauding the demonetization initiative, has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to print the new currency notes in the Braille script.

The Chickennakoppa Andhara Kalyana Samithi, a local blind organisaion, expressed this views to the media here.