In a first-of-its-kind initiative, International Film Festival of India (IFFI), has tied up with Saksham, a non-governmental organisation, to bring the magic of movies to the visually challenged.

The idea is to make movies accessible to all, and, in the process, reach out to wider audiences. Initiated in collaboration with UNESCO, the move, aimed at empowering persons belonging to marginalised sections of society, will see the visually challenged enjoy films screened at IFFI like common audiences.

KOLKATA: Children with blindness will soon be able to savour classics of Bengali literature, thanks to a combined effort of three top institutes of higher education: IIT-Kharagpur, Jadavpur University (JU) and Indian Statistical Institute (ISI). The computer science and technology department of IIT-Kgp has devised a software that is helping render some of these evergreen texts into braille, the first time this is being done with an Indian language.

Bathinda, October 27

Miffed with the state government for not paying heed to their demands for the past several years, members of the Physically Disabled Persons’ Association today took out a march near Ambedkar Chowk in the city.

CHENNAI: “Compassion and kindness are languages that the deaf can hear and the blind can see and the mentally ill can understand,” said Dr Sarada Menon, founder of Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF), as she received ‘Mother Teresa Award’ from Indian Development Foundation (IDF, formerly Indian Leprosy Foundation) on Tuesday.

Speaking at the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Dr Menon said the country has come a long way when it comes to mental health 

On World Sight Day, photographers in the city were allowed a glimpse into the world of their companions who were visually impaired