Gurvinder Singh Tribune News Service Ludhiana, October 22
To ensure that those who cannot come to cast their vote on their own during the upcoming Assembly elections aren’t left out, the district administration is going to reach out to them at their doorstep to help them exercise their adult franchise.
Anyone who has a little knowledge about cricket for the visually challenged would know that for players of the B1 category (those who are completely blind), scoring every single run is a big achievement as compared to the players of B2 and B3 categories (those who can see up to three metres and six metres respectively). No wonder every run scored by the players of B1 category is doubled when it’s counted for the team.
In an endeavour to build awareness that the visually challenged are very much part of the mainstream society, around 50 persons, including students of the Government School for the Blind here, staged a nearly one-km rally on Tuesday.
The rally was taken out to the Government College here as part of the World White Cane Safety day that fell on October 15.
Steps to be taken
The programme was organised by the district unit of the Kerala Federation of the Blind in association with the with the National Service Scheme (NSS) at the Government College.
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, October 17
He could have been like any other ‘raagi’ after his retirement in 1998 from the Golden Temple, where he worked for 30 years. But, Bhai Gurmej Singh had a wish. Being visually impaired, he wanted many like him to read the holy Sikh scriptures.
He transliterated Guru Granth Sahib into Braille in 2012. Four year later, he transliterated ‘Vaars’, a kind of Punjabi poetry, of Bhai Gurdas into Braille.
Aarti Kapur
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 14
As many as 18 girl students participated in a fashion show, which was organised by the National Association for the Blind (NAB) to celebrate International White Cane Day, at the Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector 11, here today.
KOCHI: Clad in white jerseys, many thronged the Le Meridien Hotel for Run to Give 2016, a charity event organised by Le Meridien and Society for Rehabilitation of Visually Challenged (SRVC), on Sunday. The seven-kilometre run commenced on hotel premises, moving through Kannidikadu and ending back at the hotel. The funds were raised by the registrations of the participants which was 500 per person. Funds were also generated by event sponsors Bacardi, Sula Vineyards and Executive Events.
KOCHI: Taking off from where the hugely popular T-20 Asia Cup for the visually challenged here had left off, Cricket Association for the Blind in Kerala(CABK) would host a maiden Kerala Premier League for visually challenged persons in the city in December on the occasion of World Disability Day.
THE NATIONAL Association for the Blind (NAB) in association with Amway Opportunity Foundation (AOF) celebrated the International White Cane Day on Friday. The celebrations included a fashion show and a talent hunt competition amongst visually impaired students from institutes across Chandigarh and Punjab. The intent was to encourage the academic as well as overall personality development of the visually impaired students and provide them with a platform where they could showcase their talent. Nishu Singal, UT director (social welfare department) was the chief guest.
NEW DELHI: Around Diwali last year, corporate trainer Akash Bhardwaj was out shopping when he saw a nearly blind woman, with scars on her face, selling balloons. She had a small baby . Her husband had abandoned her after a neighbour disfigured her face with acid. She had also lost her job as a security guard.
"She asked me, 'Jis aurat ko muh dekh ke nikaal diya, usko kaun naukri dega (Who will employ a woman sacked because of a disfigured face)?'" says Bhardwaj, 31.
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