THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Art D’ Hope has chosen to celebrate ‘Helen Keller’, by presenting an exhibition of paintings on her at the Le Meridien, Kochi. Incidentally, Helen (1880-1968) was an American author and political activist. She was also the first visually and hearing-impaired person to earn a bachelor of arts degree.

BENGALURU: Visually and hearing impaired adults on Friday experienced their first ride on a portion of Namma Metro’s underground Corridor with the help of an NGO and IT concern, who facilitated it.  Sense International India had organised the ride for 34 visually and hearing impaired adults along with their interpreters from Swami Vivekananda Metro station to Cubbon Park Metro station. Thirteen volunteers from Cognizant also took part.

CHENNAI: Shree Geeta Bhavan Trust, in collaboration with the Tamil Nadu Differently-Abled Federation Charitable Trust (TNDFC), has announced that it will organise mass marriages for the disabled for the seventh consecutive year, in December. The counselling for  the marriages will begin in September. “We are looking to get at least 60-70 couples married this year,”said Ashok Kumar Goel, managing trustee of Shree Geeta Bhavan Trust, at a press conference recently.

NEW DELHI: The government is considering increasing the budget from Rs 150 crore last year to Rs 200 crore for providing aids and equipment to disabled persons, Union Minister Krishan Pal Gurjar said on Sunday.