A two-day programme for students of Red Cross School for the Blind in Berhampur, Odisha, ended on Thursday. They were taught to use meditation and music as catalysts to eradicate inferiority complex and build a better personality to face the world.

At 19 years of age, Datta Baban Gawli, a vendor earning his living in local trains at Daund, suffered an accident and it led to the amputation of both his legs. Not one to give up, he got a tricycle wheelchair and started selling goods again. He availed a disability certificate from Sassoon general hospital to ensure that he could use the tricycle wheelchair in the train.

BENGALURU: What if you are chasing a treasure by road and all the directions are written in Braille?

In a fundraiser event held in the city on Sunday, visually-impaired persons directed seasoned drivers by reading out the instructions issued in Braille, so that they could reach the treasure and win the event.

Although colours have no meaning for them, students of a residential school for blind girls in Berhampur of Odisha celebrated Holi on Thursday with colours of joy.