On a balmy August evening, a game of football is about to begin at the astroturf of the Regional Sports Centre in Kochi. Twelve boys are lined up on one side of the ground. Malaysian Loo Wai Keong, the technical advisor who monitors the game, throws the ball into the field. The game is afoot.
CHAMARAJPET:A foundation named after a little village in central Karnataka is now active in the city. Hoovinahole Pratishtana recently honoured Saalumarada Thimmakka, Karnataka’s ‘woman of the avenue trees,’ visually impaired educationist Ashwini Angadi and poet Nagathihalli Ramesh.
KOCHI:Players of the Indian Blind Football Team fought with the same intensity as that of professional football teams in the exhibition match held at the Regional Sports Centre here on Tuesday.
QUEEN'S ROAD: A video featuring Tumpa Kumari singing the popular Hindi song, ‘Sun Raha Hai Na Tu,’ went viral last month and lakhs of people watched and heard this mellifluous rendition in wonder. In a true tribute to the power of social media in today’s times, people who appreciated her talent, relentlessly forwarded the video on WhatsApp, Facebook, YouTube and every other medium available.
HYDERABAD: In spite of various campaigns and awareness initiatives taken by the health administration, the number of people suffering from blindness is rising in Hyderabad and more than 6,000 people are waiting for corneal transplantation in the district.
LUCKNOW: The longing for light emanates from the most profound darkness. Turning this proverb true, a student from Shakuntala Mishra National Rehabilitation University has shown the way to fight blindness in UP. First year student in MA History, Ekta Pandey has pledged to donate her eyes to King George's Medical University's eye bank.
Motor-racing is not for the faint-hearted. But when you are deaf and blind, it takes on a different dimension.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Students with visual impairment in the state will be given admission to science stream in Higher Secondary classes, from this year onwards.
A relatively new company called the eSight Corpration has designed special glasses that allow some people who have been declared “legally blind” to be able to see pretty clearly.
CHENNAI: A farmer’s son from a remote village near Sathankulam in Tutikorin district won the state-level chess tournament for visually challenged children organised by Nethrodaya, a self-help institution, recently.
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