KOZHIKODE: His world may be in perpetual darkness but he chooses to light up other people’s lives, just like thousands of men and women who have donned the mantle of teaching. And for P A Abdul Kareem, a teacher with Calicut Higher Secondary School for the Handicapped, Kolathara, every day is a challenge to prove himself.
The blind spot of the human eye can be shrunk with certain eye-training exercises, thus improving a person’s vision slightly, a new study has found.
It was during her stay in Udaipur while doing her internship in 2011 when Sadhvi Thukral realised how, adhering to age-old traditions, many families still prohibited women from entering the kitchen while they were menstruating. Appalled by the myths and social taboos attached to the subject, she decided to take up a project on the same – but targeted at the visually impaired.
The Social Welfare Department has proposed to introduce an alert system in Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) buses to make travel easy for visually impaired persons. Minister for Social Welfare B. Valarmathi announced in the Assembly on Monday that Rs. 9.50 lakh had been allotted for the purpose.
A voluntary group for providing reading and scribe services gathered for its inaugural meeting at the District Central Library on Sunday vowing to reach out to visually challenged students in the city.
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.
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