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Blindness shouldn't be a barrier to banking: ending discrimination in India

Fri, 10/10/2014 - 13:05 -- geeta.nair

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) in India have helped transform the lives of more than 80 million poor people through small loans, according to Microfinance India’s state of the sector report in 2012. But why have they remained out of reach for more than 70 million people with disabilities?

The story of a software developer inspired by his Visually impaired father

Thu, 10/09/2014 - 13:40 -- geeta.nair

KASARGOD: Nalin Sathyan has successfully hidden his other identity --Nalin.x.Linux -- for long. He is as obscure as his home, a two-bedroom blind teacher's quarters hidden by outgrown grass on Seethangoli Road at Vidyanagar in Kasargod.

 Only five persons, including his family of four, know Nalin has been participating in the Google Summer of Code (GSOC) for the past two years, winning $5,500 each season (`6.76 lakh) as stipend from the
technology giant at Mountain View, California. However, the anonymity of Nalin.x.Linux is restricted to the physical world.

Golden Moment for UoH’s Visually-impaired Girl

Mon, 10/06/2014 - 11:59 -- geeta.nair

HYDERABAD: Securing a gold medal in university is every student’s dream. Twentytwo-year-old Pavithra Molugu neither saw this dream nor claims to have worked tirelessly to attain this.

Having achieved this, however, despite being visually challenged, Pavithra generously gives credit to her family and friends who supported her all the way for her success.

Picture books for the visually-impaired get a 3D boost

Mon, 09/29/2014 - 15:21 -- nikita.jain

“Goodnight room. Goodnight moon. Goodnight cow jumping over the moon. Goodnight light, and the red balloon...”

Remember the classic children’s book where a bunny says good night to everything around it? Now, thanks to the efforts of a University of ColoradoBoulder team, Margaret Wise Brown’s Goodnight Moon is now available in 3D.   

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