There are some people in this world who refuse to admit defeat, people who have such inner courage that they are an inspiration to others. Dr Satish Amarnath, a microbiologist working with Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, is one such person.

He had always wanted to be a microbiologist. “My parents wanted me to do medicine so they encouraged me to apply and I got a seat,” he remembers. “After completing medicine, I went back to Microbiology, but the only difference being that now it is Medical Microbiology and not Industrial Microbiology.”

The recently concluded Indo-Pak Petro Cup Blind Cricket series between India and Pakisan received a fair amount of media attention. While excited about their 4-0 win over the Pakistani team, Indian players are concerned about livelihood issues and the lack of institutional recognition of blind sportspersons. Anand Vivek Taneja reports from the field.

We have good news on the inclusion front. Braille is now a registered script with the Registrar of Newspapers in India (R.N.I.). ‘Beyond the I’ is the first registered Braille magazine in India, and we hope to see more magazines in Braille printed all over the country in the time to come. People with blindness and visual impairments can then have additional avenues of inclusion.