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.
The media has a tough job to do. And it does it, by and large. Sometimes falling short, sometimes rising to the occasion. One of the areas where it has fallen short – consistently – without even considering the possibility of making amends, is in being inclusive; in including persons with disability, finds Shamya Dasgupta
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.
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