Scribes

The Office Memorandum on the Scribes ’ should be enforced without discrimination

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The Indian government has constituted a committee to review the Office Memorandum on amanuinses for persons with disabilities. The Office Memorandum for the use of scribes which was issued in February 2013 puts the onus on the exam-conducting bodies for…

Wedding reception of blind couples

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Writing from the wedding reception of blind couples In the last one-month, I attended wedding ceremony of three of my former school classmates in Delhi. All three have married to blind girls,and these lovebirds chose to tread life’s journey together…

My trip to NIVH – Some Reflections

My trip to NIVH – Some Reflections

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NIVH – The National Institute of Visually handicap NIVH is the autonomous institution under MSJE which deals with the concerns of blind people. On a recent trip to Dehradoon, yesterday we visited this grand institution. We reached in the morning around…

Disability and Suicide: Who is guilty?

Disability and Suicide: Who is guilty?

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One of the rikshaw-pullers once told me, “to have born in a poor family is the biggest crime”. Sensing his words which were the expressions out of experience, I didn’t approve and said its beyond one’s control. isn’t it? Yet…