Navin Gulia, a name, that doesn’t need any introduction..Navin Gulia, a soldier in real sense of the term, a fighter in true sense who has never learnt to give up. “The Man” never surrendered to the circumstances and continued to face the rough challenges of life even after spinal cord injury. He had to remain hospitalized for two years but the spirits remained undaunted.
Dr Ketna Mehta, a great personality, a dedicated social worker, an adventure loving person, a compassionate soul and a human being possessing indomitable courage, is the founder of Nina Foundation. She has completed her PhD on a breakthrough area in Healthcare Management.
44-year-old Malini Chib was born with cerebral palsy. But she not only overcame the challenges that she faced but also took up the cause for the differently-abled by speaking out for their rights and the problems they face. A cause that finds reflection in her book, One Little Finger, that outlines the journey of her life and the odds she faced.
Naga Naresh Karutura has just passed out of IIT Madras in Computer Science and has joined Google in Bangalore. You may ask, what’s so special about this 21-year-old when there are hundreds of students passing out from various IITs and joining big companies like Google?
R. Priya, a visually challenged girl of V.V.V. College for Women in Virudhunagar, had an unusual project in mind for her M.Phil dissertation – ‘Rehabilitation programme for women at the Vellore special prison.’
Articulate speech coupled with a pinch of philosophy and unending optimism defines Mohammed Wasim, a visually challenged English tutor, at the Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled. Born with his vision intact, Mr. Wasim developed microphthalmos, a hereditary eye disease, that eventually led to his being visually impaired at the age of seven.
Sagar Morankar, a 22-year-old visually challenged student has been granted Pratham P K Sirdeshmukh Maharaj Scholarship for his dedication in dhrupad (classical) singing. Hailing from Chalisgaon, Jalgaon district, Sagar came to Pune when he was in 1st standard in 1993 and took admission in Pune Home for Blind, Koregaon Park.
Manjunath V., Srinivas Murthy and Ashok. They are all in their early 20s, undergraduate and visually challenged. They are the three visually challenged people to anchor news bulletins in the history of Indian television. They anchored Kannada news on Doordarshan Kendra’s regional Channel Chandana in Bangalore Jan 4, the second birth centenary of Louis Braille, founder of the Braille script.
I admire a lot of things about Prateek – his pro-activity, entrepreneurial spirit, professionalism and many other qualities! .Today Prateek’s story will start making impact on hundreds of people. But more than this, I believe that from now on we will start receiving dozens, hundreds and, who knows, thousands of stories of people all over the World! So let’s enjoy Prateek’s story! You can also find an audio version below the video.
திறமைகளை சமூகத்தில் புகுத்தும் திறமை உடையவள் இவள் – சிறுவயதிலிருந்தே நாட்குறிப்பு எழுதிய அனுபவமுடையவராக இருந்ததால் தனது எழுத்தின் மூலம் நவீன வார்த்தைகளை அறிமுகப்படுத்திக் கொண்டவருக்கு தான் சந்திக்க நேர்ந்த நிகழ்வுகளை காலத்தின் பதிவுகளாய் கவிதையாய் உருவாக்குவது எளிதானது.