Hi, People may be soft-heartedly feeling sympathetic seeing us as blind. No harm intended. We simply accept their feeling of compassion, bless them from the heart and move on. They could do with some punya even if that is true anyway. Or at least they could do with some blessings from us for the help or facility they might provide us, blind or not as we may be!
Just my thoughts. From: accessindia@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Cauvery Krishna Sent: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 9:52 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: [AI] Why do people say these things to the blind? And what can be done for the same? These are some of the experiences had by one of my students of which I don't have an answer. Could you please help me. 1. Di, I am a visually impaired MBA student, pursuing MBA from an IIM. I was with a senior at the grocery store of our campus, i waited as the senior got ice cream for both of us. The shopkeeper said, "inko bolo kal aane k liye, kal meri taraf se mai inko kuch dunga. Ice cream ya juice kuch dunga meri taraf se." Which roughly translates to, "ask him to come tomorrow, I'll give him an ice cream or juice from my side." So the question is why would the shopkeeper have said the same? I am an MBA student, I was wearing clean clothes, I was holding a forty thousand rupees phone in one hand and a white stick in the other hand. I don't understand did he think I can't afford a Rs 50 ice cream? I am paying the equal amount of fees but upon my survey he never said anything like this to any of the sighted or non disabled students. Why was the ice cream ? For merely being blind? 2. Di, one of my batchmates said, "how is the preparation for the exams going? Do one thing, come let me teach you, I'll get punya by teaching you." Why is it? Why can't people with blindness just exist? What is this attachment of punya if we help the blind we'll get punya? Are we humans or some divine entity. If you don't get punya by helping or teaching a sighted or a non disabled person then why punya from the blind? Please suggest how I can help my student, as clearly, she is in a lot of stress by these experiences. Regards. Cauvery She/her. -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in <mailto:accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAK%3DRgBA6sNW0T0EDWxdD-nYiB%2Byk3-koUU%2BMOeyq8KphZt%2BU-g%40mail.gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAK%3DRgBA6sNW0T0EDWxdD-nYiB%2Byk3-koUU%2BMOeyq8KphZt%2BU-g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/008e01daa08a%24d78e7720%2486ab6560%24%40gmail.com.
