Hi Rajani, I support your views and observation. Any person, as I think, has his own stile and way to communicate and interact with the people. My opinion may be wrong or change in the vision of some people but not the fact that good communication always requires good term, good words and good language. Your word, your language represents your internal thoughts, what is your mentality, what is there in your mind and heart. I know we are not able to see from our eyes or some of us may like to call it we are blind but if you are expert of Hindi then must be knowing that blind means Anddha and anddha means full of darkness, person with lack of wisdom. I also dont have any hesitation to state that Anddha word given in any Hindi book is not good or elegant. Drishti Heen is the right word. For those who favor blind or Anddha word, would like to ask do you have sight problem or have lack of wisdom. Your answer: lack of sight. Then what is the need to use blind or Anddha word. Smile! I dont disagree the statement of World Blind union but we need to change ourselves in better term as they indicate, then what is the harm using Visually Challenge word. The time is running very fast, things are changing time to time and in this scenario, modification of the words seems necessary. Its matter of communication, dear friends. If youve got to address some people from the stage, there are some beggars sitting in the crowd, will you like to address them by using the word beggar? I dont feel any civilized person will like to do so. Another instance: I dont wish to take the name of the Prime Minister, exact date I dont have remember but there was a Prime Minister of India in late nineties who used the words in Hindi aur hamare bhangi bhai in his address to the nation from Lal Kila on the occasion of Independent day. He was addressing people of STSC and OBC. This Prime Minister was criticized by the people and then ultimately he apologized for the term and words he used. So our words and language make the difference. Everyone likes to speak good, listen good, and more over every human being wants to do good in his life. Am not emphatically saying that we are bounded to not to use the blind word, it is upto our own choice but dont see any disadvantage in using the word visually Challenge Too. When we discuss about communication, it is recommended that we should try to use refined and good words in terms of politeness. The question is not only about blindness or blind word, the matter is more about how one should communicate and present about sightlessness in the society. If there is a person in your office who is your boss or senior to you, in Hindi, can you call him tu? Instead of aap? In English, wont you like to call him sir in his respect? Similarly, can a teacher in our class or father at our home be addressed tu instead of aap in Hindi? No never. My only concern about using the respectful term ether its matter of blind, Visually Challenge words or any communication what so ever. In communication, I see the necessaty of being more litteral with being figurative. Some of us are saying that we should not have any problem accepting the fact we are visually impaired, I agree, but I have wondered how come the fact that we are visually disabled gets change if we use the word Visually Challenge. Can't say about others but I see beauty of the life in the beautiful words.--
Thanks, Amit Bhatt Voice-Off: 1-800-566-4604 Ext 560 Mob: +91 935-006-3109 "A player that makes a team great is more valuable than a great player" Quoting Rajani G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Dear members, > I hope many of you on the list agree with me that it is better that > we > atleast do not or stop using the word Blind and start using > visually > challenged in our conversation. I feel the phrase is more polite > and > doesnot hurt the feelings who are visually challenged. > let us try to use it in our communication. > Rajani > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject > unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other > changes, please visit the list home page at > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Refinance While Rates are Still Low Compare adjustable rates from up to 4 lenders. No credit check! http://tagline.bidsystem.com/fc/BgLEQfI1AxdVyXhMl226OFm4CLPDBvve6n3g/ To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
