Such gems are rare, May his spirit rest in peace and continue to guide us in subtle ways from beyond! His efforts to run a e periodical for the blind were fraught with numerous pecuniary and other problems but were also accompanied by his indomitable courage.
I deeply mourn his absence [from our immediate and direct perception.] Rajesh ----- Original Message ----- From: "pamnani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 4:02 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Bad News >I am shocked. The last mail I received from Prof. Sena was on 8 December - > not even a week ago and now he is gone. > > During the last one year he has been guiding us about the copyright > problem. > He had shared all his information and introduced us to all concerned > which > allowed us not to reinvent the wheel. For those who dont know, Prof. Sena > had made the first and only presentation to the Parliamentary Committee > about our copyright problems and requirements. > > I am going to personally miss the knowledge, guidance and support that he > used to give us over mail and telephone and which we would have needed as > we go into the crucial phase of the copyright issues. > > Sad loss indeed and bad timing. > Kanchan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Col. Pradeep Kapoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 00:53 > Subject: [AI] Bad News > > >> Dear Friends, >> This mail is to inform you of the sad demise of Prof Vinod >> Sena, at New Delhi on 10 Dec 06. He succumbed to a cardiac arrest. >> Prof Sena was visually challenged himself, while working >> for the blind on issues he felt were important. He ran an NGO - >> Shruti, which focusses on aspects affecting access to higher education >> for the Print disabled. He helped to highlight issues like books for >> the blind & corresponding benefits from modifications to the Copyright >> laws. He was instrumental in establishing the first computer facility >> for the Blind at Delhi University. He had also established a web site >> for the Blind. Recently, on 2 Dec, he had been honoured with the >> Hellen Keller award. >> with best wishes >> yours sincerely >> Col P Kapoor >> General Secy. >> >> 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 > > > 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 > 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
