Rightly expressed friend, poor people belong to who-so-ever community are the most neglected by the state and the civil society.
On 11/25/15, muruganandan.k <send2...@gmail.com> wrote: > this is really pathetic and unfortunate. While disability and poverty > are huge hindrances in their own right, both these factors have proved > detrimental in the family of a blind woman. The real problems and > vulnerabilities suffered by the blind, especially blind women and > poor, remain beyond the grasp of many activists, NGOs and policy > makers. One can imagine how many of such painful incidents would have > gone unreported... > > On 11/24/15, avinash shahi <shahi88avin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> At the colony in Bhalswa where five members of a family were killed >> in a fire, in New Delhi on Monday.Photo: Sushil Kumar Verma >> http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/kalam-defied-family-to-marry-visuallychallenged-woman/article7910202.ece >> >> >> >> >> For Mohammad Kalam, it was love at first sight, as soon as he was >> introduced to visually-challenged Rabina. Her visual impairment was >> not a bar for him and he promised an orphaned Rabina’s aunt that he >> would hold her hand at every step. >> >> But, Kalam’s family disapproved of the marriage, Rabina’s aunt Asha >> Khatoon, told The Hindu . >> >> Seeking livelihood, the couple had landed in Delhi over a decade ago. >> While Kalam worked as a labourer, Rabina would sometimes even seek >> alms to feed her four children, the youngest of who was only eight >> months old. However, a fire cut short the lives of five of the family >> members on Monday. >> >> “The couple had nothing with them when they landed in Delhi. I gave >> them utensils,” said Khatoon. They first lived in another part of >> Bhalswa Dairy when another fire, several years ago, left them with >> nothing. >> >> “Kalam and Rabina were away from home when their rented room was first >> burgled and then set on fire by unknown persons,” said Khatoon. The >> family began life afresh by setting up a jhuggi alongside three others >> at one corner of the JJ Colony. >> >> Locals said Rabina did her best to not let her visual disability come >> in the way of running her little house and looking after her children. >> “She did all household work on her own and cooked all dishes, except >> rotis. She could not roll rotis because of her blindness,” said her >> neighbour Saira Biwi, also blind in one eye. >> >> “Only last night she was pestering me and my family to accompany her >> and her children to a mela in Swaroop Nagar as her husband needed to >> attend work and was unable to spare time,” said her neighbour Mohammad >> Bablu. >> >> Of late, thieves had been taking advantage of Rabina’s blindness. This >> is being cited by her neighbours as an important reason why the family >> could not escape to safety when their house burnt. >> >> “In Kalam’s absence, some thieves had been regularly entering his >> jhuggi and making away with cash and other items. The family would >> complain of theft almost every 15-20 days,” said Saira. This had >> prompted Kalam to use a lock to secure his house even while the family >> slept inside at night. >> >> It is suspected that Kalam was possibly unable to locate the lock’s >> key in the darkness. Saira said even Kalam had been slowly losing his >> eyesight for a year or so. >> >> Meanwhile, the accident drew Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to >> the spot as he met the four affected families and assured them of >> proper houses. He also announced a compensation of Rs.2 lakh for each >> of the adults and Rs.1 lakh for the children killed in the fire. This >> Rs.8 lakh would be spent for the deceased couple’s nine-year-old >> daughter who survived. The other homeless families would be provided >> Rs.25,000 each. >> >> >> On 11/24/15, avinash shahi <shahi88avin...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Blind-woman-failed-to-find-her-way-out-Cops/articleshow/49898951.cms >>> NEW DELHI: Kalam or his family members could have escaped the fire had >>> the door of his hutment not been locked from inside, said police. His >>> blind wife Rabina was burnt to death, along with their infant son, >>> whom she was holding close to her chest. >>> >>> Cops said she probably failed to find her way out of the burning >>> jhuggi as her husband and other kids lay unconscious on the floor >>> after the fire broke early on Monday. >>> >>> The family hailed from Madhubani in Bihar. While Kalam worked at >>> construction sites, Rabina used to beg in neighbouring localities to >>> support her family. According to police, there had been a theft in >>> their jhuggi a few months ago. Since then Kalam used to keep the entry >>> of the shanty locked from inside. >>> >>> "This might have proved costly for the family. The location of the >>> charred bodies suggests that probably it was only the woman who had >>> woken up while others had fallen unconscious due to suffocation. >>> However, it seemed she could not raise an alarm and died, along with >>> her infant son," said a senior police officer. >>> >>> Their relatives said that the couple had left behind a daughter, the >>> eldest among the children, who lives in their native village. The >>> family earlier lived near Nizamuddin and shifted to northwest Delhi a >>> few years ago. Kalam's elder brother, Mohammed Alam (45), a painter, >>> stays in Sarai Kale Khan. >>> >>> "It was around 4am when I got a phone call from one of their >>> neighbours and rushed to their house. On reaching there, I found my >>> brother and his entire family dead. Fire and police officials were on >>> the spot and the bodies had been taken to hospital. I have lost half >>> my family. He was youn >>> >>> -- >>> Avinash Shahi >>> Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU >>> >> >> >> -- >> Avinash Shahi >> Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU >> >> >> >> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of >> mobile phones / Tabs on: >> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> >> Search for old postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to >> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in >> 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 >> >> >> 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. 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