Dear friends, To those who prefer to sound holier than thou, let me say this: yes, terminology does have relevance. It has relevance to the extent that it is reflective of a certain mindset; it also has relevance and it impacts and affects our distinct identity as a group.
Talking about feelings behind the use of an expression seems to have become a sad with that holier than thou class. One must ask them whose feelings on earth are they referring to? The feelings of the person using a certain terminology? Or the feelings of the group of persons for whom a certain terminology is used? Who decides our feelings?—we ourselves or others who are persons without disabilities? Obviously, it is only we who should decide and not they. Fact should be stated in a forthright and decent way; and, condescension and patronizing is no substitute for decency. Therefore, i strongly and passionately feel that the saner element amongst persons with disabilities understand the hollowness of this coaxing and cajoling by using condescending expressions like Divyang. Use of this kind of terminology is not just patronizing; it also has the effect of diluting our identity as persons with disabilities, besides, this terminology is also based on an erroneous and misplaced understanding of the narrative of disability which tends to equate disability with ones overall inability. Friends, on the lighter side, if we are labelled as divine limb, how will you label those without disabilities? Demon limb? On 12/30/15, Asudani, Rajesh <rajeshasud...@rbi.org.in> wrote: > Oh, there it's kejriwal and not modi. > > Don't hold center responsible, even if a dog barks in the states governed by > non-NDA, na? > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf > Of Rajesh H Mehta > Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 11:29 AM > To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning > the disabled. > Subject: Re: [AI] My paragraph of the Day: Thank you Mr Narendra Modi for > the ‘divyang’ > > For that matter even in currant alternative car arrangement of Delhi also > there is no leave for Divyangs. > > > > > > From: "Asudani, Rajesh" <rajeshasud...@rbi.org.in> > To: "AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues > concerning the disabled." <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Date: 12/30/2015 11:25 AM > Subject: Re: [AI] My paragraph of the Day: Thank you Mr Narendra > Modi for the ‘divyang’ > Sent by: "AccessIndia" <accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in> > > > > true, > The present government is long on sloganeering and short on actions. > > I have come to expect some new slogan daily... > Smile. > > > Anyway, why couldn't they have excluded Divyangs while withdrawing LPG > subsidy from persons earning more than ten lakh rupees?! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On > Behalf Of Ashik > Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 7:02 AM > To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issuesconcerning > the disabled. > Subject: Re: [AI] My paragraph of the Day: Thank you Mr Narendra Modi for > the ‘divyang’ > > Mr Modi is a man of words. However, as for the implementation, his record > is > very poor. In Gujarat, he is responsible for preventing the entry of the > VI > into the teachership in the primary school. So, please, do not get trapped > by his words. Sorry if my comment sounds political to you. However, I am > not > a man of politics, and I do not have any political intention. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "avinash shahi" <shahi88avin...@gmail.com> > To: "accessindia" <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>; "jnuvision" > <jnuvis...@yahoogroups.com>; "pratiksha.baxi" <pratiksha.b...@gmail.com>; > "sayeverything" <sayeveryth...@sayeverything.org> > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2015 9:16 PM > Subject: [AI] My paragraph of the Day: Thank you Mr Narendra Modi for the > ‘divyang’ > > >> As Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi terming dalits as ‘harijan’ sparked off >> a political and intellectual fervent among the dalits decades ago, >> similarly the Prime Minister Modi’s new invention ‘divyang’ for >> addressing the disabled should spur political awakening and >> intellectual currents among the disabled. This is an opportunity to >> assert one’s choice independently. Isn’t it ironical that the disabled >> people have been unquestioningly burdened with multiple collective >> denominations imposed by the political class and the mainstream media >> without taking them on board. If Mr Modi really thinks we are >> ‘divyang’, then what about extending parliamentary entry through Rajya >> Sabha to the ‘divyangs’ to run the Upper House smoothly and >> efficiently? What about creating Ministry of ‘divyang’ affairs in >> 2016? Why delaying the implementation of the 3 per cent reservation in >> jobs despite the Apex Court’s directions? Mr Modi, merely asking the >> nation to address the disabled as ‘divyang’ is insufficient. If you >> really mean what you say, please increase the budgetary allocation for >> the ‘divyang’ affairs in the forthcoming Budget which was paltry Rs >> 5000 crore for the year 2014-15. The large number of disabled people >> are struggling for the bear minimum, and they are still ‘divyang for >> the Prime Minister, it’s a cruel joke with their lives.‘what’s in a >> name’, they say. >> >> >> -- >> 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. 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