The problem as Rajesh put it, the words from the PM is an imposition. Govt officials do not have the backbone to stand up and say that they disagree. If the PM has said that PWDs are to be called Diviang then the Govt officials will blindly follow (no pun intended). The PM is not a subject matter expert. He has made a statement to the best of his understanding. No problem with that. But the sector needs to unite and educate and encourage the Govt officials to use their brains to avert another outflow of Govt resources to unproductive ends.
On another note I wonder if the group knows that the huge skill development drive that is aiming to train and place 2.5 million disabled persons by 2022 is mainly targeted at the Deaf, PH and the intellectually challenged. Even organisations who have started with skilling the blind are now shifting by and large towards skilling other disabilities. It has become a number game. I am afraid the blind persons are going to be left out if we do not assert ourselves. -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of avinash shahi Sent: 01 January 2016 14:07 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’ How do we make it crystal clear that our fight is not with the Modi as a person. However his suggestion of 'divyang' as the PM of a largely uneducated country needs to be taken seriously. Why some of us always think that the disability is apolitical subject. Its very much political and we should politicize it to the extent we could. Otherwise, non-disabled will leave us no where to bargain our fair share. We should not forget that the entitlements provisioned in the PWD Acd are the outcome of the social model of disability to some extent which aims to put burden on the society for the disabling condition. Its unfortunate that handful of us think its a paid campaign against Mr Modi. We are merely airing our views in the publick domain which is vital for the strengthening of the disability studies and the disability advocacy. Mr Subramani, I'm not that old who could claim decades of experience of working in the sector. I'm student and in my limited capacity as a writer I do my best in raising serious concerns of ours. We successfully played our part in stalling the passage of the faulty RPD Bill braught by the UPA II. We should understand the importance of the publick debate and discussion which hardly takes place in the disability sector. Its not that only writing to PMO merrly on twitter would solve our issue. There are large sections in India who view disabled people as 'divyang'. and formalizing of the term would do a great damage in the future. No media house wants to publish anything about the ramification of the 'divyang' why? because there is an agreement with the suggestion. I lament why we don't have publications taking up disability discourse seriously. Its an opportune time to expose the politics behind the terms 'specially-abled' differently-abled' and 'divyang'. On 1/1/16, P. Subramani <subramani6...@gmail.com> wrote: > well avinash, we must fight with the govt to get these things done rather > than asking the govt as to why you haven't done all these. There is no > reason for suddenly taking a hardline against the after BJP coming to > power. Where were you people and others while the earlier govt was ruling? > Is this paid/concerted anti-BJP campaign? > -Mail: subramani6...@gmail.com > Mob: 9738150192 > Facebook: facebook.com/subu.subramani.16 > ----- 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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