On 10/20/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Send AccessIndia mailing list submissions to > accessindia@accessindia.org.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of AccessIndia digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. hullo friends! (mukesh jain) > 2. Converting Audio Cassettes in to Audio CDS (Blindinfo.org) > 3. Re: Access denied, for disabled in the city (renuka warriar) > 4. about typing programs (Mamta) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:41:07 +0100 (BST) > From: mukesh jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [AI] hullo friends! > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hullo friends! > ?I am a visually challenged person since birth. I am > a Law Graduate and pursuing my further studies for > LL.M. I have practiced as a Advocate of Mumbai High > Court for 3 years between 2001-2004. Since 2004 I am > working with NTPC Ltd. Situated in district Korba of > Chhatisgarh state as Junior Asst. Law. > I am also fond off reading different books in Braille > and E-text version. I like to play chess, cricket, and > light indoor games. I am also interested in surfing > the net for various information such as, articles, > news, downloading useful softwares, etc. making new > friends and meeting various people is my major part of > interest. > I am a ambitious and self-confident person. > Therefore, I do sincerely make the appeal to all of > you to make me as your good friend. I would like to > join your hands to be a part of your family. Welcoming > all of you? > > Good bye. Take care. > > > Have a nice day, > > Mukesh Jain > > > Save all your chat conversations. Find them online at > http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:27:35 +0530 > From: "Blindinfo.org" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [AI] Converting Audio Cassettes in to Audio CDS > To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Dear Friends > > One of my friend is looking for a person, who can convert the Audio > Cassettes songs & bhajans into CDs, or record the same on a hard disk. > > This job can be easily done by a VH. > > Who has JAWS on his computer & has a walkman. > > Anyone interested in job, please contact me at the earliest. > > Kindly reply to my personal id > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Awaiting your early reply. > > Regards > Sushmeetha > > > > > > -------------------------------------- > Ascent Networks Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, India > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 19:45:39 +0530 > From: "renuka warriar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [AI] Access denied, for disabled in the city > To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > why the original message has not reached in my inbox? > > Renuka. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Devnandan Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Blindinfo.org" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 4:42 PM > Subject: Re: [AI] Access denied, for disabled in the city > > > >i have the same as you desire, i will send you tha same. > > > > dev kumar > > > > > > On 10/20/07, Blindinfo.org <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Dear List Members > >> > >> With regards to the below mail, do anyone have the LAW Judgment or some > >> legal document, which forces the builders or architects to make > >> accessible > >> infra structure. > >> > >> If yes than do pass the same to my personal id, mentioned below. > >> > >> As I need to produce the same to one of the known builders. > >> > >> Look forward for your early reply. > >> > >> Regards > >> Sushmeetha > >> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "vishnu ramchandani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > >> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 2:18 PM > >> Subject: [AI] Access denied, for disabled in the city > >> > >> > >> Access denied, for disabled in the city > >> > >> Riddhi Shah and Jaya Shroff > >> , Hindustan Times > >> > >> Mumbai/New Delhi, October 19, 2007 > >> > >> First Published: 03:11 IST(19/10/2007) > >> > >> Last Updated: 03:18 IST(19/10/2007) > >> > >> Our politicians say Mumbai will be the new Shanghai > >> when comparisons between the city and New York keep > >> cropping up. But Mumbai's dream of becoming a global > >> megapolis is distant and far-fetched. Why? Just ask > >> yourself these questions: when was the last time you > >> saw a disabled person use public transport without > >> help? Can a disabled person use the footpaths in the > >> city? Would he or she be able to go to a public toilet > >> in the city's restaurants, malls or buildings? > >> > >> "There is little awareness. No one realises that we > >> should be allowed to live life independently," says > >> Sunita Sancheti, access head of ADAPT (Able Disabled > >> All People Together), an NGO working towards making > >> the city more disabled-friendly. > >> > >> Everything, from banks to hospitals, transport > >> services to hotels, is built with scant regard to the > >> disabled. "The trains have a very small compartment > >> for the disabled but it is routinely used as a toilet > >> by miscreants. When we complain to the authorities, > >> they tell us we are responsible for it. There > >> is also a big gap between the platform and the > >> carriage, and the stations are completely inaccessible > >> with no ramps and no signs," says Nilesh Singit, > >> a disability rights activist. > >> > >> The hospitality industry is no better. "The Oberoi has > >> an accessible toilet but inside one of its rooms. The > >> Taj got one only after ADAPT held a conference > >> there," says Sancheti. > >> > >> Hospitals, one would think, would be better equipped. > >> But that's not the case. "There are no accessible > >> toilets and many sections don't have ramps," says > >> Sancheti, adding: "This is harming India economically > >> too. With the medical tourism boom, more disabled > >> people are coming to the city. We must serve their > >> needs better if we want to encourage them to come > >> here." > >> > >> Delhi, it seems, is no better. Despite attempts by > >> NGOs, social activists and the media, the picture is > >> discouraging. The city is getting a major face-lift > >> for the Commonwealth Games in 2010 but once again, > >> builders are paying scant attention to the needs of > >> the physically challenged. > >> > >> The Delhi Transport Corporation buses look plush and > >> modern but fall short when it comes to accessibility > >> to the disabled. "The absence of curbed ramps > >> makes it impossible for the wheelchair-bound to get on > >> board," says Javed Abidi, an activist. > >> > >> The railway stations, forget accessible, are downright > >> hazardous. Lack of warning signs, tactile blocks and > >> little security makes travelling a dangerous > >> prospect for the blind. > >> > >> Most government buildings are not disabled-friendly. > >> And while modern banking and retailing may have > >> brought about a consumer revolution, there is no way > >> wheelchair users can use ATM machines and trolleys at > >> retail stores. > >> > >> But it's not all bleak. In Mumbai, the K Raheja Corp > >> is ensuring all its constructions are > >> disabled-friendly. Both the InOrbit mall and Shoppers' > >> Stop > >> have wheelchair-accessible toilets on every floor and > >> ramps built to international specifications. "The cost > >> of making these changes is minimal. And we > >> get more business due to them," says the group's > >> senior architect Madhuri Khandekar. > >> > >> At the state level too, several positive steps have > >> been taken. The high court had ordered all government > >> buildings to get disabled-friendly by 2005; the > >> Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority has > >> made it mandatory for all new buildings within its > >> jurisdiction to do the same. "The last three years > >> have seen some changes," says Sancheti. "It's not that > >> people don't care, they just don't think." > >> > >> In Delhi, the DTC recently reconstructed its bus bays > >> to make it accessible to the physically challenged. > >> And the Delhi Metro is already disabled-friendly. > >> > >> > >> Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. To know how, go > >> to > >> http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html > >> > >> To unsubscribe send a message to > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> 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 > >> > >> > >> -------------------------------------- > >> Ascent Networks Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, India > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> To unsubscribe send a message to > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Devnandan Kumar > > Executive Officer > > Rehabilitation Society of the Visually Impaired, > > First Floor, Avadh Tower, Hazratganj, Lucknow > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 21:36:33 +0530 > From: "Mamta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [AI] about typing programs > To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello Every one! > I wanted to no about 2 typing programs! > 1. talking typing teacher! > 2. Spell well Typing/Spelling improving program! > Well Please anyone who has any information about the same then! Please do > let me no! > I am interested to use these softwares for Practise/typing perpusses! > Your any and all help is highly appritiated! > Many thanks > regards > Mamta. > The greatest tragedy that can ever befall a human being is to have eyes and > still not see... > @@"Helen Keler" > Have a great day!! > Regards > Mamta. > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > AccessIndia mailing list > AccessIndia@accessindia.org.in > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > End of AccessIndia Digest, Vol 18, Issue 59 > ******************************************* >
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