Yes, it's a pleasant moment for us when we can easily manage these kinds of products without needing anyone's help. Even though I don't read Braille quickly, I can still understand when I run my fingers over it. But,
Savlon has Braille markings on some of their products for over five years, such as the hand wash and antiseptic gel. At the Radio Udaan convention, we distributed these products to raise awareness in our community. However, when we approached Savlon to extend this feature to all their products, they mentioned that there is very little demand for such products. It's disheartening that while we advocate for accessibility publicly, there seems to be minimal interest when it comes to actual usage. Only a few people here inquire about accessible products. Regards, Minal From: accessindia@accessindia.org.in <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> On Behalf Of Yamuna Jivana Dasa Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2024 10:16 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: [AI] A pleasant surprise: It's not just shower gel, and no this is not off-topic for the blind!! Hi friends, A few weeks back, my wife bought some shower gel on Amazon. Seemed like an ordinary event and I thought nothing of it. When the package arrived, my eldest son excitedly brought it to me. “Baba! Baba! Come check this out” he exclaimed as he put the bottle into my hands. Not thinking much of it I asked “What is this?” without much examination of the bottle. “sShower gel” he said, still excited. “Feel the bottle”. Somehow I still didn’t catch on, as I fingered lamely around the bottle’s edges. “Ok Nice”, I said. “Go pack this away now”. “No! Feel the face of the bottle. Feel properly.” He insisted. I now knew something was up so with more alertness I carefully examined the face of the bottle. Before I could even figure it out he exclaimed “Braille!” And he was right. Not just that, but both the front face and on the rear face had a whole lot of braille. On the front face across the short side was written in short single lines as follows: Fiama Shower Gel On the opposite face, this time along the length of the bottle was written, again in beautiful braille letters along the length of the bottle this time: Patchouli And macadamia It was uncontracted, no capitalization of letters, the dots felt somewhat faded on the plastic label, but still it was a pleasant surprise indeed. Coming to India I wasn’t sure I would ever see beautiful braille again, here in the village of Vrindavana. Just for this fact I would like to keep buying this product, to simply say thank you for remembering us on the fringes of society, while most others see us as nothing more than disabled people that might at least be able to sing for some handout. We now bought 4 bottles in total for the moment, and every morning I can’t help running my fingers over the braille when I take some out to shower my body. It just feels so warmly familiar. Just wanted to share this small yet heart-warming story of my own personal experience. With kind regards, Yamuna Jivana dasa -- 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in <mailto:accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/005201da940b%246f87e8e0%244e97baa0%24%40gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/005201da940b%246f87e8e0%244e97baa0%24%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . -- 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/04aa01da9476%24bc64def0%24352e9cd0%24%40gmail.com.
