Well, We have to excel in whatever we do. That is the approach to make ourselves counted in a democracy. As an approach it sounds good but let us consider some things:
1. Noboty disabled or able-bodied can excel in whatever s/he does. 2. A person with disability has to put in N fold more efforts and has to encounter N number of more hardships to even approximate the average level of functioning in general. 3. So the mandate of excellence as per general norm in all spheres of activity is a tall order for a disabled person. 4. Society is not fine-tuned to calibrate the yardstic of performance and excellence according to a persons disability and temperament. 5. So, we may say that a person with disability should try to do at his best whatever s/he is doing and widen the sphere of her/his activities, without laying down something so vague as excellence. regards Rajesh -----Original Message----- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of rahul cherian Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 11:45 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] KPCC cell for the differently abled hello pavan, I believe that people with disability will be a vote bank if we can organise ourselves because there are about 10 crore people with disability in India alone. Till we organise ourselves, we will have to rely on the charity model where we beg for our rights and not a rights based model where we can demand our rights. I agree with your approach of building confidence in people and i think this can be done not only by being service oriented and helping people but also being more active in mainstream activities, whether it be in professions, business or otherwise. Mainstream society has to look at people with disability as being equal to them and not as a community that wants sympathy. We should be fearless and challenge perceptions of people by excelling in whatever we do. I feel that mainstream society has not had the opportunity to interact enough with people with disability who are not stereotypes. We have to put our best foot forward to break the stereotypes. I think that meeting Mr. Jayaprakash Narayan and other leaders will be very useful. They must know that there is a sizable number of persons with disabilities who are interested in politics and indeed in joining politics. I wish you all the best in your endeavor. Best regards, Rahul 2010/1/25 l pavan <l.pavan....@gmail.com> > hello list members! > to some extent i have followed the discurtion on above mentioned issue. > as one of you said blind may not have a vote bank. > but it should not deprive us from getting in to politics. > as of now we may not establish a new party. > but we may slowly buildup confidence in people by actively involving > in various activities that benifit people. > in this regards i personally we may think of approaching dr jaya > prakash narayan. > who started loksatta(with new politics for new generation)this is my > personal feeling iam sorry if i hurt > -- > l.pavan("help ever & hurt never") > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.inwith > 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 > 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 Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Bank accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. 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
