No doubt that the efforts of Kanchan needs to be lauded, but as the judges have observed, it is a shame that we still have to fight for admissions and involve ourselves in a bully-off to win what is our due... Hope judgements like this change the situation. I feel that is the real triumph for Kanchan's efforts.
Subramani On 8/3/10, prateek aggarwal <prateekagarwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > wow! > a good news comes to us, by the grace of god, and hard efforts of > kanchan pamnani mam. > thank you, mam, for all of your nice efforts. > you're doing fantastic work. > > folks, join me to cheer this girl and our own kanchan mam after > reading the news below. > > --- > > HC lets blind girl take up physiotherapy > > Rebecca Samervel, TNN, Aug 3, 2010, 03.44am IST > > MUMBAI: Visually impaired Kritika Purohit (17) created a history of > sorts on Monday, when the Bombay high court granted her provisional > admission to the > physiotherapy course at G S Medical College. Purohit is probably the > first visually challenged student in the state to have got through a > physiotherapy > course. > > Even as it granted her the permission, the HC division bench, of Chief > Justice Mohit Shah and Justice S C Dharmadhikar, chastised the > government, saying > when disabled people were trying to make a difference, the state > should change their mindset and give them a chance. > > Purohit moved the high court when she was barred from appearing for > the MH-CET exams. The HC, however, allowed her to take the exams and > after clearing > it, Purohit sought admission to the physiotherapy course at G S > Medical College. However, the institute denied her admission; the > state said Purohit was > not being granted admission on the grounds that "the course required > handling of certain electrical devices that might pose a problem for > the student''. > Purohit's lawyer Kanchan Pamnani, also visually impaired, said it > would be difficult for her to study but not impossible. > > Ordering the authorities to grant her provisional admission and the > chance to attend classes, the court said, "This mindset has to change. > You must feel > from within...many families have disabled people. That doesn't mean > you don't accept them.'' "Nothing is going to work out unless you make > a beginning > somewhere sometime,'' said Chief Justice Shah. > > Purohit's parents Shekar and Shaswati could hardly hold back tears. > "Kritika lost her sight when she was nine years old. But even at that > age, she was > interested in science and wanted to do physiotherapy. We are very > proud of her,'' said her mother. > --- > > regards, > Prateek agarwal. > Skype: > Prateek_agarwal32 > Wanna see inside me? My blog is the telescope: > http://www.myfriendprateek.blogspot.com > website: > http://www.prateekagarwal.webs.com > > the best way to accomplish your softwares/websites development needs. > You tell, I’ll build. > > Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with > disability bill at: > http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm > > 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 > Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with disability bill at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm 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
