i really don't know what had been the issue might be sir but we are all provided with permission for bringing escorts. the registration form clearly indicates the provision for additional delegate registration and without any charge. hope you will be getting a reply soon from the organization committee.
On 9/20/11, Asudani, Rajesh <[email protected]> wrote: > Friends > It is with deep remorse that I am informing you of shameful behaviour of an > organization called Retina India. > RI is holding a national convention in Delhi on September 24 and 25. > They invited me and my brother Dr. Prof. Vinod Asudani, for some sessions in > the said convention. > However, all their invitations were, oral to begin with, and when I wrote to > them for written invites they forwarded without essential details like > registration Number. > Again, I had to plead for registration number, which they grudgingly > provided. > Anyway, the confusion and inco-ordination reached to such a level, that they > first invited me and Dr. Vinod, then rescinded the latter's invite, then > again reconfirmed it and now have finally withdrawn invites of us both > resulting not only in hardship and anguish but waste of human and financial > resources. > The ground given for such abrupt U Turn is that we said we would be > accompanied by escorts. > Now, it goes without saying that a totally blind person requires an escort > for effective mobility, otherwise, there is a clear risk to his/her life. > besides, lack of escort surely compromises efficiency in outdoor and new > surroundings to widely varying degree for the totally blind. Anybody > claiming full and effective mobility and dignity in moving about new > surroundings and in a vast campus without an escort is indulging in self > delusion. > We have witnessed this often enough to hazard any such venture. > The tone and manner of their communication is hurtful, to say the least. > > They claim that none of the people are accompanied by escorts in the > convention. > It baffles me how a NGO working for blind does know so little of the basic > needs of the blind community. > I am compelled to conclude that actually the NGO is run with clearly defined > medical goals for researching the cure for some retinal conditions, and > consequently is totally unaware of actual needs of the blind or totally > blind. > > I am not writing this out of personal motives, even though their behaviour > has caused much needless anguish to me and my brother. > Besides a personal insult, such a conduct is an insult to blindness in > general, and anybody compliant in such conduct is contributing to such an > insult. > The propaganda of the organization surely creates false hopes in the hearts > of hapless blind which is cruel to say the least. > Psychologically, it also hinders the full acceptance of the condition which > is a sine qua non for effective living with blindness. > > In fine, RI is nothing more than a clique of medical doctors doing research, > to whom a handful of blind folk have rendered support in the false hope that > the treatment is just round the corner and workable for most blind people. > Let me remind one and all that living with blindness is the key to a good > life as a blind, and these tantalizing illusions of a complete cure for most > be guarded against. > My above observations are duly supported by oral and e mail records of the > way in which our legitimate requirements were condescendingly granted by > organizers, and When I spoke up, the invitations were summarily withdrawn. > I have no dearth of conventions to attend, but I appeal every blind person > having self respect to give matter a thought and decide for her or himself > the course of action in lending unqualified support to an NGO which is cut > off from the totally blind and their life. > > I know the rules of this group do not permit mails against any group in > particular, but this definitely is an out of ordinary situation in the blind > field, and I thought to let everybody know the other side of all pomp and > glory projected by such NGOs. 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