Think we have to get this verified, and if if the said statement is made by this official, he just is not deserving to stay on in his office.
On 9/7/13, Parakh Rajesh <rajeshparak...@gmail.com> wrote: > hai friends, even i do not hold good opinion about this guy. he was research > > officer when i was doing a course in NIVH chennai and mittal saab was > regional director. if he has spoken this about visually impairedin a > government conference, then his tamil version should be translated properly > > and then he must be put to task. mr.gopalakrishnan, training officer NIVH > chennai, accessindia member also can be approached to gather facts.i believe > > this is a serious matter and appropriate actions must be taken in offensive > > manner. > regards, > rajesh parakh > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Subramani L" <lsubramani.v...@gmail.com> > To: "Dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile > phonesand Tabs." <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 3:24 PM > Subject: Re: [AI] let all of us stand abreast to curb this menace. > > > I know this gentleman for quite a while. It is shocking to hear such > words. I dearly hope something is lost in translation (a lot of sense > that is), but if he has said this then someone must file a PIL and > direct the courts to make him withdraw the statement. > > On 9/6/13, Shireen Irani <shireen....@gmail.com> wrote: >> forwarding an important mail from the other mailing list. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Balanagendran <balanagendran....@gmail.com> >> Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 14:07:01 +0530 >> Subject: [SayEverything] let all of us stand abreast to curb this menace. >> To: sayeverything <sayeveryth...@sayeverything.org> >> >> Respected moderator and members of say everything, >> kindly read below to know how we, the visually challenged have been >> projected by the official who is appointed to work for the betterment >> of us. i request you all to read and suggest the measures to bring >> this official to public media and to justice. here it goes. >> the translated statement given below were delivered by Dr. I. >> Arivanandham, regional director of NIVH (national institute for the >> visually handicapped) chennai, on 27th august during the conference on >> "orientation programme on equal opportunities". kindly read below and >> do something. >> “people with total blindness do not know how to clean their teath, >> they do not know of cleanliness, they do not know how to take a clean >> bath, and even they do not have proper dressing sense. Moreover, a >> totally blind mother do not know how to lift her new borne child, and >> they do not know how to breastfeed. totally blind people will always >> feel that they are insecure. On the other hand, the partially blind >> are more arrogant. They always hate to have a walking stick. They >> indulge in frequent conflict while travelling in bus and in public >> places. Normally partially blind people are more aggressive in nature. >> They do not want to project themselves as blind, however they will use >> this disability as a shield to get them out whenever they got caught. >> They too have a problem of efficiency in discharging their duties >> efficiently at workplace. There is another classification of blind, >> that is people who lossed their vision due to accidents and other >> reasons. They are arrogant than that of the above. They always hate to >> live after their loss of vision. They always think of killing >> themselves. They always try to avoid their duties by showing their >> disability in the first place. Ok, Let us keep all the above aside. If >> we consider the intellectual capability of the blind, it is 20% of the >> total person. Because 80% capability arise out of vision, this is a >> scientific truth. However with this 20%, they project themselves as >> capable persons and demand employment opportunities in government >> sectors. They are difficult to manage at workplace. If you help the >> blind once, they will enforce it as their right upon you from next >> time. They will become your constant disturbance if you help them once >> even to cross the road. besides all that, we have no alternatives but >> to provide them 3% reservation in government employment.” >> note: >> dear members, the above views are not delivered by any other >> government official, but by the official who has been appointed to >> work for the betterment of the visually challenged. after serving in >> this arena for 25 years, he addressed the government gathering that >> contained officials from all government departments under the label >> "his PHD findings". kindly look into this and suggest the measures to >> bring this official into limelight. this derogatory remarks are not >> about a single visually challenged, it is not a bout the visually >> challenged of a particular state, but this demoralising statement is >> about all the indian visually challenged. kindly prioritise and let us >> do something about it. for your authentisity and convenience, am >> pasting the link of a blog that contains his statements in tamil. >> http://nandhanpurithal.wordpress.com/2013/09/02/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%AE/comment-page-1/#comment-2 >> let all of us stand abreast to curb this menace, >> take care! >> >> >> -- >> "Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll >> start believing in it." - Jesse Owens >> >> With Warm Regards >> >> D.Balanagendran >> IAS Aspirant >> Skype: balanagendran >> Twitter: >> http://twitter.com/balanagendran89 >> >> Get registered for SayEverything convention 2013 at: >> http://www.sayeverything.org/4th-sayeverything-convention-2013/ >> >> If any time you wish to be unsubscribed from our Mailing List, please >> send a message to >> sayeverything-requ...@sayeverything.org >> with the subject unsubscribe keeping the message body blank. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> http://sayeverything.org/mailman/listinfo/sayeverything_sayeverything.org >> >> Website: http://www.sayeverything.org >> >> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility >> of >> mobile phones / Tabs on: >> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> >> Search for old postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/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 >> >> >> Disclaimer: >> 1. 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