Autobiographical writings by disabled is in dearth in India, hope your book will fill this lacuna to some extent.
On 1/6/14, Subramani L <lsubramani.v...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear folks: > > I am happy to announce that my book “Lights Out”, a blow by blow > account of how it felt like to be gradually losing vision, is being > published by Random House India. Through “Lights Out” I want people > beyond the medical and VI community to speak about R.P. and other > retinal conditions and question practices such as marriages of > consanguinity that is so prevalent in south India and leads to R.P. > and other retinal conditions. I am also happy to note that I am going > the route taken by others in this group, notably Ms. Preeti Monga and > a few other of our visually challenged friends who took to writing to > create awareness. > > I have written to Harish to see if I can share the experience of > writing the book with our Access Indian friends at the February > convention. In fact, I would like to convert that into a creative > writing workshop of two or three hours duration in which I would like > to deal with writing as a medium of expression. I would like to see > more writers out of this group making an impact on the way blindness > and blind people are perceived in the outside world. I would like to > know if there is interest for a session on writing. Please keep Harish > posted about it. In the mean time, please spread the word about the > book. > > If some of you are wondering about e-edition or audio, I have spoken > to Random House India, the publishers of the book, to consider other > formats. Possibly, there would be an epop edition for Kindle users. I > shall keep you all updated as and when the publisher decides on other > formats. > > Thanks for all your support and good wishes over the years, > particularly the senior members who have offered plenty of encouraging > words. > > Warm regards, > > Subramani > > > -- > L. Subramani, > Snr. Subeditor, > Deccan Herald, > Bangalore, > M: 91-7204322451 > > Facebook: Subramani Lakshminarayanan > > Twitter: lsubramani60873 > > Linkedin: L. Subramani > > website: http://www.lsubramani.com > > If you are someone who need personal help to cope with blindness, a > little friendly chat about things that bother you or just an ear to > listen to your fears and frustrations, please don't hesitate to get in > touch. I've been through that and I can help. Just leave your > questions and if you don't want to give your name, that's fine. > > Are you an HR exec, a volunteer, a friend/relative of someone going > through blindness or do you want to understand disability because it's > part of something that you are working on?... Pl get in touch for > volunteer help. > > Time to meet up again! > Register for AccessIndia Convention 2014: > http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm > > > > 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. 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.. > -- Avinash Shahi M.Phil Research Scholar Centre for The Study of Law and Governance Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India Time to meet up again! Register for AccessIndia Convention 2014: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm 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. 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..
