You are right Sucharu. We as a society are racial, obsessed with outer beauty and social-economic status. We all are commodities in the Indian conventional marriage market where visible physical denomenators are determinant factors.
On 1/31/14, Sucharu Gupta <sucharugupta1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all , > I agree that romance has nothing to do with disability.but in our society > where children are more taken as security for old age ,even to bring a > children up is taken more a responsibility rather than an experience to > enjoy.this is but natural in our still developing society.in reality ,even > the complexion of a girl can topple the potentiality of her to find a good > match.the whole of the cosmetic industry is based on this fact.here well > being confines to only physical and materialistic ones,the emotional and > spiritual facetsare still the concepts unknown to the mass... > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf > Of avinash shahi > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 1:05 AM > To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning > the disabled. > Subject: Re: [AI] A Must Read: Why Should Disability Spell the End of > Romance? > > Nice read thank you for sharing Two of you. > > What I find noteworthy in this piece > 1 Written by someone who has lived two lives, sighted and blind both Which > is reflected in the piece. > 2. What caught my attention the most > block quote > I have a smacking profile as far as the tick marks go: I have three > degrees, > a 'good' family background, and a ton of interesting hobbies and talents. > But what all the interested callers had failed to notice was my disability. > block quote end > This is the reality which is expressed by someone who hails from fairly > middle-class background. > So one can imagine majority of persons with disabilities who relatively > belong to modest background striving for subsistence are very sceptical > when > it comes to dating with someone who is unlike them. > Romance has nothing to do with disability In fact it is innate desire which > is inherent in all species; Only ways vary. > On 1/29/14, Shiv <shivrah...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Here is the full article: >> >> Source: >> http://in.news.yahoo.com/why-should-disability-spell-the-end-of-romanc >> e-055837779.html# >> >> Why Should Disability Spell the End of Romance? >> Flirting. Heartbreak. Clumsy first dates. Matrimonial sites. Studying >> for three degrees. Salsa classes. The coming-of-age story of a young >> woman who began losing her eyesight at 15. >> By Nidhi Goyal | Grist Media - 6 hours ago >> >> The wheelchair Kamasutra: Image courtesy Streetsie.com as seen on >> sexualityanddisability.orgLike most Indian urban teenage girls, my >> love life >> >> revolved around the stars of Bollywood. I had countless celebrity >> crushes growing up. The one I remember the most was Abhishek Bachchan, >> who I was 100 >> >> percent sure I was going to marry. >> >> When I was an undergraduate student working towards my B.Com Degree at >> Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics in my hometown of >> Mumbai, it >> >> turned out that college was only five minutes away from Abhishek's house. >> Which meant, of course, that passing by his house became a morning >> ritual for me and another Bachchan-crazy friend of mine. In the way >> that some people go to temples, we went to Jalsa - abode of the >> Bachchans - and pestered the security personnel to tell us the timing >> of his coming and goings. To the dismay of the guards, we once even > followed his car. >> >> When I was 15, I was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a >> degenerative eye >> >> disorder. By the time I was in college and my love for Abhishek was in >> full >> >> swing, so was the loss of my eyesight. As I dropped off cards on his >> birthday and wrote him love poems, my ability to see was steadily > declining. >> >> Of course, this made little difference to my love for Abhishek, who I >> had only managed to speak to about twice: instances where all I could >> splutter out was a request for an autograph. But when it came to the >> less tongue-tied, non-celebrity crushes on classmates and friends, my >> eyesight began to make all the difference. >> The writer Nidhi Goyal. Photo credit: Nidhi Goyal Teenage crushes are, >> by and large, a cause of anxiety. You spend days pondering over what >> to wear so he notices you, how you can stop him from spotting that new >> splotch of acne on your face, and why oh why is he always >> >> talking to the girl with that L'Oreal-ad-type hair? For me, it was a >> wholly >> >> different ball game. When you can't see, all social interactions >> become more >> >> difficult. Imagine trying to distinguish between the one hundred >> different voices of your classmates. Of never fully knowing whether >> someone is smiling >> >> at you or not. Of not realising you are standing next to the boy of >> your dreams. >> >> Until I lost my eyesight, I never realised just how many aspects of >> romance >> >> begin with vision. You look at someone, you make eye contact, and - as >> the story goes - sparks begin to fly. I, however, needed to discover >> new ways to >> >> make sparks. As a teenager, it was so frustrating for me to listen to >> a guy >> >> with a nice voice and not know what his face looked like. Was he >> looking at >> >> me? How was he looking at me? I constantly had an added layer of >> anxiety when I was trying to navigate my attractions and crushes. >> >> As a sighted person (what people who are visually impaired call people >> who have their sight), for example, if you notice the object of your >> affection standing at one end of the hallway, you can always find an >> excuse to stroll >> >> past them. But I was missing out on all these small opportunities; >> small opportunities that eventually made a big difference. Thankfully, >> I had a group of fantastic girl friends who were determined to get my >> sparks up and >> >> sparking! They would make an effort to guide me in the direction of my >> latest crush (both with and without telling me beforehand), and then >> when we >> >> approached him they would tap me and say, 'Hey Nidhi, isn't that your >> friend?' By this time, most people knew I had almost completely lost >> my sight, and the guy would be compelled to acknowledge my presence. >> >> I always wondered how much of that recognition was desire and how much >> was simply obligation. >> >> >> * * * >> >> The idea of people with disabilities as asexual beings who have no >> need for >> >> love, sex or romantic relationships is ridiculous. However, it is one >> that has a stronghold in most people's minds. As I grew into my 20s, >> the absurd anecdotes of me trying to bump into my crushes in college >> hallways developed >> >> into the more serious recognition that because I was blind, I was very >> rarely seen as a potential candidate for a relationship, or even a >> date. I remember a male friend of mine from a very conservative, >> traditional family, >> >> who was explicitly forbidden from inviting any of his women friends >> home. He >> >> told me on the phone one day that his mother had cooked a delicious >> vegetarian dish, and in response, I joked that I would love to come >> over and >> >> try it. He replied with, "Yes, sure. You are always welcome." I was >> shocked, >> >> then I realised what had happened. I was a woman with a disability who >> would >> >> never be a prospective candidate, so I didn't, in his family's mind >> (or in his, for that matter) count as a 'woman'. >> >> It wasn't a malicious act - my friends love and support me a great >> deal. But >> >> it's ingrained so deeply in people's mind-sets that disability and >> sexuality >> >> don't intersect that it reflects in their behaviour, even if > unconsciously. >> >> People throw around words like "normal", instead of "nondisabled", >> without thinking twice about it. Others feel like they need to offer >> pity and charity, because they assume that people with disabilities >> can't support themselves. I think before we even get to the idea of >> dating, we need to break down these barriers in people's minds. One >> thing that's done frequently by the international disabled community >> is to refer to nondisabled people as "temporarily able-bodied people", >> or TABs. I love this >> >> construction, because it serves as a reminder to nondisabled people >> that disability is not something 'other' or alien, and that most >> probably, at some point in everyone's life, they will live with > impairment. >> The writer on holiday. Photo credit: Nidhi Goyal When it comes to >> relationships in India, the ultimate tension, worry and goal is almost >> always marriage. And because one individual's marriage - or its >> absence - is often seen as a family or community concern, there was no >> dearth of opinions when it came to the question of "marrying off" a >> blind girl. I remember when I was 14 or 15 and my disability was first > diagnosed: >> >> one of my father's close friends advised him to hide my disability >> while they could and get me married by the time I was 18. The >> assumption, of course, was that once I had fully lost my sight, no one >> would want me. My older brother, who also has a disability, was once >> advised by a family friend that he could "marry someone from a slum". >> This is not to imply that >> >> someone from a slum is somehow worth less, but it's telling of >> mind-sets when people place the disabled alongside the economically > marginalised. >> Society views the two groups in the same category: not good enough. >> I'm fortunate to have parents who are really open-minded, and who have >> never forced my brother or me into a relationship. But not everyone is > that lucky. >> >> Instances of people with disabilities, and in particular women, hiding >> their >> >> impairment or having to compensate for it with large dowries, are a >> frequent >> >> occurrence even today. >> >> It's not that I've ruled out the idea of marriage; I just want to do >> it on my own terms. Two years ago, I set up a profile up on >> Shaadi.com. A nondisabled friend and I would often browse through the >> site together looking for prospective grooms. But I quickly learned >> that if I - as a woman with a disability - expressed interest in a >> nondisabled man, it was not received well, and was sometimes even seen >> as offensive. However, in the >> >> six months that I had my profile up, I received about a dozen calls >> expressing interest in me. Now on the surface, this shouldn't be > surprising. >> >> I have a smacking profile as far as the tick marks go: I have three >> degrees, >> >> a 'good' family background, and a ton of interesting hobbies and talents. >> But what all the interested callers had failed to notice was my > disability. >> >> Oh, and in case you were wondering, there was a whole paragraph >> dedicated to >> >> my impairment on my profile. >> >> I remember this one educated, progressive man who called to say I'd be >> perfect for his son, but from what he was saying, I guessed he hadn't >> read about my disability. I clarified this with him because it had >> happened too many times by then. He paused. People generally go into >> shock, because they >> >> don't believe that someone who's disabled will even be on the website. >> They >> >> can't connect the picture they've conjured up of the well-educated, >> outgoing >> >> girl from the profile with someone who's also visually impaired. So >> after a >> >> few moments of silence, the man said, "Really?" So I repeated myself: >> "Yes, >> >> I can't see. I'm blind. Is that okay?" He said, "No, no, beta, I think >> uh.ya.good luck," before he hung up. >> >> But it wasn't just men on the Internet who thought I didn't deserve >> any better. I remember once my sighted woman friend and I chanced upon >> a profile >> >> of a man who didn't seem particularly special: his education was very >> basic >> >> and I earned far more than him. I was shocked and hurt when my friend, >> who is from a socioeconomic background similar to mine, said she >> wasn't interested, but that I should definitely consider him. This was >> while she, on the hand, was looking at men who earned six times her > income. >> >> When it comes to disabled people getting into relationships, the >> argument that "beggars can't be choosers" is often used. In a country >> like India, where all women are devalued in comparison with their male >> counterparts, women with disabilities are seen as existing on the >> lowest rung - or on the >> >> cheapest shelf - of the marriage market. While it is not uncommon for >> disabled men to find nondisabled wives, disabled women are told they >> should >> >> feel lucky if they get anyone at all. Not to mention having to find >> ways, monetary or otherwise, to compensate for their impairments. >> Through my various exploits on Shaadi.com and looking at the kind of >> men who'd be "willing" to "take me", this thought in my head was always > crystal clear: >> I'm >> no beggar, and even though I'm disabled, I'm not going to marry just >> anyone. >> >> >> * * * >> >> A real shifting point in my understanding of how the sexuality of >> disabled people is perceived by society came in 2011 when I joined >> Point of View, a media-based women's rights platform in Mumbai. At the >> time, Point of View, together with feminist organisation CREA, was >> working on an initiative that >> >> was right up my street - they were creating the first ever online >> resource on sexuality and disability. The timing was perfect. I had >> wanted to work with women with disabilities for a while now, and >> co-authoring the website Sexuality and Disability was the perfect way to > do it. >> >> I threw myself into the project because it reflected the realities of >> my >> life: I understand women and I understand disability. As someone who >> acquired a disability, I understand what it's like to be disabled and >> nondisabled; where the two clash and where they overlap. Women with >> disabilities in particular have a layered experience; I've found that >> neither disability rights groups nor women's rights groups fully >> understand >> >> the intersection of the two. >> >> Through my own life experiences, I already knew about the societal >> prejudices that existed around disability. However, during my work at >> Point >> >> of View, I realised that I, myself, had internalised some of those >> prejudices. Before joining the project, I always had a sense that if I >> ever >> >> entered a relationship with a nondisabled man, the relationship would >> be somewhat unequal because of my disability. But after meeting so >> many women with disabilities, and seeing how they deal with their >> lives, this idea began to change. I realised that in a relationship, a >> wheelchair or a white >> >> cane is not the only thing you bring to the equation. You bring your >> personality, your quirks, your stories - and all those are a lot more >> important. Working on the website and meeting these women allowed me >> to understand that when I enter a relationship, the fact that I >> sometimes need >> >> a little help will not make the relationship unequal. >> >> While working on the website, something else I realised was that >> oftentimes, >> >> people with disabilities had barely had any interactions with people >> of the >> >> gender they were attracted to. During this time, I'd befriend people >> with disabilities, and go out with them for coffees or a lunch to get >> to know them better. And I remember this one visually impaired guy in >> whose level of >> >> confidence I noticed a huge change over the time that I knew him. So I >> asked >> >> him once, "Listen, what's changed?" And he said, "You know, before >> you, I don't think any woman - forget for dating - even wanted to go >> for a coffee with me." He had never gotten the opportunity to just >> hang out with a woman >> >> before. And the fact that I went out with him, even as friends, >> brought about this change. It's incredible just how much regular >> socializing disabled people miss out on, and how the smallest thing >> can make the biggest >> >> difference. >> >> I've had strange conversations with nondisabled friends, though. >> Around the >> >> time I was working on the Sexuality and Disability website, a very >> educated >> >> friend asked me what I was up to, and I explained I was involved with >> a website looking at how people with disabilities were not asexual >> beings, and >> >> had the right to be in a relationship. I was stunned by his response, >> which >> >> was: "Oh, so now you are going to force us to have relationships with >> disabled women?" >> >> Most people still really don't get it. >> >> >> * * * >> >> Remember all those movies that you were convinced were going to be the >> story >> >> of your life? Was it You've Got Mail? Kuch Kuch Hota Hai? Or even the >> glamorous life of a Disney princess? When we fall in love, we often >> use the >> >> scripts we find in popular culture to guide us, whether we are >> conscious of >> >> it or not. But disability tends to be invisible in pop culture. Think >> about >> >> it. How many films have you seen that featured a disabled romance? How >> many >> >> blind actresses doing salsa (which is a hobby of mine)? How many >> heroes in wheelchairs swivelling around to a song like Dhinka Chika? >> When we do see people with disabilities onscreen, they're largely >> portrayed as people who need caregivers or pity. For example, Sanjay >> Leela Bhansali's Mann starring >> >> Manisha Koirala and Aamir Khan has the female protagonist meet with an >> accident, and she ends her romance with Aamir's character because she >> feels >> >> as a disabled person, she isn't good enough for him any more. In the >> end, there's a teary reunion and he accepts her in spite of her > disability. >> Aamir's >> character is exalted for this, while Manisha's character is not seen >> as an equal in this relationship at all. Why must nondisabled people who > 'accept' >> >> people with disabilities be glorified? >> >> With these questions swirling in my mind and no pop culture precedents >> that >> >> teach a blind woman how to love, or even date, a nondisabled man, I'm >> constantly reinventing my own ideas of romance. For example, what >> should I be doing to make myself attractive to a man? To figure this >> out, I put this >> >> question to my visually impaired male friends, who told me that >> attraction could spark from the simplest of things: a girl's perfume, >> the smile in her >> >> voice, or just the way she shook hands. And then it occurred to me >> that they >> >> were no different from other men who might have a particular type or >> prefer >> >> a certain look. With disability in the picture, you just have to be >> creative. And in my opinion, the onus of creativity doesn't need to >> always fall on the disabled person! >> >> Like in any dating saga, there are always some funny, some sweet, and >> some utterly bizarre moments. The disabled dating world is not always >> that different. I recall a hilarious story involving two visually >> impaired friends of mine, who had gone on a date to a fancy Mumbai >> restaurant at which you could smoke hookahs. It was their first date, >> and at the restaurant, they shifted tables three times to find a spot >> that was cosy and >> >> private. They were happy, chatting, and holding hands. The world >> around them >> >> soon melted away. When the hookah's coals had to be stirred or the >> flavour replenished, they didn't have to give it a thought: a waiter >> would simply materialize at the right time and take care of it. >> >> After several visits to their table, the chatty waiter who had been >> attending to them began to make forays into their private universe, >> and attempted to join the conversation. And at some point in the >> night, when the >> >> boy asked him to keep a look out because they'd be ready to order >> their dinner in 5 minutes, the waiter said, to their intense >> embarrassment, "Aap chinta mat kariye, main door tab se aap hi ko dekh >> raha hoon (You don't have >> >> to worry, I've been watching you from afar for a long time)." The >> romance of >> >> the evening was effectively shattered. >> >> Or take this sighted woman friend of mine, who told me a story that >> really made me pause with wonder. She was on a date with a visually >> impaired man who was holding her hand and said to her, "Nice nail >> paint, but you could have used a coloured one." And she gasped and >> asked, "How the hell did you know?" - because it was true, she was >> wearing a transparent coat of nail polish. He responded by telling her >> it was possible to distinguish the two by feeling the density; if the >> paint felt thicker, it was coloured. Just like my friend, I was amazed >> at this small moment in a new romance that showed just how wonderfully > creative dating can be. >> >> I'm sure that like me and my friends, people across the world with >> disabilities navigate relationships and love in tons of interesting, >> unique >> >> ways. The problem is that because mainstream popular culture tends to >> be run >> >> by able-bodied individuals, we hardly get to hear about these >> romances. And >> >> as a result, both disabled and nondisabled people end up believing >> that the >> >> only way love happens is between two able bodied, typically >> heterosexual, individuals. And worse, society then stigmatizes people >> who don't fit into those boxes. >> >> Love, sex and romantic relationships are for everyone, whether or not >> you have a disability. It's really high time people started accepting > that. >> >> >> * * * >> >> Today, I've left my dreams of Abhishek far behind. I'm 28 years old, >> and studying at the London School of Economics for a Master's Degree >> in Development Studies. I want to look at issues of disability and see >> how they >> >> fit into a wider context of global development. Sadly, most >> Development Studies programmes still don't offer a disability >> component. But I'm persevering in trying to find a way to incorporate >> my own understanding of disability into the sorts of work we are doing >> at the university. It's exciting and fulfilling, and my earlier >> determination to find a husband - preferably from the ilk of Bollywood - > is a thing of the past. >> >> Having worked on the issue of sexuality and disability for some time >> now, I >> >> often get asked whether things are different here in London. Do the >> prejudices and barriers that I encountered so frequently in India >> exist in a >> >> developed country? First off, issues of access are far, far better. I >> can walk unaided on the roads, and use services like the university's >> Disability >> >> Support Office for any extra needs I may have. There are plenty of >> attempts >> >> to level the playing field in terms of infrastructure, and that makes >> my life a whole lot easier. But what about dating and relationships? >> >> I have met with several disability rights groups and activists during >> my time here, and it would seem that the scenario across oceans is not >> all that >> >> different. Janet Price, an activist I have worked with who is herself >> in a wheelchair, says when it comes to relationships or personal >> spaces, there's >> >> still a wide gap in the UK. She believes that the connection between >> disability and sexuality, even in a country as 'advanced' this, still >> needs >> >> to be made. >> >> And as for me, having been here for barely six months, I can't really >> speak >> >> for myself - between adjusting to my new life and heaps of coursework, >> I haven't been on any dates! But what I have recently begun to realise >> is that >> >> because I forge connections with people differently, my friendly >> actions can >> >> often be construed for something quite different. Take meeting people >> on campus. If I was a sighted person, I would be able to casually bump >> into acquaintances when I saw them and strike up a conversation. Since >> I don't have this option, and it's difficult to remember someone's >> voice after one interaction, when I meet someone new I often exchange >> numbers with them. So >> >> this one time, I was at a campus networking event and I met a man at >> the end >> >> of the evening in a cloakroom, where he helped me get my coat. We >> chatted for a while, and as we were getting ready to leave, he said, >> "See you around". And the question in my mind - how would I see him >> again - just popped out as I asked, "But when will I see you?" After a >> little laughter on >> >> both sides, we exchanged numbers. All this while, a friend of mine had >> been >> >> observing us from the sidelines, and as I went back to her, she gave >> me a knowing laugh. And I said, "What? I was just networking." And she >> replied, "Hey Nidhi, that's not called networking. That's called > flirting!" >> >> That was when I realised was that my simple way of keeping in touch, >> in the >> >> nondisabled world, was a way of hitting on someone! So in small ways >> like this, it does sometimes get a little confusing. But you know >> what? It's a fun confusion, and I like it. >> >> Nidhi Goyal is a disability rights activist and writer. She >> co-authored the >> >> website www.sexualityanddisability.org and is currently pursuing a >> Masters in Development Studies at the London School of Economics. >> >> Regards, >> >> Shiv >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Amar Jain" <amarjain2...@gmail.com> >> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 6:29 PM >> Subject: [AI] A Must Read: Why Should Disability Spell the End of >> Romance? >> >> >> Guys I haven't ever seen such a best expression of thoughts and emotions. >> >> Why Should Disability Spell the End of Romance? >> http://in.news.yahoo.com/why-should-disability-spell-the-end-of-romanc >> e-055837779.html >> Regards >> -- >> Amar Jain. >> Website: www.amarjain.com >> >> 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_acc >> essindia.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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