Hi bro, Highly appreciating your articulation first of all from my side, secondly, Your positive way understanding the things have boosted my energy, one regret is that why don't you include your experience of being first person who is been studying LLM in any university If your doing so?Over all, You have good chance of becoming good writer. Hoping your continuing to write like this. Keep it up.
On 7/23/17, turab chimthanawala via Ai <ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> wrote: > Hello all > Hope this mail finds you well. > Happy to share my articletitled 'Proud to be visually impaired'.To > avoid any accessibility issues, have pasted it hereunder. > One of my previous articles: ‘ Change in attitude towards the > visually impaired’, despite generating widespread acclaim among the > able bodied around, was criticised by some in the blind community as > cynical, negative and complaining. They opined that it is not people’s > malafide intention but their lack of sensitisation towards a disabled > person’s unique needs which often handicaps their fruitful > interaction with their disabled colleagues. Hence this time around I > decided to look at the glass as half full: trying to consider my > disability as my USP based on some great past experiences. However, I > would like to put forth here that my intelligence, decent appearance, > constant motivation by my mother, risk taking attitude and a > significant social status have also played a vital part...and it is > quite possible that other disabled persons not having the > aforementioned attributes may have found the going much tougher. > To start with the greatest advantage of being disabled is that even > ‘normal’ achievements are considered as ‘special’ ‘path breaking’ > accomplishments... Hence my clearing CS, although strenuous but yet an > easily achievable task received wide acclaim and appreciation vis a > vis my sighted friends as it was accomplished despite 90% blindness. > I have collated many such other experiences and interactions > hereunder(the list is endless) wherein I have in fact not cursed but > thanked God for making me disabled! It is also pertinent to mention > here that it is not always me who has desired but circumstances and > the people around have either forced or embraced such concessions upon > me. > > School > Being admitted to the most prestigious school in town, my unique > condition allowed me direct access and a personal rapport with the > Principal, helped selection among the few ‘star students’ to meet the > Great Kalaam, shake hands with Rahul Dravid and on some occasions have > the pleasure of choosing my classroom to suit my special needs... > > CS > In CS the fun increased further! From having a seat reserved in the > first row in the thickly populated and most looked upon class of the > legendary Late Dr. V K Jain to enjoying a personal rapport with him, I > have felt like a celebrity on various occasions... I have been very > lucky to have had a direct connect with all office bearers of Nagpur > chapter right from the time of enrolling into CS. Thus ensuring active > participation in student conferences and events especially having the > singular honour of starting the conference (despite seniors around) > when the then ICSI President CS Atul Mehta was the Chief Guest. My > unique condition has enabled me to stand out from the crowd, arousing > great deal of love, admiration and respect by office bearers, teachers > and students. The sheer inaccessibility of the Ministry of Corporate > Affairs website, a major road block in my CS career had the benefit of > exempting me from the gruelling annual filing sessions, the most > dreaded part of articleship. I was infact lucky to perform intriguing > tasks such as research, opinion writing and legal drafting right from > the beginning of my articleship. The icing on the cake was being able > to accomplish my dream of becoming the first visually impaired CS in > India.. > > WAD > The Workshop on Aptitude Development at Ramdeobaba College of > Engineering and Management, one of the most prestigious, well > conducted and eagerly awaited training programmes in Nagpur presented > many such amazing experiences. The most revered are getting a standing > ovation from all the delegates and organisers, becoming the show > stopper in the fashion show, having a personal connect with most > faculty, organisers and delegates and finally being chosen as the best > male delegate of the training... > > MSOP > Although an integral part of CS, I have found it pertinent to > elucidate it separately: being one of the finest fifteen days of my > journey so far! I was overwhelmed by the unconditional care, love, > support and cooperation of my co delegates, just like a family member. > Despite other competent students around, I was always the unanimous > choice to lead in all competitions. I was also fortunate to be > appreciated by some of the biggest names in the CS fraternity... I was > also probably the only guy who has a selfee with every girl in the > training. However the best was being unanimously elected as the best > participant of the training!! > > Mumbai > My five months of independent living in Mumbai enhanced my celebrity > status even further. From getting a chance to work in South Mumbai > that to with a very senior solicitor, to getting a complimentary meal > at the famous Thakkars, to being dropped to work by my landlord > himself, to getting free ferry rides at the Gateway of India, to > getting a free upgrade to a large specially abled room in my one night > stay at the Trident... > > Other experiences > In airlines, I have always the luxury of boarding first and getting > personal attention from airhostesses...and on some occasions even > getting a upgrade to business class. In buses and metros, there are > seats reserved for the disabled and if not, the norm is to vacate a > seat for us. On roads, it is great fun to see the otherwise rash and > fast traffic including even government vehicles brake on seeing my > white stick. In movie theatres and other recreational settings, I am > allowed frisk free entry and ticket waivers on some occasions. In most > settings, including the frantic post demonetisation era, I had to > never stand in large queues to exchange my currency.. I have been > honoured to be clicked with and be appreciated by the Chief Minister > himself, Mr. Devendra Fadnavis... But ladies and gentlemen the best > one is our community being given a special name by the PM > himself:’Divyang’! and separate campaigns been run for our welfare!! > > To conclude, the main aim of this piece is to express my sincere > gratitude towards the people around for accepting me with my special > abilities... and is an attempt to convince the disabled at large, of > course including myself that life is still a celebration even though > we are handicapped. > > Eagerly await your comments. > Best > Turab > 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. 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