"Greatness lies not in never falling but in rising everytime we fall" Captain Johann samuhanand, BANGALORE INDIA 91 80 42023252 www.captainjohann.blogspot.com On Friday, 16 May 2014 3:03 PM, "Akila Maheshwari [email protected] [namiindia]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >When I was trying to get the disability Act amended along with other >activists- we faced the Great wall of the social justice department- first >Meira Kumar who did nothing and was elevated as speaker, then Mukul Wasnik who >also was inaccessible and the rest of the department. Milind Deora was >inaccessible to hear about what we needed. It was cronies sitting there, >groups of disability activists, gone fat and cronying with bureaucrats who >discussed and debated but did nothing. It was a bitter pill for me to swallow. >They were all high flying- No names here- Attending conferences on disability- >talking big- and doing nothing at all- No Ground work- Giving TV Interviews- >The disability gang enjoyed itself. > > > >There was Ameeta Dhanda flying to New York, Javed Abidi who did not get the >Bill passed, inspite of sitting in Delhi, and the bureaucrats including Joint >Secretaries etc who went abroad on various junkets supposedly representing us. >There was Mukul from Assam who did nothing and Nirmalaji who also could not do >anything but kept stating they represented those with MI. > > >These were the favored and liked by the Ministry and Bureaucrats because they >were not directly questioning or asking for results/output. They got >themselves appointed on Committees, wrote voluminous pages on the acts should >be phrased and fooled the politicians and bureaucrats into telling them that >what we are doing will show a wah wah. > > >National Trusts Act was not amended. Poonam of National Trust did not do >anything for those with Mental Illnesses nor did General Cardozo, of RCI but >they stuck on refusing to budge. They kept showing the Ministers and >Bureaucrats that they were doing a great deal, which was useless. Just like >Manmohan Singh, they showed their personal honesty but did not deliver to the >disability sector. >They hated the guts of outspoken people like me, and ensured themselves as >gatekeepers to the disability sector, with their political machinations. > > >Those with Mental Illness were completely ignored. > > >Let us hope with the new Government, the Disability Act, RCI ACT AND NT ACT >are all amended together to create mental health parity in Disability Laws. > > >AKILA >NAMI INDIA > > >__._,_.___ >Reply via web post • Reply to sender • Reply to group • Start a New Topic > • Messages in this topic (1) > >________________________________ > >Visit Your Group > >• Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use > >. > >__,_._,___ > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (News 'N Views) India" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/MhaNewsViewsIndia?hl=en ------------- Affiliated Groups : MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY INDIA [email protected] Discussions on mental health law / policy / plan monitoring / human rights etc [email protected] India-specific news and views related to mental health [email protected] Information and support to carers of people with mental health issues [email protected] Mutual support and sharing of experiential knowledge, skills and social learning amongst peers --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (News 'N Views) India" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[MhaNewsViewsIndia:1373] Fw: [namiindia] The Disability Gang led by Gadkari and Physical Disability activists ruled during Congress Misrule
'captainjohann' via Mental Health Advocacy (News 'N Views) India Fri, 16 May 2014 08:03:13 -0700
