Re: [AI] Surgery helps IIT student gain sight after 19 years,
ajitsnehan...@gmail.com - Original Message - From: rahul rahul rahulravindrain2...@gmail.com To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled. accessindia@accessindia.org.in Cc: sayeveryth...@sayeverything.org Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2015 2:25 PM Subject: [AI] Surgery helps IIT student gain sight after 19 years, Hello Friends, A good info. source: http://m.timesofindia.com/city/chennai/Surgery-helps-IIT-student-gain-sight-after-19-years/articleshow/45838710.cms Jan 11, 2015, 01.46AM IST TNN Choudhary suffered from a congenital condition in which the lenses in his eyes were tilted and cornea in one eye was almost closed, resulting in near-zero vision.But he can now read without much effort, thanks to a surgery he underwent in a Chennai hospital.CHENNAI: It would have been an odd sight for JEE invigilators last year when Ashish Choudhary, a candidate, wrote the exam, with his nose almost touching the answer paper. When the results came, he bagged the 27th rank, and secured admission in IIT-Madras. Choudhary, 19, who hails from Madhya Pradesh, suffered from a congenital condition in which the lenses in his eyes were tilted and cornea in one eye was almost closed, resulting in near-zero vision. But he can now read without much effort, thanks to a surgery he underwent in a city hospital. Doctors fixed artificial lenses in his eye using glue. Ashish had problems with vision since his birth. Despite several trips to various hospitals, his vision did not improve. At IIT, his professors noticed that Ashish was always restless in class and did not focus on the blackboard. He could not see properly. We decided to get him medical help as he was a brilliant student, said Ashish's English teacher Manjula Rajan. He was taken to Agarwal's Eye Hospital where tests revealed that his optical lenses were tilted. There was also decreased vision in one eye as his pupil was distorted, said Dr Amar Agarwal. The doctors corrected the condition by implanting artificial lenses through glued intraocular lens (IOL) technique. We also repaired his pupil and brought it to the centre by removing tissue from his iris. This ensured that enough light passed through his pupil and provided clear vision, the doctor said. Dr Agarwal said the technique is usually used to rectify cataract in patients who have had a serious eye injury. Previously, IOL implantation was considered very difficult or fraught with complications as it required large incisions and multiple sutures, leading to longer healing time. Earlier, doctors did not have a way to implant artificial lens as there was no support to keep it steady. Now it can be held in one place with the help of glue. The technique of glued IOL developed in 2007 has been a game changer, the doctor said. As Ashish's parents are farmers and could not afford the expensive surgery, IIT-Madras came forward to sponsor the procedure. Thanks Regards Rahul P.V Cell # 9946 256 208 Celebrating Louis Braille birthday Jan4th 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.. Celebrating Louis Braille birthday Jan4th 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..
Re: [AI] Workshop on Newly Developed Braille Script for Hindustani Music at Mitra Jyothi
are you going to provide the material who want to attend but can not attend.we have few students who are good in music. - Original Message - From: Mitra Jyothi mj.tblibr...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Cc: Office Mail admin.off...@mitrajyothi.org Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2014 10:32 AM Subject: [AI] Workshop on Newly Developed Braille Script for Hindustani Music at Mitra Jyothi *Dear All,* *Greetings from Mitra Jyothi!!!* *Mitra Jyothi is happy to invite you all for a 2 day workshop on newly developed Braille Script in Hindustani Music * *by* *Sri Suchit Narang * *(**Honoured by the President of India for his contributions to Hindustani Music **)* *Date:* 28th and 29th Novermber 2014 *Day*: Friday and Saturday *Time: *11:00 am to 4:00pm *Venue: *Mitra Jyothi Auditorium *Note :* Food , Accomodation (1 night stay) for those participants outside Bangalore will be provided free of cost *For Registration please Contact : Mr L N Reddy * *Ph: *080-22587623 extension no.19 -- Thanks Regards, Madhu Singhal Managing Trustee Mitra Jyothi CA Site # P22, 31st Main, 18th Cross, Sector 1, HSR Layout, Behind National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT College) Bangalore - 560102 Ph: 080-22587623/25 Website: www.mitrajyothi.org http://www.mitrajyothi.org Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! 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.. Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! 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..
Re: [AI] Invitation for book launch
thanks for the information. this will be of use to everyone. I would have liked to attend the event but as it is a working day can not. i would like to know how do i get the copies of this valuable book ? please let us know. - Original Message - From: Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visuall St. Xavier's College xr...@hotmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 3:50 PM Subject: [AI] Invitation for book launch Dear Friends You will be delighted to learn that in a Mega Event on 14th November, 2014 the Hon’ble Union Minister for Social Justice Empowerment Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot has kindly consented to release the book ‘Equip Your World’ -- a joint publication of NIVH and XRCVC. This book is a widely researched compilation of over 300 diverse technologies which can help in the holistic development of blind and low-vision persons, and can ensure their effective participation as productive members of society. The book will be available in Braille, large font and full-text-full-audio Daisy. Venue: NIVH Headquarters, 116 Rajpur Road, Dehradun 248001 Date: 14th November, 2014 Time: 10.30 a.m. Look forward to your presence. Dr. Sam Taraporevala Director Xavier's Resource Center for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC) St. Xavier's College, Mumbai - 400 001 s...@xrcvc.org +91 22 22623298 (D) +91 22 22620661-5 (B); extn: 366 +91 9869378436 (M) +91 9967028769 The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Organisation accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.xrcvc.org Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! 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.. Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! 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..
Re: [AI] What is the Cost of a Free Product? (Braille Monitor November2014)
good article. - Original Message - From: Sameer sameer.la...@gmail.com To: Access India accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 1:02 AM Subject: [AI] What is the Cost of a Free Product? (Braille Monitor November2014) Dear List Members, Pasting below a long but thought-provoking article from the Braille Monitor’s November 2014 issue. *** Start of article *** [PHOTO/CAPTION: Tim Connell] What is the Cost of a Free Product? by Tim Connell From the Editor: A longstanding debate has flourished among blind people about the technology we use. One objection is its cost and, closely related to that, its difference from what people who are not blind are purchasing and using. All of us are looking for bargains, and it is never easy to ignore a sentence in which the word free figures prominently. Also attractive is using the same technology that sighted people use, because it is usually less expensive, readily available, and easier to replace if it fails. About a year ago we ran an article reflecting the opinion that screen readers cost too much and that there were alternatives. In that piece we mistakenly said that the price of one of the more popular screen readers was several hundred dollars more than it actually was. In making apologies to the screen reader developers, we asked if their company might like to make a case for the for-profit companies that have traditionally brought screen-reading solutions to the blind. They said they would think about it, but no article ever came. Just last month we published an article featuring the presentation made by NV Access at the 2014 NFB Convention. Again a good case was made for blind people having a low-cost or free screen-reading solution, and the National Federation of the Blind was recognized and thanked for our support of the project. But a lack of thought-provoking material supporting the concept of a for-profit company engaging to meet the special needs of the blind has meant that the Braille Monitor has been uncomfortably silent about the tradeoffs there might be if we embrace these free or low-cost solutions at the expense of those we have traditionally relied on. The one exception is Resolution 2014-03, “Regarding Principles That Should Govern the Purchase of Screen-Access Technology for Vocational Rehabilitation Clients,” reprinted in the August-September 2014 issue. What appears below is a piece that attempts to look at all of the funding models for developing and purchasing screen readers around the world. It forces the reader to examine more closely the proposition that the lowest price is always better and that free unquestionably wins the day. It also suggests that we closely examine the concept that, because specialized technology is more expensive and necessarily different from what the sighted use, it should be avoided, especially if the cost of that decision is reflected in lower productivity. Tim Connell is the founder and managing director of Quantum Technology and has been an active contributor to the field of assistive technology for thirty years. Quantum developed the first talking typewriter, called SpeakWriter, the Braille-n-Print, the Mountbatten Brailler, Jot-a-Dot, and Pictures in a Flash (PIAF). He is also a director of the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Sydney and lives with his wife and two adult children. Here is what he has to say about special devices used by the blind, the various ways their development and distribution can be funded, and the benefits and perhaps unforeseen pitfalls that might be inherent in those now gaining in popularity: Recently I moved back into the suburb in which I grew up. It has been astounding to witness the changes that have occurred in the last fifty years. I remember a shopping center that consisted of a large number of small family-run businesses, but, as has happened in most Western countries, there is now just a single large supermarket, and the small shops have disappeared. Supermarkets have brought many improvements to the retail arena: lower costs, longer opening hours, and online shopping, to name a few. The downside is a loss of customer service and the personal relationships you had with your vendors. I mention this because what really interests me is the process of change—how change can involve many small incremental steps, none of which by themselves seem all that important. I think there is a direct analogy with the world of assistive technology (AT). Until recently all AT has been developed and provided by small specialty companies. With greater frequency we are starting to see large corporations becoming involved and an increasing number of so-called free AT options. Perhaps it is timely that we examine what that means for our field. What are the implications for individuals with a print disability (low vision, blindness,
Re: [AI] central government pilgrimage scheme to benefit the disabled'
thank you for this information. where can I get the circular in which these skeems are mentioned in details - Original Message - From: gtm.agra...@gmail.com To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled. accessindia@accessindia.org.in; AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issuesconcerning the disabled. accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 11:21 PM Subject: Re: [AI] central government pilgrimage scheme to benefit the disabled' -Original Message- From: Vikash Agarwal Sent: 21/10/2014, 5:01 pm To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] central government pilgrimage scheme to benefit the disabled' dear mr agarwal, even the scheme is yet to be formaly launched but so far as i believe, working in public or private sector should not make any difference. How ever income ceiling may be there to qualify the benefit. Gautam agarwal Will they allow for scheme to benefit the disabled person if non-government person working in organisation. Thanks On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 4:30 PM, goutham agrawal gtm.agra...@gmail.com wrote: Dear List members Happy Deepawali to all of you I am glad to inform you that the central government has launched a new and unique scheme please enjoy the reading of below posted details of the scheme. with kind regards, Gautam Agarwal New Delhi, Oct. 20: Disabled senior citizens across the country may soon have a chance to visit a pilgrimage centre of their choice at government expense. The Union social justice and empowerment ministry is working on what will be the first central government pilgrimage scheme to benefit the disabled. The two largest existing pilgrimages funded and monitored by the Centre -- Haj and the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra -- bar the physically or mentally challenged. The new scheme -- which will also be the first Centre-run pilgrimage to offer the beneficiaries a choice from a list of destinations -- is being modelled on Madhya Pradesh's Mukhyamantri Teerth Darshan Yojana (chief minister's pilgrimage scheme) for senior citizens. Launched in 2012, the Madhya Pradesh scheme states: Followers of all the religions and communities can undertake journey to any pilgrimage centre of their choice (from the list). Disabled people above 60 can avail this (central scheme) benefit once in their lifetime and the government will make it an all-expenses-paid tour. We'll ensure the pilgrim has a comfortable stay. The logistics are being worked out, a ministry official said. While the Madhya Pradesh scheme has been a success, with the state claiming it benefits almost one lakh senior citizens every year, it categorically keeps out people with any disabilities. (The) pilgrim should be physically and mentally sound to undertake (the) journey and should not be suffering from any communicable disease like TB, difficulty in breathing, heart disease, leprosy, etc, the scheme's eligibility criteria state. Ditto for the foreign ministry's Haj policy, which says: Any Muslim citizen of India can apply for Haj pilgrimage except persons suffering from polio, tuberculosis, congestive cardiac respiratory ailment, acute coronary insufficiency, coronary thrombosis, mental disorder... persons who are crippled, handicapped, lunatic or otherwise physically incapacitated or suffering from amputation of legs. The Madhya Pradesh scheme has a list of 17 pilgrimage spots that is likely to be adopted by the Centre, sources said. The places listed are: Badrinath, Kedarnath, Puri (Jagannath temple), Dwarka, Haridwar, Amarnath, Vaishno Devi, Varanasi, Tirupati, Ajmer Sharif, Gaya, Shirdi, Rameswaram, Amritsar (Golden Temple), the Sammed Shikhar (Jain pilgrimage spot) in Jharkhand, Shravanabelagola (Jain) in Karnataka and the Velankanni Church in Nagapattinam. S.K. Rungta, general secretary of the National Federation of the Blind, welcomed the move. It is very expensive to hire private tour operators for pilgrimages. The pilgrimages are tough on the body and one needs facilities that would allow a disabled person to operate under those conditions, Rungta said. Sources said the central scheme might allow the disabled pilgrim to take an attendant along. Married beneficiaries' spouses could be considered for the trip even if they are below 60. It's a welcome beginning but such schemes should be open to all. There is no age criterion for Haj, so why should there be any age criterion in these schemes? The scheme should include (disabled people) of all ages, Rungta said. Last year, the Chhattisgarh government opened its pilgrimage scheme to all disabled people from the state who are above the age of 18. Its list of destinations is similar to Madhya Pradesh's. This scheme, therefore, most closely resembles the one the Centre is working on. Social justice and empowerment minister Thawar Chand Gehlot, a Rajya Sabha member
Re: [AI] Veena Verma in program Ek Mulakat today!
could you please send me her email? as you may be aware, that nab department of women's empowerment every year felicitates outstanding vi women this function is always on January 19th foundation day of nab india. we would like to reccamend her name for this neelum Kanga award. thanks.as spell check not functioning apology for my mistakes. - Original Message - From: Amit Bhatt misterbh...@gmail.com To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issuesconcerning thedisabled. accessindia@accessindia.org.in Cc: vee...@yahoo.co.in; fusion-silver-linings fusion-silver-lini...@googlegroups.com; radioud...@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 3:57 PM Subject: [AI] Veena Verma in program Ek Mulakat today! In today's episode of program Ek Mulakat, meet another dynamic blind lady, Veena Mehta Verma who achieved many heights in her life in spite of having visual disabilities since childhood. Veena Verma is working as Deputy Manager in HR with NTPC Delhi. She happened to be the 1st visually challenged girl to pursue MBA in HR from reputed Institute, VAMNICOM, Pune in 2004. She got many awards and recognitions for her remarkable contribution made towards disability sector. For more detail, listen program ek Mulakat to be broadcasted tonight at 9 PM on Radio Udaan: www.radioudaan.com The repeat broadcast can be heard tomorrow Saturday, 25th October, 2014 at 4 PM on the same online Radio Station. Happy listening! Warm regards, Amit Bhatt Sr. Software Accessibility QA Engineer QA Infotech Pvt. Ltd. www.qainfotech.net RJ - Radio Udaan: www.radioudaan.com Moderator - SayEverything, an international mailing list dedicated to people with disabilities www.sayeverything.org A player that makes a team great is more valuable than a great player Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! 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.. Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! 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..
Re: [AI] FYI: Fwd: } Unfamiliar Margins in the Social (2-day Seminar at Univ. of Hyderabad 14th and 15th October)
it sounds good. what about registration fees and accomedation - Original Message - From: avinash shahi shahi88avin...@gmail.com To: accessindia accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 11:45 PM Subject: [AI] FYI: Fwd: } Unfamiliar Margins in the Social (2-day Seminar at Univ. of Hyderabad 14th and 15th October) Programme schedule is pasted below Page 1 UGC-SAP National seminar on Unfamiliar Margins in the social (Co-sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi, Centre for Women Studies, UoH) (14thand 15thOctober, 2014) Department of Sociology Programme Schedule Day 1:14thOctober, 2014, Tuesday Venue: S.S.S Conference Hall INAUGURAL SESSION- 9.30 am to 10.30 amChair- Prof.E.Haribabu, Pro- Vice Chancellor, University of Hyderabad. Welcome address;Prof. K. Laxmi Narayan, Head, Department of SociologyProf. Purendra Prasad, Coordinator, UGC SAP programme. Introductory Remarks:Pushpesh Kumar Introducing the Key Note Speaker- Shreyasee Dasgupta Key note session- Dr.Radhika Chopra, Sexual Insults and Dependent HusbandsVote of thanks- Dr.G.Nagaraju, Department of Sociology Tea Break- 10.30 am to 10.45 amSession 1-10:45 am to 12:15 pm Erotic and Pleasurable: Beyond the Familiar Chair- Prof K. Suneetha Rani, Head, Centre for Women's Studies, UoH.Speakers- Rukmini Sen, Breaking the Silence on the 'Unfamiliar': Law and Intimate Relationships' Shruti Tambe, Fear of the Dark Man: Marathi films in the neo-liberal era Page 2 Khairunnisa Nakathorige, the Ultimate Unspeakable: Discourse on incest narratives in IndiaKetaki Chowkhani, Adolescents and Sexuality Education: Understanding Adolescent Sexuality, Masculinity, Sexual Knowledge and Romance. Session 2-12:15 pm to 1:45 pm Debating Disability: Language, Psychoanalytic and subversion Chair- Dr.Sowmya Dechamma, Centre for Comparative Literature, UoH Speakers- Nandini Ghosh, Constructing Deviance: Gendered/Disabled BodiesShilpaa Anand, Naming and Knowing the Unfamiliar: Disability and the relationship between language and the social N. Annavaram, Sexuality and Disability: Reflections on the Normative Constructions of a Normal Body in Hindu Texts Hemachandran Karah, Ved Mehta's Continent of Psychoanalysis: an innovative psychoanalytic experiment via the framework of blindnessLunch Break- 1:45 pm to 2:45 pm Session 3- 2:45 pm to 4:15 pmMarginal Citizens: The Immoral, Imprisoned, Superhuman, and 'encounterable' Chair- Dr.Manjari Katju, Department of Political Science, UoH. Speakers-Mahuya Bandhyopadhyay, Ethnographic Forays in Prison Sociality: Reflections on the 'Indian' Prison Climate and the Prisoner as Marginal Citizen. Manisha Sethi, the Marginal and the Encounterable: Discourses of Law and Lawlessness.Asima Jena, Body Politics and Marginality: Understanding the Predicaments of Kalavanthulu.Trina Nileena Banerjee, New Masculinities and Authoritarian Aesthetics in Contemporary Bombay Cinema Viajayanti Mogali, Psychiatric Experiences Page 3 Session 4-4:15 pm to 5:30 pmInterrogating Sciences, mapping Dissonance: Queer Lives and politics for existence Chair- Dr. Anindita Mukhopadhyay, Department of History, UoH. Speakers-Chayanika Shah, Family beyond Blood and Marriage: Queer intimacies and personallaw.Gita Chadha, the Queer question in sciences: Debating the search for 'gay gene'. Gautam Bhan, Legality, Identity and Queer Politics: What imaginations are possible? Cultural evening - 6:00 pm to 8:00 pmVenue- C.V.Raman Auditorium 'In Search of Bawdi Folk Songs' by Supriya Nasreen Chandramukhi RachnaDay 2: 15thOctober, 2014, Wednesday Session 5-9:00 am to 10:45 am Performativity and Representation: Body and Authenticity Chair- Dr.Aparna Rayaprol, Department of Sociology, UoH. Speakers-Vishal Tondon, Sexuality within the Socio-Cultural Sphere: A Survey through Contemporary Indian ArtHimadri Roy, Blasphemous Body: Case studies of Hijras in Urban Delhi. Zameer Kamble, While Performing Sexuality... A Report on a Theatre Presentation To, Ti, Te...( He, She, It...) with Real Life Stories of Queer People in Pune. Page 4 Asha Singh, Images of Conjugality and Sexuality in Bahujan women's Bhojpuri FolksongsJ. Devika,Dutiful daughters, Unruly sons: Sexuality, gender, and community boundaries in a coastal hamlet in Kerala.Tea Break- 10:45 am to 11:00 amSession 6-11:00 am to 1:00 pm Bonds, Friendships and Kinships: 'Vampy', Liminal and Untangled Chair- Dr. Deepa Srinivas, Centre for Women's Studies, UoHSpeakers- Mayuri Samant, Will the Real Mother please 'Step' Out: Reflections on Dichotomous Model ofMotherhood in India: Exploring the Possibilities. Niladri R.Chatterjee, Yaar: The Floating Signifier of Masculine Affect. Tejaswini Madabhushi, Creating groups and kinship through Social Media- a case of Hyderabad forFeminism.Kedar
