Hi all, The discussion of mass marriage is interesting and teaching many lessons. First of all, I am completely against mass marriage. Marrying a sited or blind partner is a personal choice and marriage ceremonies should be arranged depending on once economic strength. But why do we need mass marriages? Is this to catch attention and receive sympathy? I would be fine if both blind couple get married according to once culture and among their relatives, friends and community members. I don't really understand why charitable organizations are trying to do something which is not inclusive. We are sending wrong message in to the society with these kinds of mass marriages. General people might think that this might be the first time that blind people are getting married. Why do we need press coverage for our marriages like the celebrities? Is this what happening among sited couples? Why do blind people need gifts and donations for their marriages from charitable organizations and common people whom they don't know? Is this what is happening in the sited world? If someone does not have any money, they get married without any grand function. So I don't understand the necessity of public blind mass marriage this will become a charitable practice and many donors will donate money, gold and other gifts for blind people. We always say we don't need sympathy but why are we going for public mass marriages? I would have felt very happy if this mass marriage was between blind and sited couple. I agree this might teach a lesson to sited people and inspire them but what do we get with this blind couple mass marriage? I don't mean to hurt anyone guys but it's high time that we should think of not expecting any kind of sympathy. Why do we go and tell that we need charitable help as always? We should work and earn for our living like sited people. If we don't have, we should starve but not beg donors for money. This will not protect our self-respect. In a way, we are the people stopping from blind people getting in to main streaming. We always want help in exams, we need own scribes, want exceptions in pass marks, diagrams and much more and we want our scribes to write answers for us. Why all this? Can't we work hard and study? Can't we prove ourselves that we can do wonders? Even auto drivers know about us. Many people asked me about this issue. When I tell them that I do engineering, they simply tell owe yes! Someone will write for you right? Do I need to hear these comments?? These kinds of incidents are spoiling the reputation of the entire blind community. Even blind schools want their students to sit in a single room and write the exam. They want smart students to help other students who cannot pass. Why blind schools are encouraging this anti-social practice?? This is in fact spoiling the careers of blind people when they go for higher education in main stream colleges. We will never become main streaming until we change our behavior and become proactive. Sorry if my feelings hurt anyone. I don't mean to target anyone. I am very much upset the way blinds are treated and respected in the Indian society. Thank you,
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