[Ai] Please remove me from this group.

[subhash subhashvk via Ai]

Dear admin,
Kindly remove me from this group for some months.
Subhash V.K.


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[Ai] Watch "dil se dil tak season3 with RJ naresh along with special guest Mr Wazid Khan artist episode26 2017" on YouTube

[Naresh Kashyap via Ai]

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Re: [Ai] Blind woman told she couldn't join a travel tour without a companion

[Payal Kapoor via Ai]

strange that you should comment just when i finished reading this article Geeha.
i also wondered how much one can stretch under the assumption of
complete independence when travelling with disability.
i remember having a conversation with a sighted friend who travels
regularly with WOW a travel company for women travellers about wanting
to sign up with them for a trip. she very clearly told me nobody would
take time from their activities to bother with me. there is too much
they want to do on their own to want to indulge in assisting and
describing things to a blind person.
i am certain the travel company would have had similar views as this
American company;  although this article makes me want to test the
theory. maybe i will write to them and see.
Payal

g

On 7/28/17, Geetha Shamanna via Ai  wrote:
> This article addresses an interesting dilemma. It is perhaps only in the US
> that people can get away with making unreasonable claims on travel
> companies. Here in the UK, such a person wouldn't have been allowed to
> travel from the starting point, citing health and safety reasons.  While it
> is true that blind people can travel independently, travelling with regular
> groups without special arrangements would be challenging for a totally
> blind
> person. In this case, assuming that all she needs is another person's arm
> to
> hold on to, is a bit naïve, although in terms of actual assistance
> required,
> it is not a great deal. With sighted people clicking pictures and taking
> selfis all the time, it would be inconvenient for them to have a blind
> person tag along if they hadn't signed up for it. There will always be a
> few
> people in a group who might be more helpful than others. However, not
> recognising this need for assistance would be insensitive on the part of
> the
> blind person.
>
> Geetha
> -Original Message-
> From: Ai [mailto:ai-boun...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in] On Behalf Of
> avinash shahi via Ai
> Sent: 28 July 2017 12:19
> To: ai; jnuvision
> Cc: avinash shahi
> Subject: [Ai] Blind woman told she couldn’t join a travel tour without a
> companion
>
> http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/07/24/blind-traveler-tour-company-d
> ispute/R0i3tc1yAfFcF7Yr6c8zML/story.html?event=event25
>
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Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday: Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman

[B. R. Nautial via Ai]

This issue is quite a sensitive one and we already have express our deep 
sympathey with the victim. I think, this is not a right forum to discuss 
over the matter. These people are only wasting the valuable time of the 
members. I request moderator, kindly intervene in the matter and ask all 
the members not to make further comment over the matter. These sensitive 
issues should not be posted in the group because everyone of us are behaving 
like a lawyer without knowing the fects and actual situation of the case.


- Original Message - 
From: "Avichal Bhatnagar via Ai" 

To: "Share, empower &Enrich" 
Cc: "Avichal Bhatnagar" 
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2017 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday: 
Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman




After reading all the discussion on the subject so far, I have a
question arising in my mind. If the man really wanted to help the
widow and wanted her to be his life partner, then why did he not marry
her first and perform the sexual communion later?
He took her to the guesthouse and had sex with her, on the pretext of
making her meet a lawyer.
This itself shows that the man's main motive was to satisfy his lust from 
her.


On 7/28/17, swati saxena via Ai  
wrote:

Well, maintaining clean distance or having / not having sex only after
getting married is subject to individual's choice.

But what has become clear from this whole discourse is that our
society is still insensitive even to an extremely sensitive situation
of a rape victim. The ones who are open minded, interpret the
situation in simplistic way undermining the undercurrents to which
women are still subjected to in our society, while others cannot even
come out of male chauvinism and put the blame of her situation on the
female itself, going to the extent of questioning her character and
sensibilities as happened in the bygone era.

In this case, even if according to certain thoughts it was a
consensual sex, what still remains a question is that what really we
mean by consensus. Asking for a choice after making someone a victim
of their atrocities, creating dependency in every sense, breaking
someone emotionally, leaving no / limited choice for her and then
asking for consensus is really not consensus according to my belief. I
will leave on others to spare a thought to it and decide what free
consensus according to them really is. Did the lady really have had a
free choice to decide whether or not to indulge into sexual
relationship with Mr. Kapoor repeatedly over the course of time?

I continue to believe that Mr. Kapoor deserves the punishment of
harshest kind because this whole case exists because he raped her in
the guest house in the first instance and the convict should not be
spared what so ever the situation is. No innocent deed at later stage
can justify a gruesome crime of rape.

I will stop my comments on this issue for now as most of the thoughts
are repeating only.
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Re: [Ai] Blind woman told she couldn't join a travel tour without a companion

[Geetha Shamanna via Ai]

This article addresses an interesting dilemma. It is perhaps only in the US
that people can get away with making unreasonable claims on travel
companies. Here in the UK, such a person wouldn't have been allowed to
travel from the starting point, citing health and safety reasons.  While it
is true that blind people can travel independently, travelling with regular
groups without special arrangements would be challenging for a totally blind
person. In this case, assuming that all she needs is another person's arm to
hold on to, is a bit naïve, although in terms of actual assistance required,
it is not a great deal. With sighted people clicking pictures and taking
selfis all the time, it would be inconvenient for them to have a blind
person tag along if they hadn't signed up for it. There will always be a few
people in a group who might be more helpful than others. However, not
recognising this need for assistance would be insensitive on the part of the
blind person. 

Geetha
-Original Message-
From: Ai [mailto:ai-boun...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in] On Behalf Of
avinash shahi via Ai
Sent: 28 July 2017 12:19
To: ai; jnuvision
Cc: avinash shahi
Subject: [Ai] Blind woman told she couldn’t join a travel tour without a
companion

http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/07/24/blind-traveler-tour-company-d
ispute/R0i3tc1yAfFcF7Yr6c8zML/story.html?event=event25

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Re: [Ai] I have become sighted that too with no cost.

[Giri Prasad via Ai]

hi sir,
is this available for Telugu as well?
If it is, Could you post the link to download the same?
Thanks and regards.

On 28/07/2017, Nirmal Verma via Ai  wrote:
> My number is 7007869291 and 9311088660
>
> Nirmal
>
> On 28 Jul 2017 13:47, "Saji Mathews"  wrote:
>
>> Nirmal:
>>  Could you share your no. please. or call me on 09719152333
>>
>>
>> SAJI☺
>>
>> On 7/21/17, Nirmal Verma via Ai 
>> wrote:
>> > There are so many languages available in tesseract. I dont know about
>> > the
>> > result of other indian  languages.
>> >
>> > Nirmal
>> >
>> > On 21 Jul 2017 7:05 a.m., "soloman s via Ai" <
>> > ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Dear Nirmal sir,
>> >> Is  this applicable to all Indian Languages?
>> >> With warm regards
>> >> Solomon S
>> >> teachs...@gmail.com
>> >>
>> >> On 7/21/17, Nirmal Verma via Ai 
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Dear All
>> >> >
>> >> > To use Tesseract you need a Global User Interface. For this you can
>> >> > download Viet OCR which i find good. After installing VietOcr, there
>> in
>> >> the
>> >> > software you will have the option to import more languages. You can
>> >> select
>> >> > hindi and download hindi trained data. Thats it, you are ready to
>> >> > go.
>> >> > You
>> >> > can start using it immediately.
>> >> >
>> >> > Nirmal
>> >> >
>> >> > On 21 Jul 2017 00:04, "Prashanth MN via Ai" <
>> >> > ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> At Mr. Nirmal. could you give more information about tesseract
>> >> >> based
>> >> >> Hindi OCR?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On 7/20/17, Nirmal Verma via Ai
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> > Rather than questioning the subject line lets see the solution.
>> Lets
>> >> >> > find
>> >> >> > out how we can install it under windows environment and take the
>> >> >> > work
>> >> >> > forward.
>> >> >> > Nice job sathyan. Congratulations.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > For readers information I would like to tell you that hindi OCR
>> >> >> > based
>> >> >> > on
>> >> >> > tesseract is working great at the moment. Those interested can
>> >> >> > try
>> >> >> > it
>> >> >> out.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Nirmal
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > On 20 Jul 2017 18:56, "Kakarla Nageswaraiah via Ai" <
>> >> >> > ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Dear all,
>> >> >> > I don't find fault with his expression of the term 'sighted' in
>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > subject.  Maybe, he couldn't control his emotions like anxiety
>> while
>> >> >> > wishing to share his experiences with us.
>> >> >> > Regards
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > On 7/20/17, Akash Kakkar via Ai > inclusivehabitat.in>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> >> Completely misleading title of the post. It also sounds a big
>> >> >> >> hype
>> >> >> >> creating and advertising post
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> On 7/20/17, Asudani, Rajesh via Ai
>> >> >> >> 
>> >> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> >>> Of course.
>> >> >> >>> Such misleading headlines should not be used.
>> >> >> >>> Besides, if it is a linux based tool, will most of us using
>> >> >> >>> windows
>> >> >> >>> be
>> >> >> >>> able
>> >> >> >>> to use it?
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>> -Original Message-
>> >> >> >>> From: Ai [mailto:ai-boun...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in] On
>> >> >> >>> Behalf
>> >> >> >>> Of
>> >> >> >>> Vidhya Y via Ai
>> >> >> >>> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 9:36 PM
>> >> >> >>> To: Share, empower &Enrich
>> >> >> >>> Cc: Vidhya Y
>> >> >> >>> Subject: Re: [Ai] I have become sighted that too with no cost.
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>> the line I have become sighted is miss leading.
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>> On 7/19/17, George Abraham via Ai
>> >> >> >>> 
>> >> >> >>> wrote:
>> >> >>  But what is this technology?
>> >> >> 
>> >> >>  -Original Message-
>> >> >>  From: Ai [mailto:ai-boun...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in]
>> >> >>  On
>> >> >> Behalf
>> >> >>  Of
>> >> >>  Sath Linux via Ai
>> >> >>  Sent: 19 July 2017 19:32
>> >> >>  To: ai
>> >> >>  Cc: Sath Linux
>> >> >>  Subject: [Ai] I have become sighted that too with no cost.
>> >> >> 
>> >> >>  Dear friends,
>> >> >>  now I can read my printed books and I have the perfect access
>> >> >>  to
>> >> any
>> >> >>  library.I can read Malayalam, Hindi, English, Tamil, kannada
>> >> >>  and
>> >> >>  many
>> >> >>  other languages. I for the first time brought a weekly
>> >> >>  purchased
>> >> and
>> >> >>  read it.a dream has become true. The most attractive  thing is
>> >> >>  that
>> >> >>  I
>> >> >>  am not to spennd a single paise for it. Again, I have nobody
>> >> >>  to
>> >> >>  thank
>> >> >>  for supporting in such a fasion.. an open source ocr engine
>> >> >>  has
>> >> >>  helped
>> >> >>  me for it. It is revolutionary.
>> >> >>  thanking you Sathyan.
>> >> >> 
>> >> >>  --
>> >> >>  *Mob : +919446012215
>> >> >>  FREE SOFTWARE FREE SOCIETY *
>> >> >>  Discl

Re: [Ai] RETCS

[Minar Singh via Ai]

Hello Kanchan madam,
I wish to write everything on your personal ID from the biggining.
I'm communicating with Charu sir and his Accessibility COE team and
having hopes.
I have told everything to my HR but no result.
I see everyone working at office accept me.
I got into TCS through TCS Maitree team.


On 7/28/17, Kanchan Pamnani via Ai  wrote:
> HI Minar,
> You may write on this platform if you don’t mind everyone reading it. Its
> good  because everyone can evaluate and help. It will also help others who
> are either starting their careers or are facing similar situations.
> However,it may not be good for you to be airing your views so freely on a
> public platform and therefore you may choose to write to me on
> kanchanpamn...@gmail.com
> TCS is an equal opportunity employer even before the law changed so at at
> one level I am surprised but at another I am not very surprised because I am
> aware of one person losing his job  when he went blind. Ironic that he got
> another job with TCS after he learnt Screenreaders etc.
>
> Yours seems to be a serious case. Please don’t stop attending office
> whatever else you do. Definitely speak with Charudatta.
> Try and reach out to the HR head.
> Have you made any friends at the office ? Is there  enough work for all in
> your office location?
> I do not see anything being resolved through court so I would request you to
> look at all the options and of course the system must change.
> Kanchan
> Did you get into TCS through the Maitri project or through Enableindia  etc?
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Ai [mailto:ai-boun...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in] On Behalf Of
> Minar Singh via Ai
> Sent: 28 July 2017 15:37
> To: Share, empower &Enrich
> Cc: Minar Singh
> Subject: Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday:
> Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman
>
> Dear Kanchan madam,
> Should I write everything in detail on this public platform or on your
> personal email ID?
> I'm writing here in short. When I started working at TCS, I have been told
> something and got something else in written format. I have been told that I
> would be retainer for the initial 6 months after that I will get
> confirmation letter. same things got repeated for 3 times. It means I got
> confirmation letter after 15/16 months. TCS has stopped my salary for 4 &
> half months without informing me in written format. I did protest on this
> then got a reply that some document process was going on.
> company has sent me for the Accessbility training in Mumbai office.
> but they are not giving me any assignments.
> I go to the office sit for entire day and come back to home in evening. I
> got frustrated so stopped going to office daily.
> I'm not getting assignments it means I will not get promotion and salary
> increment.
> I do not wish to change my job. I want to change the internal system in my
> current company.
>
>
> On 7/28/17, Kanchan Pamnani via Ai 
> wrote:
>> Please explain in detail what kind of discrimination have you been facing.
>> Lets see how to tackle this.
>> K
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Ai [mailto:ai-boun...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in] On Behalf
>> Of Minar Singh via Ai
>> Sent: 28 July 2017 13:51
>> To: Share, empower &Enrich
>> Cc: Minar Singh
>> Subject: Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday:
>> Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman
>>
>> Hello Kanchan madam,
>> I'm Minar Singh from Kolkata and I have been working at TCS since Dec
>> 2013 till today.
>> I have been facing discrimination from the recruitment of my first 6
>> months at office.
>> I got frustrated and few days back I have raised this issue on
>> change.org online portal working for the change because I know no NGOs
>> will come forward and look into my issues.
>> I'm expecting positive reply from PMO and ministery of social justice
>> of India.
>>
>>
>> On 7/28/17, Kanchan Pamnani via Ai
>> 
>> wrote:
>>> Equal opportunity policy must for cos
>>>
>>> Lubna Kably
>>> >> 5
>>> 7.cms>
>>> | TNN | Jul 28, 2017, 04:00 AM IST
>>>
>>>
>>> Mumbai: India Inc has been nudged to be more inclusive when it comes
>>> to hiring and retaining the differently-abled
>>> as 'The
>>> Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017
>>> ' — which came into
>>> effect last month — also casts certain obligations on private sector
>>> employers. So far, for creating an inclusive society, the government
>>> had concentrated on its organisations and PSUs, but this approach has
>>> changed.
>>>
>>>
>>> From June 15, all employer organisations need to adopt an 'Equal
>>> Opportunity Policy' (EOP) containing details of amenities that will
>>> be provided to their differently-abled employees. The policy is to be
>>> displayed on the employer'

Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday: Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman

[Minar Singh via Ai]

Dear Namita,
I'm agree with you that everything has rule. Why I was not informed in
writing about these rules before joining? after 3 & half years if
someone informs me about rules and regulations is not going to make me
feel calm.

On 7/28/17, Namita Agarwal via Ai  wrote:
> Rahul you should talk to charudata jadav who is accessibility head and
> a VI at tcs
> stay calm, it goes by rules and has the same rule for sighted person
>  will send his number
>
>
> On 7/28/17, akshun mahajan via Ai 
> wrote:
>> I think instead of showing sympathy here Delhi based organizations and
>> activists must come forward and help this lady.
>>
>> On 7/28/17, Sandeep Singh via Ai 
>> wrote:
>>> That is taking it too far, I am afraid. Guess time to stop the
>>> discussion.
>>>
>>> On 7/28/17, Namita Agarwal via Ai 
>>> wrote:
 hi agree with Preeti
 who knows the truth none of us, and contemplating with the facts, is of
 no
 use
 the one who suffers in this is the eight year old child.
 it is better the disabled keep a clean picture so that they do not
 close doors for others.
 maintain distance with opposite sex and if really interested have a
 legal marriage and then go for it.

 On 7/27/17, bhawani shankar verma via Ai
  wrote:
> courts are not biased, our laws are biased. if a man wrongly forced to
> the
> legal matter against a female, specially family matters, domestic
> violence,
> or relationship matters, it is presumed that male is rakshas and the
> female
> is devi.
> turn this case 180 degree angle. and think whether a woman can siduce a
> man
> for sex or not. if it is, who would be the victim man or woman. there
> are
> many cases specially in corporate environment where the male employees
> are
> facing false charges and departmental enquiries of seduction.
> unfortunately, in IPC it is presumed that only man can seduce a woman.
> the
> laws are to be amended as per the rules of equality. can a male lodge
> an
> FIR
> against a female related to seduction? if it is so, please let me know
> the
> relevant section of IPC.
> in my opinion, the word male and female should be replaced with a
> person
> and
> the word husband and wife should be replaced with a word "spouse"
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Dinesh Kaushal via Ai
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 5:52 PM
> To: Share, empower &Enrich
> Cc: Dinesh Kaushal
> Subject: Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday:
> Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman
>
> Well put Swati,
>
> Consent is absolutely important and many of us missed this point in the
> article.
>
> We may not know exact facts, so we need to restraint ourselves from
> such
> discussions. It is court to decide whether consent was there or not.
> How
> come we have just jumped on conclusion that court has been
> unnecessarily
> biased against men?
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Ai [mailto:ai-boun...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in] On Behalf
> Of
> swati saxena via Ai
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 5:20 PM
> To: Share, empower &Enrich 
> Cc: swati saxena 
> Subject: Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday:
> Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman
>
> HI All,
>
> Directly quoting from the article below lines.
> "On the pretext of meeting an advocate, Kapoor had taken the victim on
> May 30, 2015, to a guest house in Gurgaon and raped her there for the
> first time. He later continued to abuse her, promising marriage."
>
> It clearly states that the victim was raped by the convict first time
> on pretext of meeting an advocate. How can it be justified as having
> sexual relationship with the consent of the women? The lines further
> states that later he abused her promising marriage. The words "
> pretext of meeting an advocate" and "abuse" are enough evidences to
> impose rigorous" punishment on the convict.
>
> Subsequent sexual relationship could be on consent basis (facts in the
> article insufficient to conclude the consent part), however this does
> not in any case justify his act of raping the women for the first time
> in the guest house. The interpretation by members that at the first
> instance also it was on consent is wrong. I believe no matter whatever
> happened after that, this punishment is highly justified for what he
> did in the guest house. Future innocence (though no proof of that in
> the article) in any case, cannot justify the heinous crime in the
> first instance.
>
> Comments like “men have to suffer in India because of these gender
> biased laws” and “this would further de-motiva

[Ai] RETCS

[Kanchan Pamnani via Ai]

HI Minar, 
You may write on this platform if you don’t mind everyone reading it. Its good  
because everyone can evaluate and help. It will also help others who  are 
either starting their careers or are facing similar situations. However,it may 
not be good for you to be airing your views so freely on a public platform and 
therefore you may choose to write to me on  kanchanpamn...@gmail.com
TCS is an equal opportunity employer even before the law changed so at at one 
level I am surprised but at another I am not very surprised because I am aware 
of one person losing his job  when he went blind. Ironic that he got another 
job with TCS after he learnt Screenreaders etc. 

Yours seems to be a serious case. Please don’t stop attending office whatever 
else you do. Definitely speak with Charudatta. 
Try and reach out to the HR head. 
Have you made any friends at the office ? Is there  enough work for all in your 
office location? 
I do not see anything being resolved through court so I would request you to 
look at all the options and of course the system must change. 
Kanchan 
Did you get into TCS through the Maitri project or through Enableindia  etc? 
 

-Original Message-
From: Ai [mailto:ai-boun...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in] On Behalf Of Minar 
Singh via Ai
Sent: 28 July 2017 15:37
To: Share, empower &Enrich
Cc: Minar Singh
Subject: Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday: Gurgaon: 
Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman

Dear Kanchan madam,
Should I write everything in detail on this public platform or on your personal 
email ID?
I'm writing here in short. When I started working at TCS, I have been told 
something and got something else in written format. I have been told that I 
would be retainer for the initial 6 months after that I will get confirmation 
letter. same things got repeated for 3 times. It means I got confirmation 
letter after 15/16 months. TCS has stopped my salary for 4 & half months 
without informing me in written format. I did protest on this then got a reply 
that some document process was going on.
company has sent me for the Accessbility training in Mumbai office.
but they are not giving me any assignments.
I go to the office sit for entire day and come back to home in evening. I got 
frustrated so stopped going to office daily.
I'm not getting assignments it means I will not get promotion and salary 
increment.
I do not wish to change my job. I want to change the internal system in my 
current company.


On 7/28/17, Kanchan Pamnani via Ai  wrote:
> Please explain in detail what kind of discrimination have you been facing.
> Lets see how to tackle this.
> K
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Ai [mailto:ai-boun...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in] On Behalf 
> Of Minar Singh via Ai
> Sent: 28 July 2017 13:51
> To: Share, empower &Enrich
> Cc: Minar Singh
> Subject: Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday:
> Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman
>
> Hello Kanchan madam,
> I'm Minar Singh from Kolkata and I have been working at TCS since Dec
> 2013 till today.
> I have been facing discrimination from the recruitment of my first 6 
> months at office.
> I got frustrated and few days back I have raised this issue on 
> change.org online portal working for the change because I know no NGOs 
> will come forward and look into my issues.
> I'm expecting positive reply from PMO and ministery of social justice 
> of India.
>
>
> On 7/28/17, Kanchan Pamnani via Ai 
> 
> wrote:
>> Equal opportunity policy must for cos
>>
>> Lubna Kably
>> > 5
>> 7.cms>
>> | TNN | Jul 28, 2017, 04:00 AM IST
>>
>>
>> Mumbai: India Inc has been nudged to be more inclusive when it comes 
>> to hiring and retaining the differently-abled 
>> as 'The 
>> Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017 
>> ' — which came into 
>> effect last month — also casts certain obligations on private sector 
>> employers. So far, for creating an inclusive society, the government 
>> had concentrated on its organisations and PSUs, but this approach has 
>> changed.
>>
>>
>> From June 15, all employer organisations need to adopt an 'Equal 
>> Opportunity Policy' (EOP) containing details of amenities that will 
>> be provided to their differently-abled employees. The policy is to be 
>> displayed on the employer's website or at conspicuous places in the 
>> work premises. A copy is also to be registered with the relevant 
>> authorities.
>> There are many additional requirements — organisations having more 
>> than 20 employees need to appoint a liaison officer to oversee 
>> recruitment and provision of facilities for the differently-abled.
>> Employers need to ensure that there is no discrimination and provide 
>> necessary training and infrastructure f

Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday: Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman

[Namita Agarwal via Ai]

oops not Rahul minar will send his number to you

On 7/28/17, Namita Agarwal  wrote:
> Rahul you should talk to charudata jadav who is accessibility head and
> a VI at tcs
> stay calm, it goes by rules and has the same rule for sighted person
>  will send his number
>
>
> On 7/28/17, akshun mahajan via Ai 
> wrote:
>> I think instead of showing sympathy here Delhi based organizations and
>> activists must come forward and help this lady.
>>
>> On 7/28/17, Sandeep Singh via Ai 
>> wrote:
>>> That is taking it too far, I am afraid. Guess time to stop the
>>> discussion.
>>>
>>> On 7/28/17, Namita Agarwal via Ai 
>>> wrote:
 hi agree with Preeti
 who knows the truth none of us, and contemplating with the facts, is of
 no
 use
 the one who suffers in this is the eight year old child.
 it is better the disabled keep a clean picture so that they do not
 close doors for others.
 maintain distance with opposite sex and if really interested have a
 legal marriage and then go for it.

 On 7/27/17, bhawani shankar verma via Ai
  wrote:
> courts are not biased, our laws are biased. if a man wrongly forced to
> the
> legal matter against a female, specially family matters, domestic
> violence,
> or relationship matters, it is presumed that male is rakshas and the
> female
> is devi.
> turn this case 180 degree angle. and think whether a woman can siduce
> a
> man
> for sex or not. if it is, who would be the victim man or woman. there
> are
> many cases specially in corporate environment where the male employees
> are
> facing false charges and departmental enquiries of seduction.
> unfortunately, in IPC it is presumed that only man can seduce a woman.
> the
> laws are to be amended as per the rules of equality. can a male lodge
> an
> FIR
> against a female related to seduction? if it is so, please let me know
> the
> relevant section of IPC.
> in my opinion, the word male and female should be replaced with a
> person
> and
> the word husband and wife should be replaced with a word "spouse"
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Dinesh Kaushal via Ai
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 5:52 PM
> To: Share, empower &Enrich
> Cc: Dinesh Kaushal
> Subject: Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday:
> Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman
>
> Well put Swati,
>
> Consent is absolutely important and many of us missed this point in
> the
> article.
>
> We may not know exact facts, so we need to restraint ourselves from
> such
> discussions. It is court to decide whether consent was there or not.
> How
> come we have just jumped on conclusion that court has been
> unnecessarily
> biased against men?
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Ai [mailto:ai-boun...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in] On Behalf
> Of
> swati saxena via Ai
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 5:20 PM
> To: Share, empower &Enrich 
> Cc: swati saxena 
> Subject: Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday:
> Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman
>
> HI All,
>
> Directly quoting from the article below lines.
> "On the pretext of meeting an advocate, Kapoor had taken the victim on
> May 30, 2015, to a guest house in Gurgaon and raped her there for the
> first time. He later continued to abuse her, promising marriage."
>
> It clearly states that the victim was raped by the convict first time
> on pretext of meeting an advocate. How can it be justified as having
> sexual relationship with the consent of the women? The lines further
> states that later he abused her promising marriage. The words "
> pretext of meeting an advocate" and "abuse" are enough evidences to
> impose rigorous" punishment on the convict.
>
> Subsequent sexual relationship could be on consent basis (facts in the
> article insufficient to conclude the consent part), however this does
> not in any case justify his act of raping the women for the first time
> in the guest house. The interpretation by members that at the first
> instance also it was on consent is wrong. I believe no matter whatever
> happened after that, this punishment is highly justified for what he
> did in the guest house. Future innocence (though no proof of that in
> the article) in any case, cannot justify the heinous crime in the
> first instance.
>
> Comments like “men have to suffer in India because of these gender
> biased laws” and “this would further de-motivate men to have sexual
> relationship with women even with their consent”are highly
> unfortunate. These statements try to show that men are highly
> vulnerable in the

Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday: Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman

[Namita Agarwal via Ai]

Rahul you should talk to charudata jadav who is accessibility head and
a VI at tcs
stay calm, it goes by rules and has the same rule for sighted person
 will send his number


On 7/28/17, akshun mahajan via Ai  wrote:
> I think instead of showing sympathy here Delhi based organizations and
> activists must come forward and help this lady.
>
> On 7/28/17, Sandeep Singh via Ai  wrote:
>> That is taking it too far, I am afraid. Guess time to stop the discussion.
>>
>> On 7/28/17, Namita Agarwal via Ai 
>> wrote:
>>> hi agree with Preeti
>>> who knows the truth none of us, and contemplating with the facts, is of
>>> no
>>> use
>>> the one who suffers in this is the eight year old child.
>>> it is better the disabled keep a clean picture so that they do not
>>> close doors for others.
>>> maintain distance with opposite sex and if really interested have a
>>> legal marriage and then go for it.
>>>
>>> On 7/27/17, bhawani shankar verma via Ai
>>>  wrote:
 courts are not biased, our laws are biased. if a man wrongly forced to
 the
 legal matter against a female, specially family matters, domestic
 violence,
 or relationship matters, it is presumed that male is rakshas and the
 female
 is devi.
 turn this case 180 degree angle. and think whether a woman can siduce a
 man
 for sex or not. if it is, who would be the victim man or woman. there
 are
 many cases specially in corporate environment where the male employees
 are
 facing false charges and departmental enquiries of seduction.
 unfortunately, in IPC it is presumed that only man can seduce a woman.
 the
 laws are to be amended as per the rules of equality. can a male lodge an
 FIR
 against a female related to seduction? if it is so, please let me know
 the
 relevant section of IPC.
 in my opinion, the word male and female should be replaced with a person
 and
 the word husband and wife should be replaced with a word "spouse"



 -Original Message-
 From: Dinesh Kaushal via Ai
 Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 5:52 PM
 To: Share, empower &Enrich
 Cc: Dinesh Kaushal
 Subject: Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday:
 Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman

 Well put Swati,

 Consent is absolutely important and many of us missed this point in the
 article.

 We may not know exact facts, so we need to restraint ourselves from such
 discussions. It is court to decide whether consent was there or not. How
 come we have just jumped on conclusion that court has been unnecessarily
 biased against men?


 -Original Message-
 From: Ai [mailto:ai-boun...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in] On Behalf
 Of
 swati saxena via Ai
 Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 5:20 PM
 To: Share, empower &Enrich 
 Cc: swati saxena 
 Subject: Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday:
 Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman

 HI All,

 Directly quoting from the article below lines.
 "On the pretext of meeting an advocate, Kapoor had taken the victim on
 May 30, 2015, to a guest house in Gurgaon and raped her there for the
 first time. He later continued to abuse her, promising marriage."

 It clearly states that the victim was raped by the convict first time
 on pretext of meeting an advocate. How can it be justified as having
 sexual relationship with the consent of the women? The lines further
 states that later he abused her promising marriage. The words "
 pretext of meeting an advocate" and "abuse" are enough evidences to
 impose rigorous" punishment on the convict.

 Subsequent sexual relationship could be on consent basis (facts in the
 article insufficient to conclude the consent part), however this does
 not in any case justify his act of raping the women for the first time
 in the guest house. The interpretation by members that at the first
 instance also it was on consent is wrong. I believe no matter whatever
 happened after that, this punishment is highly justified for what he
 did in the guest house. Future innocence (though no proof of that in
 the article) in any case, cannot justify the heinous crime in the
 first instance.

 Comments like “men have to suffer in India because of these gender
 biased laws” and “this would further de-motivate men to have sexual
 relationship with women even with their consent”are highly
 unfortunate. These statements try to show that men are highly
 vulnerable in the hands of women because of these laws which is not
 the case going by the rape statistics and innumerable crime against
 women in India. As such comments are coming from members I am forced
 to write that because of such grievous acts by men

[Ai] Paper of Interest: Qualitative inquiry of sibling relationships: reinforcement of disability devaluation through the exclusion of voices:

[avinash shahi via Ai]

Abstract

People with disabilities share a history and culture of
marginalization and oppression. In disability studies, disability has
been re-defined as an inability or limitation in performance of the
roles and tasks expected of individuals within society which excludes
people from becoming full participants in social, cultural, and
political affairs. Disability research has traditionally been ‘on’
rather than ‘with’ people with disabilities. This article examines how
qualitative sibling disability research has been conducted, with a
particular focus on the exclusion of people with disabilities.
Read full paper at:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09687599.2017.1351330

Disability research

Disability research is a social act that involves ethical, procedural,
and political issues (Barton 2005 Barton, L. 2005. “Emancipatory
Research and Disabled People: Some Observations and Questions.”
Educational Review 57 (3): 317–327.10.1080/00131910500149325
[Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®], [Google Scholar]
; Oliver 1992 Oliver, M. 1992. “Changing the Social Relations of
Research Production?” Disability, Handicap & Society 7 (2):
101–114.10.1080/02674649266780141
[Taylor & Francis Online], [Google Scholar]
). Oliver’s seminal work brought to the fore that ‘disability cannot
be abstracted from the social world which produces it; it does not
exist outside of the social structures in which it is located and
independent of the meanings given to it’ (1992, 101). Regardless of
this claim, disability research has continued to operate from a
framework that positions disability as a medical problem requiring
intervention to classify, clarify, and potentially modify its
dimensions (Devlin and Pothier 2006 Devlin, R., and D. Pothier.
2006. “Introduction: Toward a Critical Theory of Dis-Citizenship.”
Critical Disability Theory: Essays in Philosophy, Politics, Policy,
and Law. 1–22.
 [Google Scholar]
; Oliver 1992 Oliver, M. 1992. “Changing the Social Relations of
Research Production?” Disability, Handicap & Society 7 (2):
101–114.10.1080/02674649266780141
[Taylor & Francis Online], [Google Scholar]
; Tregaskis and Goodley 2005 Tregaskis, C., and D. Goodley. 2005.
“Disability Research by Disabled and Non‐Disabled People: Towards a
Relational Methodology of Research Production.” International Journal
of Social Research Methodology 8 (5):
363–374.10.1080/13645570500402439
[Taylor & Francis Online], [Google Scholar]
). The ways in which research marginalizes people with disabilities
became clearer during the disabilities movement.

The disabilities rights movement surfaced as a way to make clear the
historical political and social marginalization and system of
mis/under-representation that people with disabilities have faced
(Fleischer and Zames 2012 Fleischer, D. Z., and F. Zames. 2012. The
Disability Rights Movement: From Charity to Confrontation.
Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.
 [Google Scholar]
). The slogan ‘nothing about us without us’ (Stack and McDonald
2014 Stack, E., and K. E. McDonald. 2014. “Nothing about Us without
Us: Does Action Research in Developmental Disabilities Research
Measure up?” Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual
Disabilities 11 (2): 83–91.10./jppi.2014.11.issue-2
[CrossRef], [Web of Science ®], [Google Scholar]
) became a proclamation that represented the desire for people to no
longer be relegated to the status of second-class citizens who were
not included in the decisions that affect their daily lives and
well-being. This stand included research that was and continues to be
done without the inclusion of people with disabilities. Scholars with
disabilities argue that disability research must be critically engaged
in, and explicitly concerned with, issues of social justice, equity,
and citizenship, and not viewed as disinterested or neutral (Barton
2005 Barton, L. 2005. “Emancipatory Research and Disabled People:
Some Observations and Questions.” Educational Review 57 (3):
317–327.10.1080/00131910500149325
[Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®], [Google Scholar]
). However, research on disability has been dominated by positivist
frameworks which have distorted the experiences of disability. Such
research creates relatively simplistic and rational concepts of
disability and social change, while reinforcing the medical model of
disability (Oliver 1992 Oliver, M. 1992. “Changing the Social
Relations of Research Production?” Disability, Handicap & Society 7
(2): 101–114.10.1080/02674649266780141
[Taylor & Francis Online], [Google Scholar]
). Because of a shift in the disability paradigm and the positionality
of researchers, disability research experienced an emergence of
qualitative methods (Barnes 1992 Barnes, C. 1992. “Qualitative
Research: Valuable or Irrelevant?” Disability, Handicap & Society 7
(2): 115–124.10.1080/02674649266780151
[Taylor & Francis Online], [Google Scholar]
).

Inquiry from qualitative methods was

Re: [Ai] Any information about accessibility of Jio Phone

[Vedprakash via Ai]

Yes, it has.

-Original Message-
From: Ai [mailto:ai-boun...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in] On Behalf Of
Mohit Gupta via Ai
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 7:11 PM
To: Share, empower &Enrich 
Cc: Mohit Gupta 
Subject: Re: [Ai] Any information about accessibility of Jio Phone

hi
is gio phone has keypad?

On 7/25/17, Sunil Sangtani. via Ai 
wrote:
> yes, firefox OS use to have screen reader support, not as good as it 
> should be, but yes there use to be one.
>
>
> On 7/24/17, Aravind R via Ai  wrote:
>> do we have any talking software for firefox operating system?> id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"> > style="border-top: 1px solid #D3D4DE;">
>>  
>> >
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ampaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail"
>> target="_blank">>
src="https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-a
nimated-no-repeat-v1.gif"
>> alt="" width="46" height="29" style="width: 46px; height: 29px;"
>> />
>>  Virus-free. >
href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_c
ampaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail"
>> target="_blank" style="color: #4453ea;">www.avast.com
>>  
>>  
>> > height="1">
>>
>> On 7/24/17, Sunil Sangtani. via Ai 
>> 
>> wrote:
>>> yes, the jio phone is using Kizon  os, and its the customized 
>>> version of firefox operating system much like customized version of
android.
>>> so Probably it must be accessible.
>>> but even though it is accessible, it would not  become our primary 
>>> phone. it can help to the people who prefer keypad phones though.
>>>  On 7/22/17, Dinesh Kaushal via Ai 
>>> 
>>> wrote:
 Hi All,

 As most of you might know that Reliance has launched a really 
 affordable phone. It seems that going forward most of Reliance 
 Jio's plans would be available with the Jio Phone only.

 That brings us to whether persons with disabilities would be able 
 to benefit from such low prices? In order that to happen these 
 phones should be accessible. To answer that question, we need to 
 know which operating system is being used in this phone. My initial 
 search suggests that it might be using Mozilla's Firefox OS which 
 luckily has accessibility features.
 But
 we
 need to get this tested and we need to intervene asap so that this 
 phone is accessible.

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[Ai] Blind woman told she couldn’t join a travel tour without a companion

[avinash shahi via Ai]

http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/07/24/blind-traveler-tour-company-dispute/R0i3tc1yAfFcF7Yr6c8zML/story.html?event=event25

-- 
Avinash Shahi
Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU
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[Ai] Daily Eyeway Alerts

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Dear All,
Greetings from the National Eyeway Helpdesk!'
Please, follow below the Daily Eyeway Alerts:

1. Vision without sight: Achievers share stories
Visually impaired honoured for making a mark in their lives at SCD
Government College.
Ludhiana, June 27
Visually-impaired persons, who have made a mark in their lives, was
honoured during a function organised by the Punarjot Guldasta Eye Bank
Society here today.
The function at SCD Government College saw the visually-impaired
veterans share their words of wisdom.
Several persons, including Dr S Tarsem, Prof CL Bhalla, Netarheen
Association president Devinder Singh, Nimita Sharma and Yogesh Sharma,
professors at Government College for Girls; and Sandeep Kaur who
performed during the cultural programme were honoured.
Dr S Tarsem inspired everyone with his words. His vision kept
decreasing till he became completely blind due to a genetic problem by
the age of 31, he braved the misfortune with courage. Source:
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/vision-without-sight-achievers-share-stories/428575.html
 2. Job-
Three posts asTechnical Assistant-B (Mechanical) in Mangalore Refinery
and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), Mangalore, Karnataka. Low Vision
can apply. Qualification:  3 years Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
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Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday: Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman

[Minar Singh via Ai]

Dear Kanchan madam,
Should I write everything in detail on this public platform or on your
personal email ID?
I'm writing here in short. When I started working at TCS, I have been
told something and got something else in written format. I have been
told that I would be retainer for the initial 6 months after that I
will get confirmation letter. same things got repeated for 3 times. It
means I got confirmation letter after 15/16 months. TCS has stopped my
salary for 4 & half months without informing me in written format. I
did protest on this then got a reply that some document process was
going on.
company has sent me for the Accessbility training in Mumbai office.
but they are not giving me any assignments.
I go to the office sit for entire day and come back to home in
evening. I got frustrated so stopped going to office daily.
I'm not getting assignments it means I will not get promotion and
salary increment.
I do not wish to change my job. I want to change the internal system
in my current company.


On 7/28/17, Kanchan Pamnani via Ai  wrote:
> Please explain in detail what kind of discrimination have you been facing.
> Lets see how to tackle this.
> K
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Ai [mailto:ai-boun...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in] On Behalf Of
> Minar Singh via Ai
> Sent: 28 July 2017 13:51
> To: Share, empower &Enrich
> Cc: Minar Singh
> Subject: Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday:
> Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman
>
> Hello Kanchan madam,
> I'm Minar Singh from Kolkata and I have been working at TCS since Dec
> 2013 till today.
> I have been facing discrimination from the recruitment of my first 6 months
> at office.
> I got frustrated and few days back I have raised this issue on change.org
> online portal working for the change because I know no NGOs will come
> forward and look into my issues.
> I'm expecting positive reply from PMO and ministery of social justice of
> India.
>
>
> On 7/28/17, Kanchan Pamnani via Ai 
> wrote:
>> Equal opportunity policy must for cos
>>
>> Lubna Kably
>> > 7.cms>
>> | TNN | Jul 28, 2017, 04:00 AM IST
>>
>>
>> Mumbai: India Inc has been nudged to be more inclusive when it comes
>> to hiring and retaining the differently-abled
>> as 'The
>> Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017
>> ' — which came into
>> effect last month — also casts certain obligations on private sector
>> employers. So far, for creating an inclusive society, the government
>> had concentrated on its organisations and PSUs, but this approach has
>> changed.
>>
>>
>> From June 15, all employer organisations need to adopt an 'Equal
>> Opportunity Policy' (EOP) containing details of amenities that will be
>> provided to their differently-abled employees. The policy is to be
>> displayed on the employer's website or at conspicuous places in the
>> work premises. A copy is also to be registered with the relevant
>> authorities.
>> There are many additional requirements — organisations having more
>> than 20 employees need to appoint a liaison officer to oversee
>> recruitment and provision of facilities for the differently-abled.
>> Employers need to ensure that there is no discrimination and provide
>> necessary training and infrastructure facilities to enable their
>> differently-abled to function effectively. "These developments have
>> taken the private sector by surprise, even as several MNCs have had an
>> EOP, which was also extended to employees in India. Employers will
>> need to revamp hiring practices and modify their HR policies. This
>> step taken by the government will ensure that our employment standards
>> are in line with international norms," says Vikram Shroff, head (HR
>> law practice), Nishith Desai Associates
>> .
>>
>>
>> While no employment reservation quota has been fixed, the disability
>> law calls upon the government and local authorities to provide
>> incentives to private sector employers to ensure that at least 5% of
>> their workforce comprises differently-abled. "It's unclear whether the
>> private sector that receives any kind of incentives from the
>> government will have to meet this employment target," adds Shroff.
>>
>> A few companies in India, including non-MNCs, are equal opportunity
>> employers — others may now be prompted to follow suit. Anwar, a hockey
>> player and Paralympic athletics champion, once had to sell his medals
>> to sustain himself and family. Now he is gainfully employed with
>> Mahindra Holidays & Resorts as a senior service facilitator in the
>> purchase department. Nearly 60 differently-abled employees are working
>> across resorts as front-office operators, spa therapists, electricians
>> and plumbers, gardeners, kitchen 

Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday: Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman

[Kanchan Pamnani via Ai]

Please explain in detail what kind of discrimination have you been facing.  
Lets see how to tackle this. 
K 

-Original Message-
From: Ai [mailto:ai-boun...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in] On Behalf Of Minar 
Singh via Ai
Sent: 28 July 2017 13:51
To: Share, empower &Enrich
Cc: Minar Singh
Subject: Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday: Gurgaon: 
Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman

Hello Kanchan madam,
I'm Minar Singh from Kolkata and I have been working at TCS since Dec
2013 till today.
I have been facing discrimination from the recruitment of my first 6 months at 
office.
I got frustrated and few days back I have raised this issue on change.org 
online portal working for the change because I know no NGOs will come forward 
and look into my issues.
I'm expecting positive reply from PMO and ministery of social justice of India.


On 7/28/17, Kanchan Pamnani via Ai  wrote:
> Equal opportunity policy must for cos
>
> Lubna Kably
>  7.cms>
> | TNN | Jul 28, 2017, 04:00 AM IST
>
>
> Mumbai: India Inc has been nudged to be more inclusive when it comes 
> to hiring and retaining the differently-abled 
> as 'The 
> Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017 
> ' — which came into 
> effect last month — also casts certain obligations on private sector 
> employers. So far, for creating an inclusive society, the government 
> had concentrated on its organisations and PSUs, but this approach has changed.
>
>
> From June 15, all employer organisations need to adopt an 'Equal 
> Opportunity Policy' (EOP) containing details of amenities that will be 
> provided to their differently-abled employees. The policy is to be 
> displayed on the employer's website or at conspicuous places in the 
> work premises. A copy is also to be registered with the relevant authorities.
> There are many additional requirements — organisations having more 
> than 20 employees need to appoint a liaison officer to oversee 
> recruitment and provision of facilities for the differently-abled. 
> Employers need to ensure that there is no discrimination and provide 
> necessary training and infrastructure facilities to enable their 
> differently-abled to function effectively. "These developments have 
> taken the private sector by surprise, even as several MNCs have had an 
> EOP, which was also extended to employees in India. Employers will 
> need to revamp hiring practices and modify their HR policies. This 
> step taken by the government will ensure that our employment standards 
> are in line with international norms," says Vikram Shroff, head (HR 
> law practice), Nishith Desai Associates 
> .
>
>
> While no employment reservation quota has been fixed, the disability 
> law calls upon the government and local authorities to provide 
> incentives to private sector employers to ensure that at least 5% of 
> their workforce comprises differently-abled. "It's unclear whether the 
> private sector that receives any kind of incentives from the 
> government will have to meet this employment target," adds Shroff.
>
> A few companies in India, including non-MNCs, are equal opportunity 
> employers — others may now be prompted to follow suit. Anwar, a hockey 
> player and Paralympic athletics champion, once had to sell his medals 
> to sustain himself and family. Now he is gainfully employed with 
> Mahindra Holidays & Resorts as a senior service facilitator in the 
> purchase department. Nearly 60 differently-abled employees are working 
> across resorts as front-office operators, spa therapists, electricians 
> and plumbers, gardeners, kitchen staff and housekeeping staff, to name 
> a few instances.
>
> Pratik Roy, chief human resource officer, Mahindra Holidays, says, "We 
> have a structured hiring policy. Through a special recruitment 
> programme, we reach out to organisations that work for empowerment of 
> the differently-abled. Specially attuned training programmes are run 
> for such employees to enable them to develop resort hospitality skill sets."
>
>
>
> Lemon Tree Hotels has always been an equal opportunity employer. 
> Currently, it has more than 500 differently-abled employees (13% of 
> its total
> workforce) employed across functions. Explains Rajesh Kumar, VP (HR), 
> "Such a commitment requires substantial investments in training and 
> refresher modules, as the differently-abled are vulnerable to being 
> left behind over time. The training formats are customised to meet 
> their needs. For instance, video-based training modules for employees 
> in housekeeping, food & beverage sections have been enhanced with the 
> use of Indian sign language."
>
>
>
> At Deutsche Bank 
> 

Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday: Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman

[avinash shahi via Ai]

Dear All,
I strived hard with my skills at disposal to find out the order which
triggered this intense deliberation. But alas, the lower courts in
India are yet to embrace 'digital India'. Lower courts'
orders/judgments are hardly put up on the websites. Probably in the
days to come, we could take a copy of the order from Gurgaon district
court repository. Or we can also approach the  DCP (west) Gurgaon
where the case was transferred from  Mianwali Nagar West police
station where the FIR was first lodged in November 2015.

Many instances abound which indicate that Judges, particularly in the
lower courts view disability from very primitive lense. For instance,
in October 2016 a session judge in one of the Delhi district courts
acquitted a blind father who was accused of raping his daughter. The
judge provided a reasoning that being a blind father man can't give
bath to his daughter and its impossible for him to rape. the judge
then questioned his daughter's silence over the matter for years.
(read this report appeared in October in India today).
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/blind-father-rapist-court-sexual-assault/1/781307.html
We need to dig deep and cull out relevant orders from India's district
courts where disability/disabled people have been involved. Its a very
critical area to research.

On 7/27/17, akshun mahajan via Ai  wrote:
> Hi all,
> Well I spoke to some of very close friends to know the truth of this
> story and I have found both male and female are equally responsible.
> Things were fine until boy did not get job.
> This is also true that he told female that he will get her job and get
> married with her but after getting job boy started avoiding she as a
> result of this lady went to court.
> One thing is very sure that she was not raped. They were doing with
> consent when this lady find that after getting job he is avoiding her
> and she got frusted and starting threatening this boy, boy took also
> lightly as a result of this he was awarded punishment.
>
>
> On 7/27/17, P. Subramani via Ai  wrote:
>> in the end, it seems all laws are gender-biased towards women  including
>> section498A, a sighted person wouldn't have received this quantum of
>> punishment, obviously women are taking undue advantage of such laws,  many
>> courts have made observations about gender-biased laws,  this lower
>> court's
>> judgement should be challenged in the higher courts where obviously judges
>> are much more learned, in most instances,  decisions are reversed in the
>> higher courts, media always reports such wrong things perpetrated by the
>> disabled persons, they neverever report brighter achievements of  our
>> community
>> E-Mail:  subramani6...@gmail.com
>> Mob:  9738150192
>> Facebook: facebook.com/subu.subramani.16
>> - Original Message -
>> From: "vivek doddamani via Ai" 
>> To: "Share, empower &Enrich" 
>> Cc: "vivek doddamani" 
>> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 4:55 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday:
>> Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman
>>
>>
>>> anything it may be my suggestion is the convict should go to high court
>>>
>>> On 7/27/17, Mahendra Galani via Ai 
>>> wrote:
 Vivek, it is very easy to say then to do.
 we men may never understand the Shame felt by women.
 it takes enough currege to do it, specially for the disabled women,
 and dont forget, court found argument good enough to handover this
 punishment.
 we may talk about number of years given,however
 to comment more based on this artical, is for me dificult.






 At 03:28 PM 7/27/2017 +0530, you wrote:
>I agree this person had taken her to guest house
>to meet an advocate and then he raped her after
>coming out she could have immediately complained
>to the guest house staff or to police, if the
>sex was not occurred without her consent then
>why she did not screem or shout for help,, here
>notice that the man was also blind & woman could
>have easily escaped from him and called for
>help, here it is clearly understood that sex was
>with full consent not rape by force. On 7/26/17,
>swati saxena via Ai
> wrote: > So
>according to some of the views, does this case
>does not demand any > form of punishment? Is the
>woman not a victim in any form? > > Absolutely,
>it should not be viewed from disability point of
>view. > However I not at all agree that it was a
>consensual sexual > relationship. > > It is
>clearly stated in the article that she was raped
>in the guest > house in the pretext of meeting
>an advocate. Is raping someone does > not call
>for punishment? If it is believed that this is
>something > which does not demand punishment of
>any form, then I question the > sensitivity and
>understanding of what does rape means for a
>women. > > Also even if it is consent (though I
>don'

Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday: Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman

[Sunil Sangtani. via Ai]

Well, if we look on the incident from the way as it is, the boy is
certainly wrong.
Even if the girl gave her consent for all the things that happened in
between them, the boy was supposed to refrain from taking this step at
the first place when there future was unsure,  or if he was truly
honest with the girl, should have taken his responsibility and married
her right away.
If we see from the girl’s prospective, probably the bright future and
a dream of a happier life might allowed her conscious to go with the
boy this way.



On 7/28/17, Avichal Bhatnagar via Ai  wrote:
> After reading all the discussion on the subject so far, I have a
> question arising in my mind. If the man really wanted to help the
> widow and wanted her to be his life partner, then why did he not marry
> her first and perform the sexual communion later?
> He took her to the guesthouse and had sex with her, on the pretext of
> making her meet a lawyer.
> This itself shows that the man's main motive was to satisfy his lust from
> her.
>
> On 7/28/17, swati saxena via Ai  wrote:
>> Well, maintaining clean distance or having / not having sex only after
>> getting married is subject to individual's choice.
>>
>> But what has become clear from this whole discourse is that our
>> society is still insensitive even to an extremely sensitive situation
>> of a rape victim. The ones who are open minded, interpret the
>> situation in simplistic way undermining the undercurrents to which
>> women are still subjected to in our society, while others cannot even
>> come out of male chauvinism and put the blame of her situation on the
>> female itself, going to the extent of questioning her character and
>> sensibilities as happened in the bygone era.
>>
>> In this case, even if according to certain thoughts it was a
>> consensual sex, what still remains a question is that what really we
>> mean by consensus. Asking for a choice after making someone a victim
>> of their atrocities, creating dependency in every sense, breaking
>> someone emotionally, leaving no / limited choice for her and then
>> asking for consensus is really not consensus according to my belief. I
>> will leave on others to spare a thought to it and decide what free
>> consensus according to them really is. Did the lady really have had a
>> free choice to decide whether or not to indulge into sexual
>> relationship with Mr. Kapoor repeatedly over the course of time?
>>
>> I continue to believe that Mr. Kapoor deserves the punishment of
>> harshest kind because this whole case exists because he raped her in
>> the guest house in the first instance and the convict should not be
>> spared what so ever the situation is. No innocent deed at later stage
>> can justify a gruesome crime of rape.
>>
>> I will stop my comments on this issue for now as most of the thoughts
>> are repeating only.
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Re: [Ai] I have become sighted that too with no cost.

[Nirmal Verma via Ai]

My number is 7007869291 and 9311088660

Nirmal

On 28 Jul 2017 13:47, "Saji Mathews"  wrote:

> Nirmal:
>  Could you share your no. please. or call me on 09719152333
>
>
> SAJI☺
>
> On 7/21/17, Nirmal Verma via Ai 
> wrote:
> > There are so many languages available in tesseract. I dont know about the
> > result of other indian  languages.
> >
> > Nirmal
> >
> > On 21 Jul 2017 7:05 a.m., "soloman s via Ai" <
> > ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear Nirmal sir,
> >> Is  this applicable to all Indian Languages?
> >> With warm regards
> >> Solomon S
> >> teachs...@gmail.com
> >>
> >> On 7/21/17, Nirmal Verma via Ai 
> >> wrote:
> >> > Dear All
> >> >
> >> > To use Tesseract you need a Global User Interface. For this you can
> >> > download Viet OCR which i find good. After installing VietOcr, there
> in
> >> the
> >> > software you will have the option to import more languages. You can
> >> select
> >> > hindi and download hindi trained data. Thats it, you are ready to go.
> >> > You
> >> > can start using it immediately.
> >> >
> >> > Nirmal
> >> >
> >> > On 21 Jul 2017 00:04, "Prashanth MN via Ai" <
> >> > ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> At Mr. Nirmal. could you give more information about tesseract  based
> >> >> Hindi OCR?
> >> >>
> >> >> On 7/20/17, Nirmal Verma via Ai 
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> > Rather than questioning the subject line lets see the solution.
> Lets
> >> >> > find
> >> >> > out how we can install it under windows environment and take the
> >> >> > work
> >> >> > forward.
> >> >> > Nice job sathyan. Congratulations.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > For readers information I would like to tell you that hindi OCR
> >> >> > based
> >> >> > on
> >> >> > tesseract is working great at the moment. Those interested can try
> >> >> > it
> >> >> out.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Nirmal
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On 20 Jul 2017 18:56, "Kakarla Nageswaraiah via Ai" <
> >> >> > ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Dear all,
> >> >> > I don't find fault with his expression of the term 'sighted' in the
> >> >> > subject.  Maybe, he couldn't control his emotions like anxiety
> while
> >> >> > wishing to share his experiences with us.
> >> >> > Regards
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On 7/20/17, Akash Kakkar via Ai  inclusivehabitat.in>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >> Completely misleading title of the post. It also sounds a big hype
> >> >> >> creating and advertising post
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> On 7/20/17, Asudani, Rajesh via Ai
> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >>> Of course.
> >> >> >>> Such misleading headlines should not be used.
> >> >> >>> Besides, if it is a linux based tool, will most of us using
> >> >> >>> windows
> >> >> >>> be
> >> >> >>> able
> >> >> >>> to use it?
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> -Original Message-
> >> >> >>> From: Ai [mailto:ai-boun...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in] On
> >> >> >>> Behalf
> >> >> >>> Of
> >> >> >>> Vidhya Y via Ai
> >> >> >>> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 9:36 PM
> >> >> >>> To: Share, empower &Enrich
> >> >> >>> Cc: Vidhya Y
> >> >> >>> Subject: Re: [Ai] I have become sighted that too with no cost.
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> the line I have become sighted is miss leading.
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> On 7/19/17, George Abraham via Ai
> >> >> >>> 
> >> >> >>> wrote:
> >> >>  But what is this technology?
> >> >> 
> >> >>  -Original Message-
> >> >>  From: Ai [mailto:ai-boun...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in] On
> >> >> Behalf
> >> >>  Of
> >> >>  Sath Linux via Ai
> >> >>  Sent: 19 July 2017 19:32
> >> >>  To: ai
> >> >>  Cc: Sath Linux
> >> >>  Subject: [Ai] I have become sighted that too with no cost.
> >> >> 
> >> >>  Dear friends,
> >> >>  now I can read my printed books and I have the perfect access to
> >> any
> >> >>  library.I can read Malayalam, Hindi, English, Tamil, kannada and
> >> >>  many
> >> >>  other languages. I for the first time brought a weekly purchased
> >> and
> >> >>  read it.a dream has become true. The most attractive  thing is
> >> >>  that
> >> >>  I
> >> >>  am not to spennd a single paise for it. Again, I have nobody to
> >> >>  thank
> >> >>  for supporting in such a fasion.. an open source ocr engine has
> >> >>  helped
> >> >>  me for it. It is revolutionary.
> >> >>  thanking you Sathyan.
> >> >> 
> >> >>  --
> >> >>  *Mob : +919446012215
> >> >>  FREE SOFTWARE FREE SOCIETY *
> >> >>  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..
> >> >> 
> >> >> 
> >> >> 
> >> >>  To check if 

Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday: Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman

[Minar Singh via Ai]

Hello Kanchan madam,
I'm Minar Singh from Kolkata and I have been working at TCS since Dec
2013 till today.
I have been facing discrimination from the recruitment of my first 6
months at office.
I got frustrated and few days back I have raised this issue on
change.org online portal working for the change because I know no NGOs
will come forward and look into my issues.
I'm expecting positive reply from PMO and ministery of social justice of India.


On 7/28/17, Kanchan Pamnani via Ai  wrote:
> Equal opportunity policy must for cos
>
> Lubna Kably
> 
> | TNN | Jul 28, 2017, 04:00 AM IST
>
>
> Mumbai: India Inc has been nudged to be more inclusive when it comes to
> hiring and retaining the differently-abled
> as 'The Rights
> of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017
> ' — which came into effect
> last month — also casts certain obligations on private sector employers. So
> far, for creating an inclusive society, the government had concentrated on
> its organisations and PSUs, but this approach has changed.
>
>
> From June 15, all employer organisations need to adopt an 'Equal
> Opportunity Policy' (EOP) containing details of amenities that will be
> provided to their differently-abled employees. The policy is to be
> displayed on the employer's website or at conspicuous places in the work
> premises. A copy is also to be registered with the relevant authorities.
> There are many additional requirements — organisations having more than 20
> employees need to appoint a liaison officer to oversee recruitment and
> provision of facilities for the differently-abled. Employers need to ensure
> that there is no discrimination and provide necessary training and
> infrastructure facilities to enable their differently-abled to function
> effectively. "These developments have taken the private sector by surprise,
> even as several MNCs have had an EOP, which was also extended to employees
> in India. Employers will need to revamp hiring practices and modify their
> HR policies. This step taken by the government will ensure that our
> employment standards are in line with international norms," says Vikram
> Shroff, head (HR law practice), Nishith Desai Associates
> .
>
>
> While no employment reservation quota has been fixed, the disability law
> calls upon the government and local authorities to provide incentives to
> private sector employers to ensure that at least 5% of their workforce
> comprises differently-abled. "It's unclear whether the private sector that
> receives any kind of incentives from the government will have to meet this
> employment target," adds Shroff.
>
> A few companies in India, including non-MNCs, are equal opportunity
> employers — others may now be prompted to follow suit. Anwar, a hockey
> player and Paralympic athletics champion, once had to sell his medals to
> sustain himself and family. Now he is gainfully employed with Mahindra
> Holidays & Resorts as a senior service facilitator in the purchase
> department. Nearly 60 differently-abled employees are working across
> resorts as front-office operators, spa therapists, electricians and
> plumbers, gardeners, kitchen staff and housekeeping staff, to name a few
> instances.
>
> Pratik Roy, chief human resource officer, Mahindra Holidays, says, "We have
> a structured hiring policy. Through a special recruitment programme, we
> reach out to organisations that work for empowerment of the
> differently-abled. Specially attuned training programmes are run for such
> employees to enable them to develop resort hospitality skill sets."
>
>
>
> Lemon Tree Hotels has always been an equal opportunity employer. Currently,
> it has more than 500 differently-abled employees (13% of its total
> workforce) employed across functions. Explains Rajesh Kumar, VP (HR), "Such
> a commitment requires substantial investments in training and refresher
> modules, as the differently-abled are vulnerable to being left behind over
> time. The training formats are customised to meet their needs. For
> instance, video-based training modules for employees in housekeeping, food
> & beverage sections have been enhanced with the use of Indian sign
> language."
>
>
>
> At Deutsche Bank ,
> diversity and inclusivity (which also covers the differently-abled) is an
> important agenda for the board. A robust onboarding process ensures that
> special infrastructure needs of the differently abled are addressed right
> upfront — be it provision of screen-reading software for the visually
> challenged or one-handed key boards for those facing upper limb disability.
> An employee-driven network 'dbEnable' connects the 100-plus differently
> abled employees, ensures engagement and e

Re: [Ai] I have become sighted that too with no cost.

[Saji Mathews via Ai]

Nirmal:
 Could you share your no. please. or call me on 09719152333


SAJI☺

On 7/21/17, Nirmal Verma via Ai  wrote:
> There are so many languages available in tesseract. I dont know about the
> result of other indian  languages.
>
> Nirmal
>
> On 21 Jul 2017 7:05 a.m., "soloman s via Ai" <
> ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> wrote:
>
>> Dear Nirmal sir,
>> Is  this applicable to all Indian Languages?
>> With warm regards
>> Solomon S
>> teachs...@gmail.com
>>
>> On 7/21/17, Nirmal Verma via Ai 
>> wrote:
>> > Dear All
>> >
>> > To use Tesseract you need a Global User Interface. For this you can
>> > download Viet OCR which i find good. After installing VietOcr, there in
>> the
>> > software you will have the option to import more languages. You can
>> select
>> > hindi and download hindi trained data. Thats it, you are ready to go.
>> > You
>> > can start using it immediately.
>> >
>> > Nirmal
>> >
>> > On 21 Jul 2017 00:04, "Prashanth MN via Ai" <
>> > ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> wrote:
>> >
>> >> At Mr. Nirmal. could you give more information about tesseract  based
>> >> Hindi OCR?
>> >>
>> >> On 7/20/17, Nirmal Verma via Ai 
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Rather than questioning the subject line lets see the solution. Lets
>> >> > find
>> >> > out how we can install it under windows environment and take the
>> >> > work
>> >> > forward.
>> >> > Nice job sathyan. Congratulations.
>> >> >
>> >> > For readers information I would like to tell you that hindi OCR
>> >> > based
>> >> > on
>> >> > tesseract is working great at the moment. Those interested can try
>> >> > it
>> >> out.
>> >> >
>> >> > Nirmal
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On 20 Jul 2017 18:56, "Kakarla Nageswaraiah via Ai" <
>> >> > ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Dear all,
>> >> > I don't find fault with his expression of the term 'sighted' in the
>> >> > subject.  Maybe, he couldn't control his emotions like anxiety while
>> >> > wishing to share his experiences with us.
>> >> > Regards
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On 7/20/17, Akash Kakkar via Ai 
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >> Completely misleading title of the post. It also sounds a big hype
>> >> >> creating and advertising post
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On 7/20/17, Asudani, Rajesh via Ai
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >>> Of course.
>> >> >>> Such misleading headlines should not be used.
>> >> >>> Besides, if it is a linux based tool, will most of us using
>> >> >>> windows
>> >> >>> be
>> >> >>> able
>> >> >>> to use it?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> -Original Message-
>> >> >>> From: Ai [mailto:ai-boun...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in] On
>> >> >>> Behalf
>> >> >>> Of
>> >> >>> Vidhya Y via Ai
>> >> >>> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 9:36 PM
>> >> >>> To: Share, empower &Enrich
>> >> >>> Cc: Vidhya Y
>> >> >>> Subject: Re: [Ai] I have become sighted that too with no cost.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> the line I have become sighted is miss leading.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> On 7/19/17, George Abraham via Ai
>> >> >>> 
>> >> >>> wrote:
>> >>  But what is this technology?
>> >> 
>> >>  -Original Message-
>> >>  From: Ai [mailto:ai-boun...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in] On
>> >> Behalf
>> >>  Of
>> >>  Sath Linux via Ai
>> >>  Sent: 19 July 2017 19:32
>> >>  To: ai
>> >>  Cc: Sath Linux
>> >>  Subject: [Ai] I have become sighted that too with no cost.
>> >> 
>> >>  Dear friends,
>> >>  now I can read my printed books and I have the perfect access to
>> any
>> >>  library.I can read Malayalam, Hindi, English, Tamil, kannada and
>> >>  many
>> >>  other languages. I for the first time brought a weekly purchased
>> and
>> >>  read it.a dream has become true. The most attractive  thing is
>> >>  that
>> >>  I
>> >>  am not to spennd a single paise for it. Again, I have nobody to
>> >>  thank
>> >>  for supporting in such a fasion.. an open source ocr engine has
>> >>  helped
>> >>  me for it. It is revolutionary.
>> >>  thanking you Sathyan.
>> >> 
>> >>  --
>> >>  *Mob : +919446012215
>> >>  FREE SOFTWARE FREE SOCIETY *
>> >>  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..
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >>  To check if the post reached the list or to search for old
>> >>  posting,
>> >>  reach:
>> >>  https://www.mail-archive.com/ai@accessindia.
>> >> > inclusivehabitat.in/maillist.ht
>> >>  ml
>> >>  ___
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >>  Ai mailing list
>> >>  Ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in
>> >>  http://accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/mailman/listinfo/ai
>> 

Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday: Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman

[Kanchan Pamnani via Ai]

Equal opportunity policy must for cos

Lubna Kably

| TNN | Jul 28, 2017, 04:00 AM IST


Mumbai: India Inc has been nudged to be more inclusive when it comes to
hiring and retaining the differently-abled
as 'The Rights
of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017
' — which came into effect
last month — also casts certain obligations on private sector employers. So
far, for creating an inclusive society, the government had concentrated on
its organisations and PSUs, but this approach has changed.


>From June 15, all employer organisations need to adopt an 'Equal
Opportunity Policy' (EOP) containing details of amenities that will be
provided to their differently-abled employees. The policy is to be
displayed on the employer's website or at conspicuous places in the work
premises. A copy is also to be registered with the relevant authorities.
There are many additional requirements — organisations having more than 20
employees need to appoint a liaison officer to oversee recruitment and
provision of facilities for the differently-abled. Employers need to ensure
that there is no discrimination and provide necessary training and
infrastructure facilities to enable their differently-abled to function
effectively. "These developments have taken the private sector by surprise,
even as several MNCs have had an EOP, which was also extended to employees
in India. Employers will need to revamp hiring practices and modify their
HR policies. This step taken by the government will ensure that our
employment standards are in line with international norms," says Vikram
Shroff, head (HR law practice), Nishith Desai Associates
.


While no employment reservation quota has been fixed, the disability law
calls upon the government and local authorities to provide incentives to
private sector employers to ensure that at least 5% of their workforce
comprises differently-abled. "It's unclear whether the private sector that
receives any kind of incentives from the government will have to meet this
employment target," adds Shroff.

A few companies in India, including non-MNCs, are equal opportunity
employers — others may now be prompted to follow suit. Anwar, a hockey
player and Paralympic athletics champion, once had to sell his medals to
sustain himself and family. Now he is gainfully employed with Mahindra
Holidays & Resorts as a senior service facilitator in the purchase
department. Nearly 60 differently-abled employees are working across
resorts as front-office operators, spa therapists, electricians and
plumbers, gardeners, kitchen staff and housekeeping staff, to name a few
instances.

Pratik Roy, chief human resource officer, Mahindra Holidays, says, "We have
a structured hiring policy. Through a special recruitment programme, we
reach out to organisations that work for empowerment of the
differently-abled. Specially attuned training programmes are run for such
employees to enable them to develop resort hospitality skill sets."



Lemon Tree Hotels has always been an equal opportunity employer. Currently,
it has more than 500 differently-abled employees (13% of its total
workforce) employed across functions. Explains Rajesh Kumar, VP (HR), "Such
a commitment requires substantial investments in training and refresher
modules, as the differently-abled are vulnerable to being left behind over
time. The training formats are customised to meet their needs. For
instance, video-based training modules for employees in housekeeping, food
& beverage sections have been enhanced with the use of Indian sign
language."



At Deutsche Bank ,
diversity and inclusivity (which also covers the differently-abled) is an
important agenda for the board. A robust onboarding process ensures that
special infrastructure needs of the differently abled are addressed right
upfront — be it provision of screen-reading software for the visually
challenged or one-handed key boards for those facing upper limb disability.
An employee-driven network 'dbEnable' connects the 100-plus differently
abled employees, ensures engagement and enables policy or procedural
enhancement to meet their needs. Customised career development sessions,
mentoring programmes and grievance redressal mechanisms are in place.




Sensitisation of team members is crucial for creating a conducive working.
Madhavi Lall, head (HR) at Deutsche Bank, India, says, "Basic sign language
training is provided to employees so that they can communicate more
effectively with those having hearing disabilities. Special sensitisation
sessions are also held for managers having differently abled team members
to enable them to better understand their requirements and career
aspirations."




Shroff points out

Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday: Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman

[Avichal Bhatnagar via Ai]

After reading all the discussion on the subject so far, I have a
question arising in my mind. If the man really wanted to help the
widow and wanted her to be his life partner, then why did he not marry
her first and perform the sexual communion later?
He took her to the guesthouse and had sex with her, on the pretext of
making her meet a lawyer.
This itself shows that the man's main motive was to satisfy his lust from her.

On 7/28/17, swati saxena via Ai  wrote:
> Well, maintaining clean distance or having / not having sex only after
> getting married is subject to individual's choice.
>
> But what has become clear from this whole discourse is that our
> society is still insensitive even to an extremely sensitive situation
> of a rape victim. The ones who are open minded, interpret the
> situation in simplistic way undermining the undercurrents to which
> women are still subjected to in our society, while others cannot even
> come out of male chauvinism and put the blame of her situation on the
> female itself, going to the extent of questioning her character and
> sensibilities as happened in the bygone era.
>
> In this case, even if according to certain thoughts it was a
> consensual sex, what still remains a question is that what really we
> mean by consensus. Asking for a choice after making someone a victim
> of their atrocities, creating dependency in every sense, breaking
> someone emotionally, leaving no / limited choice for her and then
> asking for consensus is really not consensus according to my belief. I
> will leave on others to spare a thought to it and decide what free
> consensus according to them really is. Did the lady really have had a
> free choice to decide whether or not to indulge into sexual
> relationship with Mr. Kapoor repeatedly over the course of time?
>
> I continue to believe that Mr. Kapoor deserves the punishment of
> harshest kind because this whole case exists because he raped her in
> the guest house in the first instance and the convict should not be
> spared what so ever the situation is. No innocent deed at later stage
> can justify a gruesome crime of rape.
>
> I will stop my comments on this issue for now as most of the thoughts
> are repeating only.
> 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..
>
>
>
> To check if the post reached the list or to search for old posting, reach:
> https://www.mail-archive.com/ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/maillist.html
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Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday: Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman

[swati saxena via Ai]

Well, maintaining clean distance or having / not having sex only after
getting married is subject to individual's choice.

But what has become clear from this whole discourse is that our
society is still insensitive even to an extremely sensitive situation
of a rape victim. The ones who are open minded, interpret the
situation in simplistic way undermining the undercurrents to which
women are still subjected to in our society, while others cannot even
come out of male chauvinism and put the blame of her situation on the
female itself, going to the extent of questioning her character and
sensibilities as happened in the bygone era.

In this case, even if according to certain thoughts it was a
consensual sex, what still remains a question is that what really we
mean by consensus. Asking for a choice after making someone a victim
of their atrocities, creating dependency in every sense, breaking
someone emotionally, leaving no / limited choice for her and then
asking for consensus is really not consensus according to my belief. I
will leave on others to spare a thought to it and decide what free
consensus according to them really is. Did the lady really have had a
free choice to decide whether or not to indulge into sexual
relationship with Mr. Kapoor repeatedly over the course of time?

I continue to believe that Mr. Kapoor deserves the punishment of
harshest kind because this whole case exists because he raped her in
the guest house in the first instance and the convict should not be
spared what so ever the situation is. No innocent deed at later stage
can justify a gruesome crime of rape.

I will stop my comments on this issue for now as most of the thoughts
are repeating only.
Disclaimer:
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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 
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[Ai] Hands On Training Opportunity-Soft Skills and Corporate World

[Rahul Kelapure via Ai]

Dear All:

Do not Miss this Golden Opportunity to be part of a Soft Skills Training Program

We are happy to invite Visually Impaired students to a joint
initiative of Snehankit Helpline & Larsen & Tubro Empowering the
Visually
Impaired with Soft Skills & Personality Development Workshops

Many possess Technical Knowledge but here's an opportunity to have a
Competitive Edge over the others by Empowering yourselves through Soft
Skills Training which includes verbal communication, body language,
corporate etiquettes etc.

There will be 3 levels of Contact classes to be held on 3 different
occasions and will be conducted by Professionals from Larsen & Tubro

Attendence of all the levels of classes is desirable for great impact.

1st Contact Class
Date - Sunday, 6th August 2017
Time - 9.00 am to 1.00 pm

Topic-Building Confidence

Eligible Candidates- Graduates/Post Graduates/ Those seeking employment

Venue - Andheri East (Detailed address shall be provided to the
confirmed participants)

Program shall be conducted in Hindi and English.

Program Co-ordinators
Rahul Kelapure
Anarkali Velkar

Registration Free but Compulsory
Hurry! Very Limited Seats

For Registration Contact
Snehankit Helpline
022 26288239 /9920680359

Parimala Bhat
Chair Person

-- 
Rahul Kelapure
+91 9404 123454
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