Re: [AI] Banks disable the visually impaired

2011-03-20 Thread prateek aggarwal
Wonderful article, I’m pretty impressed by the report published. Unfortunately, lack of awareness about the same in banking staff is the biggest hurdle that we all face. I reiterate my statement which I have once given in response of a question on banking for blind persons, having awareness campaig

Re: [AI] happy holi to all of u

2011-03-20 Thread pankaj kumar
Happy Holi to all On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 8:05 AM, muzamil kana wrote: > good morning and happy holi > this time in kashmir a plesant   weather. little raining in city. > warm regard muzamil > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscri

[AI] Fwd: Chrome accessibility

2011-03-20 Thread Roopakshi Pathania
Sent from my iPod Touch Begin forwarded message: > From: Dominic Mazzoni > Date: 20 March 2011 2:24:29 PM GMT+05:30 > To: accessible > Subject: Chrome accessibility > Reply-To: accessi...@googlegroups.com > > I'm starting a new topic to talk about Chrome for anyone who's interested. As > I

Re: [AI] happy holi to all of u

2011-03-20 Thread Kartik Sawhney
As already stated by the moderator, kindly refrain from posting season greetings on the list. -Kartik On 3/20/11, pankaj kumar wrote: > Happy Holi to all > > On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 8:05 AM, muzamil kana > wrote: >> good morning and happy holi >> this time in kashmir a plesant   weather. little

Re: [AI] Identification of Jobs

2011-03-20 Thread subhashvashishth
Chandrapriya, I am little surprised as to why does AP Judiciary think that the VI are not fit for the posts of Magistrates! The identification list clearly identifies it for VI and several states have reserved the seats too! Delhi high court has reserved seats for the blind in the past too. Th

[AI] Microsoft, Mozilla come up with new browsers

2011-03-20 Thread Renuka Warriar
Date:20/03/2011 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2011/03/20/stories/2011032060901000.htm National Microsoft, Mozilla come up with new browsers T. Ramachandran Microsoft is planning to showcase its produc

[AI] Happy Birthday Twitter

2011-03-20 Thread Renuka Warriar
Date:20/03/2011 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2011/03/20/stories/2011032060911000.htm National Happy Birthday Twitter Deepa Kurup BANGALORE: Five years ago, answering a simple question like 'What are you doin

[AI] "Why two different Bills on mental health?"

2011-03-20 Thread Renuka Warriar
Date:20/03/2011 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2011/03/20/stories/2011032063941400.htm National "Why two different Bills on mental health?" Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Disability rights groups are up in arms against the

[AI] Fwd: God's Wife Edited Out of Bible -- Almost

2011-03-20 Thread muzamil kana
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Re: [AI] Shame shame schools!

2011-03-20 Thread George Abraham
A blind woman's son has been denied admission and nobody has anything to say? The school believes that she will not be able to manage her son's home work. Shocking to note that this is happening in a city like Mumbai. Can Mr.Ashok Agarwal do something about this? This kind of discrimination i

Re: [AI] Shame shame schools!

2011-03-20 Thread subhashvashishth
George, this is little absurd and a legal notice should suffice. If you could send me the details of the case, I could send one. If it refuses to mend its ways, the school's name should be brought in public and shamed on all platforms before taking legal recourse. Alternatively, I would also su

Re: [AI] Shame shame schools!

2011-03-20 Thread Rakesh
It has to be taken serious and opposed on all platforms. On 3/20/2011 6:31 PM, subhashvashis...@gmail.com wrote: George, this is little absurd and a legal notice should suffice. If you could send me the details of the case, I could send one. If it refuses to mend its ways, the school's name sh

Re: [AI] IS THERE A VI FRIENDLY ENGINEERING COLLEGE?

2011-03-20 Thread Sruti disAbility Rights Centre
Hello, At Kharagpur IIT, a committee called Committee for physically challenged students has been set up. One of Sruti's volunteers is a member of the same. If you think it will be of any help to get in touch with him, please let me know. I will send you his contact details separately. For your

Re: [AI] Shame shame schools!

2011-03-20 Thread Shadab Husain
Hi Friends, On the auspicious occasion of Holi, this news has really freshened up my body and soul. Given the percentage of orphans, those schools probably be having children without a parent. But, according to the logic of those schools, being without a parent is better than to have an intellige

Re: [AI] Scope of Economics for blind students

2011-03-20 Thread Roopakshi Pathania
Hi, Just a small clarification Vamshi. G wrote: > On the other hand, if you have economics, you will even > get > suggestions from them saying that since you have studied > economics, it > would be better for you to take up arts in graduation. Economics is not really an arts subject. This is p

Re: [AI] need a symbian 3 phone recommendition

2011-03-20 Thread Ajay Minocha
Hy austin you can go for nokia E5 it is an ausom phone e63 is also nice but it dos'nt have 3g support and it's processer is also very slow as compaired with c5 e5 would be compatible with talks virsion 5.2 with best regards On 3/20/11, austin pinto wrote: > hi all i want to purchase a symbian 3 p

Re: [AI] Identification of Jobs

2011-03-20 Thread navneet
MY INTRODUCTION:- NAME :- NAVNEET DUBEY QUALIFICATION :- M.A. (Mathematics) , B.ed (Basic), B.ed (Special Education) , Foundation Course on Education of Children With Disabilities. Respected sir / madam I am a post graduate of mathematics and I want to became a PGT/Lecturer of mathematic

Re: [AI] Scope of Economics for blind students

2011-03-20 Thread Vamshi. G
Hi Roopakshi, Thanks for enlightening about the extensive use of economics in academics. I was really ignorant of many things you have explained. My comments about economics being an arts subject was from the perspective of common conception, which, I realise now from your mail, is a common misc

Re: [AI] need a symbian 3 phone recommendition

2011-03-20 Thread bhavesh
you need a symbian 3 phone, or s63rd phone? On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:01:41 +0530 wrote >Hy austin you can go for nokia E5 it is an ausom phone e63 is also nice but it dos'nt have 3g support and it's processer is also very slow as compaired with c5 e5 would be compatible with ta

Re: [AI] Shame shame schools!

2011-03-20 Thread Sathiyaprakash Ramdoss
Dear Access Indians, I strongly endorse the treatment proposed by SubhashJi for that school. In the meantime, I would also like to see a national level organization i.e., National Federation of Parents with visual challenges, a forem where parents with visual challenges can share their exp

[AI] Scope of Economics for blind students

2011-03-20 Thread wahid raza
Hello AI members, 1st of all wishing all of you a very happy and colourful Holi. Now I come to my point, that the blind student can take the Economics subject for graduation (B.A) and pos graduation (M.A) in Arts? and 2nd dout is my that does Economics subject B.A and M.A hard mats and graphical di

[AI] Contact details of s. K. Rungta

2011-03-20 Thread Praful Vyas
Dear Friends, Contact details of s. K. Rungta is as under : E-mail ID : nfbindia_...@hotmail.com Tel. 011-26144064 Mobile : 09312607540 With warm regards, Praful Vyas. Hon. Secretary, Andhjan Kalyan Trust, Behind Jain Derasar, Station Plot, Dhoraji 360410, Dist. Rajkot, Gujarat, India. Phone:

Re: [AI] Contact details of s. K. Rungta

2011-03-20 Thread kishan lal sharma
hello sir where are you if posible come online - Original Message - From: "Praful Vyas" To: "accessindia" Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 5:40 AM Subject: [AI] Contact details of s. K. Rungta Dear Friends, Contact details of s. K. Rungta is as under : E-mail ID : nfbindia_...@hotmail

Re: [AI] Shame shame schools!

2011-03-20 Thread namdeo2000
Of course it is very shocking and surprising that, such occurrences are taking place in 21st century and that too in the metropolis like Mumbai. The Matter must be sternly dealt with and culprits should be brought to justice. Such a severe punishment should be meted out to these school authoriti

Re: [AI] IS THERE A VI FRIENDLY ENGINEERING COLLEGE?

2011-03-20 Thread Jerin Jose
Hello Sir, Please give me more information about that campus and that person who will be able to support me in this context. With thanks and regards, Jerin Jose On 3/20/11, Sruti disAbility Rights Centre wrote: > Hello, > > At Kharagpur IIT, a committee called Committee for physically challenged

Re: [AI] Shame shame schools!

2011-03-20 Thread Pankaj Kwatra
Hello All, Homework is given more importance than basic education, where are we heading or it is case of convenience by denial. Where is the right to education, I believe an example is to be set for non repetition of such cases. Regards, Pankaj Kwatra . -Original Message- From: acc

Re: [AI] Shame shame schools!

2011-03-20 Thread Dinesh Kaushal
Fortunately I have not faced such a problem till now, but I would suggest that we might have to take action on 2 fronts. First, On one hand, we can take legal action against such schools, because such a discrimination would not stand in any court or commission. But another point is that I would no

[AI] Tactile alphabet set

2011-03-20 Thread Kotian, H P
Hello All Copying a posting which did not get to the list. Regards Harish Kotian. Dear All Its time to learn A B C D like babies Was reading Mobile Speak 5 user manual, and they say in the shape of "L". I have no idea as to how letters look like, therefore a thought of learning about the shapes

Re: [AI] Tactile alphabet set

2011-03-20 Thread Ruchi Patil
Dear Sir, 1. There are several wooden alphabet sets available in the market, also stencils, to write over. 2. There are several toys these days accessible to blind kids with manipulation, lights and sounds. Here is a good resource link http://www.wonderbaby.org/articles/toys.html 3. Also easy

[AI] Formatting tips in MS Excel required

2011-03-20 Thread Jairam Balasubramanian
Dear access indians How to do formatting of an excel sheet, so as to get a good print of the same. Sometimes what we type, does not appear on the printed document, this involves dragging and dropping of the cell to get the entire content. How to know whether the entire spread sheet is coming in a

Re: [AI] Eye glasses to aid mobility

2011-03-20 Thread Jeevan Reddy
Thank you! i really likes it. On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Rakesh wrote: > Thank you George. > On 3/19/2011 12:55 PM, George Abraham wrote: > >> About Rs.6400 approx. >> - Original Message - From: "Rakesh" >> To: ; >> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 12:15 PM >> Subject: Re: [AI] Eye

Re: [AI] Identification of Jobs

2011-03-20 Thread Jeevan Reddy
Hi Kanchan, As per my experience there are very less identified in Technical sector like Engineering and telecom. In Junior Telecom. Officer(JTO), there are no jobs identified for Visually impaired. in BHEL, BELL, and in RRB jobs are identified for visually impaired, but are limited to lo

[AI] physiotherapy

2011-03-20 Thread Pamnani
Last year we had the case of Kritika who wanted to do a degree course in physiotherapy. Is there anyone in Maharshtra who wants to do it this year? Is there anyone who is thinking of sitting for the MH CET in May this year? Please contact me urgently. We are in court again tomorrow. Kanchan

Re: [AI] signing the way finder petition

2011-03-20 Thread Satguru Rathi
And, I think, the website www.blindsea.com has also not been updated since 15th sentury since it still has that link to sign the petition. We often recommend this website through this very forum for various purposes. I had copied below the link from there http://www.dvlop.nl/saveWayfinder/main/