Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-05 Thread Preeti Monga
Deatr Kartik Wonderful! You are an amazing person! I am so inspired with your spirit and your excellence and work! You have made me proud! Unlimited blessings and good wishes from m! Preetie Preeti Monga Director     Mobile: +91 9871701646 Landline: 011 22781446 E-mail:

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-05 Thread Avichal Bhatnagar
I would like to mention that though lot has been done for the visually impaired, but yet considering sky as limit would be exaggeration. I am not saying that we should be pesimistic, but we should always know our boundries and work acordingly. May be after some years many more fields would become

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-05 Thread Jalajakumari
Very true indeed Karthik. I am VI doctor working in Govt.service . I examine around 50 op a day and in the office time looks the hospital administration. I am giving the prescriptions in printouts and there is auditory BP monitre and glucometer to assisst me. In my experience it iis not at

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-04 Thread ishita kapoor
I hate awe-inspiring talks which is not constructive in nature. We visually impaired are getting jobs in government sectors mainly thanks to reservation. Though we are enough capable. There may be few individuals who have got jobs in private sectors. But such people can be counted by the tip of

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-04 Thread Preeti Monga
Dear Ishita, Relax a little... we all know that the situation for visually impaired is real bad! We all are ourselves facing so many difficulties all the time. Remember you still have some vision, so why may I ask are you so very upset? I know it is difficult, at times very difficult, to

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-04 Thread nupur.jain
Above all we need to have a positive attitude towards ourselves and our disability. If we are blind, so what? Unless, we have a right attitude, we can not really achieve much in life. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-04 Thread aditi bhutani
Ishita Dear, I have been reading mails from you since quite some time. Would like to share one simplle example, me and my brother,both happen to have little sight. I have put myself into a slowly moving career by not believing in myself and ended with a job with so called reservation and my

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-04 Thread ishita kapoor
Dear preety madam, We are enough motivated I guess. We all have accepted blindness. We all know what we can do and what we can’t. We all know what is situation and why. But the situation will be improved by practical wisdom more then optimistic talks I read a discussion on facebook regarding

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-04 Thread Preeti Monga
Yes Noopur, A positive attitude is needed not only for blind people, but everyone needs to develop a prositive attitude! For whatever you think of, becomes your reality... you like it or not, this is the truth! If ou go on hanging on to negative thoughts, your whole life becomes negative, and

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-04 Thread Preeti Monga
Thank you Aditi for helping me get Ishita to focus on the brighter side of the house. Preeti Preeti Monga Director Mobile: +91 9871701646 Landline: 011 22781446 E-mail: preeti.mo...@silver-linings.co.in Website: www.silver-linings.co.in ; www.silver-linings.org Our Services: Executive

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-04 Thread Preeti Monga
Ishita, where do you live? I think it may be a good idea for you and me to have a personal chat! We cant do everything, But let us talk over the phone soon? Send me your number OK? You are a very brave and daring young girl and also very intelegent. Life and the visually impaired world can

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-04 Thread Asudani, Rajesh
Dear ones, The fact that Ishita or me or anyone else highlights practicalities of blindness does not mean we are demotivated or do not want to do anything about the situation. we are already doing many things, but let us accept the fact that situation on the ground is far from satisfactory.

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-04 Thread aditi bhutani
ishita, I am sure you will share your number with preeti. Regarding this discussion on passbook printing and account opening, would not have been taking place if there were no optimistic people (so many of them are here on the list itself), sitting in these bank jobs prooving their potential. I

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-04 Thread George Abraham
Aditi, that was a truly motivating mail. That is the way to go. When we face a problem, we have two option. 1. See the problem and bring our life to a stand still as if we are standing before an infinite wall 2. Recognise the problem and look for solutions. Many years ago I had read an

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-04 Thread Ravindra Jadhav
in Mumbai so many blinds were got the job in banking sector. Such as probessionary officer clearical operator so on. I am unfortunate, don't have a cast certificate, lack of knowledge for giving the exams like PO and clearical. But only few blinds are succeed in it and there's performance also

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-04 Thread Soni Jo
Greetings! Yes after qualifying ourselves adequately and greatly, we might get an opportunity to earn but proving ourselves to our work fellow that we are qualified is lifetime procedure. Nonetheless, it is almost difficult to prove that we deserve that job and pay to them On 7/3/14, Sameer

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-04 Thread Kartik Sawhney
Hey Ishita, Just because you think a particular job profile might be inaccessible or rather hard for a blind person does not imply that it will indeed be the case. Last month, I happened to attend a STEM access conference in Washington. Can you think of a blind civil engineer? Or, how about a

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-04 Thread Vikas Kapoor
Very much true but unfortunately not really suited to Indian mentality! Indian mentality here represents the some total of whole Indian view points... - Original Message - From: Kartik Sawhney sawhney.kar...@gmail.com To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-04 Thread George Abraham
Besides when we view things from our comfort zones they do look difficult and impossible. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Vikas Kapoor Sent: 04 July 2014 23:00 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-04 Thread Kartik Sawhney
Hi, It's not about India or the US. it's about being able to do something or not. While I agree that we in India are not that open to allow a blind student to pursue medicine, for instance, it is we who have to bring this change. Who would have thought that blind students will study in the most

[AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-03 Thread Sameer
Dear Ishita, I have been selected by Reliance Industries Ltd. inspite of being completely blind will be joining them within a fortnight. I am also aware of other partially completely blind people working with the Reliance group in Mumbai. Regarding the salary earned by blind individuals

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-03 Thread George Abraham
Being blind is not the problem it is the perception and the understanding about blindness that is the problem. We need to work on the perceptions. Perception issues apply both to sighted people as well as blind people. It is perception that impacts the kind of education that we blind people have

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-03 Thread Preeti Monga
Silver Linings has placed great blind candidates with companies like Microsoft and LPTI and other companies with salaries going into lacs! So dont get disheartened dear we do have disadvantages because we are blind, but that should only get us to explore our hidden potentials and achieve great

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-03 Thread ishita kapoor
Dear samir sir, First of all congrats. Well, I never wanted to say that no blind is working or can’t work in private sector. There may be few lucky people like you who got such handsome salary. I also working with international call centre and was earning fine. Though I have left that job myself.

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-03 Thread avinash shahi
I think it is high time issue of jobs for blind should be discussed and dwelled upon in detail. So thanks to Ishita for presenting this opportunity for serious consideration for me at least. As far as my reading of literature goes on the topic, it pains me to the core. According to one RTI

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-03 Thread Preeti Monga
I think the very fact we are all privilaged to be list members here, is good enough to tell us that we are the ones who need to take the responsibility of being that change that George has spoken about! Let us at least start to think on these lines and bring about small and big changes into our

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-03 Thread George Abraham
Jobs come later. The primary need of the hour is good quality education and high quality rehab services in every district if not every town..! -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of avinash shahi Sent: 03 July 2014 14:45 To:

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-03 Thread avinash shahi
You are right sir. But what about those persons with disabilities who are between 18 to 35 years of age,unemployed, unmarried, abandoned by families and invisible to the state? whom Cambridge based educationist Nidhi Singal has rightly termed: forgotten youth with disabilities. On 7/3/14, George

Re: [AI] Reply to Ishita's mail regarding jobs for blind individuals - Re: my quriyocity are normelpeopleintrestedinmarryingblindpartners

2014-07-03 Thread Preeti Monga
I know Avinash, it is very very sad. I do wish I could do something for them. Let us at least begin somewhere. And imagine the state of the female blind citizen in those circumstances? Lately I have had the opportunity of going from village to village in and around Delhi and UP and Haryana, I