Re: [Ai] Hindustan Times hate series: I urged them to carry a report on violence faced by disabled

2017-08-03 Thread r k sarin via Ai
true. It looks as if somebody is pulling you as an animal instead of guiing. - Original Message - From: "gatak singh via Ai" To: "Share, empower " Cc: "gatak singh" Sent: Thursday,

Re: [Ai] Hindustan Times hate series: I urged them to carry a report on violence faced by disabled

2017-08-03 Thread r k sarin via Ai
It is not merely the case of India, you can find the similar customs in traditional Africans, the women are even disallowed to touch the stick of men. - Original Message - From: "Asudani, Rajesh via Ai" To: "Share, empower "

Re: [Ai] Hindustan Times hate series: I urged them to carry a report on violence faced by disabled

2017-08-03 Thread gatak singh via Ai
when I was studying in college, I have come across some people who would hold your cane and guide you. this is the most annoying situation. in that situation, I feel that there is no problem if they dont guide me, but I dont like guiding that way. why only sighted girls? I have also seen few

Re: [Ai] Hindustan Times hate series: I urged them to carry a report on violence faced by disabled

2017-08-02 Thread Asudani, Rajesh via Ai
We in India are hipocrates of first degree. We regard body as nashwar, perishable, worthless, but regard it as most important. We can construe touch only in sexual terms. So, the cultural and individual inhibitions against touching. I would regard it as hateful if a lady refuses to lead me by

Re: [Ai] Hindustan Times hate series: I urged them to carry a report on violence faced by disabled

2017-08-02 Thread r k sarin via Ai
No culture teaches hate. Even no culture teaches not to touch anybody if he is in trouble. We just fail to put ourselves in the same place. - Original Message - From: "George Abraham via Ai" To: "'Share, empower '"

Re: [Ai] Hindustan Times hate series: I urged them to carry a report on violence faced by disabled

2017-08-02 Thread Chirag Mittal via Ai
Even if acknowledge it as an act of hate and looking down upon to blinds/vc , fighting for right of dignity like north easterns, sc will not solve the purpose. Society always salutes the person ahead of them whether in hierarchy of job or in esteem of society. When govt is holding hands of u

Re: [Ai] Hindustan Times hate series: I urged them to carry a report on violence faced by disabled

2017-08-02 Thread SKYLINER via Ai
Not holding hand of a blind man & guiding him to a proper place can hardly be called a hate crime. Actually it is more concerned with education, social symptom of a society. In our society it is thought to be a big stigma to hold hand of of a male by a female. Even wives do seldom dare hold

Re: [Ai] Hindustan Times hate series: I urged them to carry a report on violence faced by disabled

2017-08-02 Thread George Abraham via Ai
Not sure if we can call this hate. This could have also happened due to cultural reasons. This happened to me at the Colombo airport a few years ago. When I landed at Colombo, a lady staff of the airport came to assist me. She refused to allow me to hold her elbow. She told me that it was

Re: [Ai] Hindustan Times hate series: I urged them to carry a report on violence faced by disabled

2017-08-02 Thread vivek doddamani via Ai
good, Disabled are hated ALL OVER IN SOCIETY EXCEPT IN FEW CONDITION, IN GOVERNMENT OFFICES, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, SHOPPING MOLLS EVEN IN HOSPITALS ALSO, RECENTLY I heard from one of my friend in Karnataka a lady in laboratory who had to test the blind person Blood samples did not hold his hand to