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,
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 "
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
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
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 '"
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
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
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
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