Visually impaired concludes Ramayana Path reading in Braille
Visually impaired concludes Ramayana Path reading in Braille
Ferozepur, December 6, 2016: Every year, the Ramayana Path is arranged by the inmates of Home for the Blinds in this border town and today also, it was concluded by reading Ramayana for two days, in Braille.
Braille is the script of six dots which was invented by a great blind person, named Louis Braille, a resident of France. The blind actually read and write material printed in Braille in any language.
Around a hundred visually impaired persons, from all over Punjab, gathered in the campus of Home for the Blind – an institution established in 1954 a concept of Dr.Sadhu Chand Vinayak a philanthropist of that time – to participate in the Ramayana Path.
The entire lodging and boarding arrangements were made by a committee of the blinds themselves by arranging volunteer donations.
While speaking to one of the blind Dr.Rajesh Phd in Music and working as Lecturer at Barjindra Govt College, Faridkot – who had all the way come from there and is active and instrumental, in pursuing the recruitment of visually impaired against the vacant quota – said, Change comes into human life as a result of time, circumstances and incidents and Braille is the outcome of Louis Braille who himself become blind in his childhood while working with his father, invented the language for reading and writing by the blinds.
Braille has brought a sea-change in the lifestyle of blinds, Ashok Gupta, visually impaired, Lecturer
Ramesh Sethi, Manager, Home for the Blind said, it is pleasure moment for the institution for holding Ramayan Path every year. Around 20 inmates of the institution has got government jobs in the different department against the reserved seats for blinds as Music Teacher in the education department, as Class-IV service in Health Department. Presently, there are 32 inmates residing on the campus. Out of which, 16 are school and college-going. They are enjoying the free lodging and boarding by the local management and on volunteer donations from dedicated donors. Every year, the family of late Kashmiri Lal, who was also the product of Home for the Blinds, put a great contribution to the activities of the institution.
Food was also served to all the visitors, followed by distribution of blankets to all visually impaired persons
