Deaf and mute woman lodges harassment plaint

10.01.2019 Bhopal:

A story of silent and unrequited love that ended up in harassment was unfolded on Tuesday evening when a deaf and dumb couple walked up at the Mahila Thana of the city.

It took almost an hour for the differently-abled survivor to make cops understand that her another deaf and dumb friend has been harassing her after she had refused his offer of love and married her husband, who is also deaf and dumb.

With much difficulty, the survivor informed the cops that the accused, Aman Deep, (28), lives in Patiala in Punjab and he has been her friend on social media since December 2016 — two years prior to her marriage.

The survivor informed cops that the accused had proposed her several times, but her parents fixed her marriage. She got married on October 28, 2018. This infuriated the accused and he started harassing her on social media and has been harassing her since then.

He used to send obscene photos and stalked her, said the survivor in her complaint. SHO Susmita Niyogi told TOI that it took hours to understand the ordeal of the survivor who is 22 years old. “Accused Aman had started harassing her after her marriage and often told her in sign language that he wants to marry her and she must walk out of her marriage,” police said.

Investigating officer SI Neetu Kulsariya told TOI that differently-abled people run separate groups on social media platforms and generally they talk in sign language through video calls and the survivor came in contact with the accused in one such social media group.

“A case has been registered against the accused under relevant sections of the IPC and we have launched a manhunt to trace him”, police said.

Miss Deaf Asia inspires more than 100 women entrepreneurs at business conference

10.01.2019
Miss Deaf Asia-2018 Nishtha Dudeja addressed the Business Women Conference-2019 conference and encouraged the women entrepreneurs with her inspiring words. She was invited as a chief guest at the event organised by Uprise India at India International Centre (Delhi) to motivate and inspire budding women entrepreneurs. This was the third edition of the women's conference held to boost female entrepreneurship.

Dudeja recently won the Miss Deaf Asia 2018 title at the 18th edition of Miss and Mister Deaf World -Europe -Asia Beauty Pageant at Prague, Czech Republic. She is the first Indian to have won any title at Miss Deaf World Pageant. Uprise India Foundation, which is the Women Entrepreneur Initiative, the organized 3rd edition of businesswomen conference 2019.

Here's what Miss Deaf Asia Nishtha Dudeja said at the conference:

"I am honoured to speak at this gathering. We, women, are in the habit of underestimating ourselves and we need to realize that if we set our mind to it, then nothing can stop us from achieving our goals," said Nishtha Dudeja, Miss Deaf Asia 2018.

"I have fought through many obstacles but with the support of my family, I have conquered all these obstacles to realise my dream. I believe that we all are special and unique in our own ways and we are our own biggest strengths," she said.

"I want to congratulate Uprise India for helping young women entrepreneurs with their initiative. It aims at raising the importance of women equality in society and works as a catalyst to the budding women entrepreneurs in making them self independent," added Miss Deaf Asia.

Takes from other attendees at the business conference
The experts in the panel enlightened the audience with different aspects of business through facts and figures while speaking on the topic of Personal Branding, Crisis Management and Financial Literacy.

During the occasion, Akash Shukla, Founder, Uprise India Foundation said, "I am really thankful to Ms. Nishtha Dudeja, Mr. Sharad Kohli, Mr. Vikram Shankar and other thought leaders who have joined us to take this initiative to another level."

"In today's time, we are missing the mindset of seeking out new knowledge and challenges and most importantly we are missing long-term development plans," he added.

Barkha Gupta, the owner of Ganache Panache, who attended the conference said, "In today's programme, I was inspired by the life journey of Nishtha Dudeja and Uprise India is an excellent platform for women entrepreneurs looking for networking, mentoring and exposure. Ganache Panache is to extremely happy to associate with Uprise for the event."

Other speakers at the conference for women entrepreneurs:
Apart from Miss Deaf Asia, 50 other speakers and panelists were a part of this business conference to amplify the voice of India's women entrepreneurs.

These included Vikram Shankar, Co-Founder Uprise India Foundation; Dr. Sharad Kohli, Founder & Chairman, KCC Group; Neha Agrawal, CEO, MensenTock Communications; and Kavita K Bhaskaran, Communications & Brand Specialist and Adarsh Agnihotri, Administration Head, Uprise India.

போக்குவரத்தை கட்டுப்படுத்தும் காதுகேளாத பள்ளி மாணாக்கர்கள்

08.01.2019

தூத்துக்குடி மாவட்டத்தில் போக்குவரத்தை கட்டுப்படுத்துவதில் புதிய முறையை , மாவட்ட எஸ்.பி. அறிவுரை பேரில் உதவி காவல் கண்காணிப்பாளர், அறிமுகப்படுத்தி உள்ளார். இதன்படி, போக்குவரத்து காவலருடன் சேர்ந்த பள்ளி, கல்லூரி மாணவ, மாணவிகள் போக்குவரத்தை ஒழுங்குப்படுத்தம் பணியில் ஈடுபடுத்தபட்டு வருகின்றனர். வாரம் தோறும் ஒவ்வொரு பள்ளி கல்லூரி மாணவ,மாணவிகள் உதவியுடன் போக்குவரத்தை ஒழுங்குபடுத்தும் பணி நடந்து வருகிறது இந்த நிலையில், முதன் முறையாக செவித்திறன் குறைபாடு கொண்ட மாணவ, மாணவிகளுக்கும் பயிற்சி அளிக்கப்பட்டு இந்த பணியில் ஈடுபடுத்தப்பட்ட நிலையில், மிகவும் நேர்த்தியாக அவர்கள் போக்குவரத்தை கட்டுப்படுத்துவதாக உதவி காவல் கண்காணிப்பாளர் தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.

ராமநாதபுரம் மாவட்ட வேலைவாய்ப்பு அலுவலகத்தில் மாற்றுத் திறனாளிகளுக்கு சிறப்புப் பிரிவு தொடக்கம்

04.01.2019
ராமநாதபுரம்:ராமநாதபுரம் மாவட்ட வேலைவாய்ப்பு அலுவலகத்தில் மாற்றுத்திறனாளி மனுதாரர்களுக்கான சிறப்பு பிரிவு துவக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. உறுப்பு நலன் குன்றிய மாற்றுத்திறனாளி மனுதாரர்கள் மட்டுமே வேலை வாய்ப்புக்காக ராமநாதபுரம் மாவட்ட வேலை வாய்ப்பு அலுவலகத்தில் பதிவு செய்யபட்டு வந்தனர். கண்பார்வையற்ற, காதுகேளாத, வாய் பேசமுடியாத மனுதாரர்கள் சென்னையில் உள்ள மாற்றுத்திறனாளிகளுக்கான சிறப்பு வேலை வாய்ப்பு அலுவலகத்தில் பதிவு செய்து வந்தனர். சிறப்பு பிரிவு ராமநாதபுரத்தில் துவக்கப்பட்டிருப்பதால் மாவட்ட வேலைவாய்ப்பு அலுவலகத்திலே பதிவு செய்துகொள்ளலாம். அரசுத்துறைகளால் அறிவிக்கப்படும் காலியிடங்களுக்கு அனைத்து வகை மாற்றுத்திறனாளி மனுதாரர்களை பரிந்துரை செய்தல், தனியார் துறைகளில் மாற்றுத்திறனாளி மனுதாரர்களை பணியமர்த்தல் உள்ளிட்ட பணிகள் இப்பிரிவின் மூலம் செயல்படுத்தபட உள்ளது. வேலை வாய்ப்பு அலுவலகத்தில் பதிவு செய்து ஓராண்டு நிறைவு செய்த மாற்றுத்திறனாளி பதிவுதாரர்களுக்கு வேலை வாய்ப்பற்றோர் உதவிதொகை வழங்கப்படுகிறது. இதற்கான விண்ணப்பத்தை வேலைவாய்ப்பு அலுவலகத்தில் பெற்று விண்ணப்பிக்கலாம்.

மார்த்தாண்டம் அருகே அதிர்ச்சி; காணாமல் போன காது கேளாத 10 வயது மாணவன் பிணமாக மீட்பு!

03.01.2019
மார்த்தாண்டம் அருகே கொடுங்குளம் பகுதியை சேர்ந்தவர் சுபாஷ். இவரது மகன் ஹரி பிரசாத்(10). இவன் நாகர்கோவிலில் உள்ள காது கேளாதோர் பள்ளியில் படித்து வந்தார்.

நேற்று வீட்டின் அருகே விளையாடி கொண்டிருந்த நிலையில் திடீரென மாயமானார். அப்பகுதியில் ஐஸ் விற்க வந்தவர்கள் குழந்தையை கடத்தி சென்று இருக்கலாம் என்ற சந்தேகம் எழுந்தது. இதையடுத்து பல இடங்களில் உறவினர்கள் மற்றும் பொதுமக்கள் தேடினர்.

இதுகுறித்து மார்த்தாண்டம் போலீசார் விசாரணை நடத்தி வந்தனர். இந்நிலையில் இன்று காலை சுபாஷ் வீட்டிற்கு அருகிலுள்ள குட்டையில் ஹரி பிரசாத் பிணமாக கிடந்தார். அவரது உடலை உடற்கூறு ஆய்வுக்காக குழித்துறை அரசு மருத்துவமனைக்கு அனுப்பி வைத்தனர்.

இதனிடையே உயிரிழந்த சிறுவனின் பெற்றோருக்கு திடீரென உடல்நலக் குறைவு ஏற்பட்டு தனியார் மருத்துவமனையில் சிகிச்சை பெற்று வருகின்றனர். சிறுவனின் மரணத்தில் சந்தேகம் இருப்பதாக உறவினர்கள் குற்றச்சாட்டு எழுப்பி உள்ளனர்.

வாய்பேச முடியாத சிறுவனின் உயிரிழப்பால் உறவினர்கள் மற்றும் அப்பகுதியியை சேர்ந்தவர்கள் சோகத்தில் ஆழ்ந்துள்ளனர்.

Delhi: Admission relief for hearing impaired child is short-lived

07.01.2019
A spokesperson of Shri Hazari Lal Public School told The Indian Express that while they do have a special educator, they are not equipped to cater to the needs of a 100% hearing impaired child.

A six-year-old boy was among the few applicants to the recently concluded draw of lots for seats reserved for differently abled children in the city’s private schools. However, the family of the child, who is 100% hearing impaired, has discovered that the school allotted to him was not equipped to cater to his needs, leaving the boy with no choice but to forfeit the admission.
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The boy’s father, who works as a domestic help in Pitampura, found out about the draw of lots on December 26, 2018, from an advocate, who had earlier filed a petition in the High Court about the boy’s inability to get admission in any school.

According to a fresh petition, no schools were available in the 0-1 km and 1-3 km radius of their home in Badli, so the family applied to three schools in the 3-6 km radius. After a draw of lots, the family was informed the child had been allotted the school of their second preference, located in Khera Khurd.

“My wife visited the school and found it wasn’t suitable at all. It was far from our home, and he wouldn’t have been able to learn anything there. There was nothing to help a child like him learn. We didn’t know what to do, so we did not go ahead with taking the seat,” said the boy’s father.

A spokesperson of Shri Hazari Lal Public School told The Indian Express that while they do have a special educator, they are not equipped to cater to the needs of a 100% hearing impaired child.

When contacted, Director of Education Sanjay Goel said: “One of the conditions for recognition of schools is that they have a special educator. As for other facilities, they can only happen slowly. This is a starting point, where special educators can teach children slowly, and with more such children coming in over time, they will build facilities. Enforcement has been weak in the past and schools have constraints. Rome wasn’t built in a day.”

As earlier reported by The Indian Express, one of the reasons for enough applications not being received under the quota for children with special needs is that schools in the city lack infrastructure and learning equipment for differently abled children.

DCPCR to collate data on kids with disabilities

07.01.2019
NEW DELHI: With an urgent need to improve the lives of children suffering from all forms of disability, the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) has started a mapping exercise in the city’s anganwadi centres to collate data on how many differently abled kids are enrolled there.

The aim is to help these kids with early intervention before they start formal schooling. Currently, there is no such data, said the DCPCR. Mapping has already started in the south district with the help of Child Development Project Officers. Later, a need analysis will be done on the basis of the data.

“Currently, there is no special system in place. They are studying with other children and are given the same kind of assistance, but their needs are different. If we can recognise this, it will help us to assess what actually needs to be done to help them in their development and chalk out a plan,” said Samrah, DCPCR member.

Anganwadis, under the Integrated Child Development Scheme, provide supplementary nutrition to beneficiaries, pre-school non-formal education, immunisation, health check-up and referral services.“For example, if there is hearing impaired kid, he will be provided with hearing aids in the anganwadis at an early age and the development will start before they go to school. Similarly, emphasis will be given to improving the motor skills of those having difficulty in it, or for those who need speech therapy. Teaching aids will be separate,” she said.

The Child Development Project officers, who are block-level monitoring officers under the anganwadi system, have been asked by the commission to help with the exercise.The DCPCR then plans to engage an NGO working in the field to do a “need analysis” once the data is recorded.

The Delhi government notified amendments to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, under which the definition of disability has been widened to include even learning problems. From seven, the number of disabilities that would be accepted has been increased to 21. These include muscular dystrophy, thalassaemia, haemophilia, and sickle cell disease.

3 years after Geeta returns to India, Darbhanga couple claims her as their lost Guddi

06.01.2019
Three years after India brought the speech-and-hearing impaired woman back from Pakistan, a couple from a Hawasa village in north Bihar’s Darbhanga district, has claimed that she is their daughter.

After Geeta was brought back to India in October 2015, several attempts were made to reunite her with her family. However, the efforts proved futile as none of the families that had come to claim Geeta as their flesh and blood could establish their claim.

Early this week, the Darbhanga based family’s claim reached the local district administration office. The family from Hawasa village under Hayaghat block submitted evidence to substantiate their claim that Geeta is their lost Guddi.

Authorities have forwarded details of their claim to the home department. Geeta currently stays at Indore’s ‘Mook Badhir Sangathan’, an NGO.

The Indore NGO recently made Geeta talk to Hayaghat block development officer (BDO) Rakesh Kumar via a video call. The BDO with the help of an interpreter showed Geeta several places of the village to help her recall her memories if she hailed from Hawasa.

“Geeta seemed to have recognised several places in the village, which, she felt, were similar to her native village. She now desperately wants to travel to the village during weekends because of her studies. I am hopeful that whenever she visits the village, she would be able to relate herself more to the place, and may be, she would also recognise her parents and unite with them too,” the BDO said.

The couple was also present during the BDO’s video call with Geeta, but the latter did not recognise Shobha Devi as her mother. The BDO said she identified the spots like pond, local hospital, a mill and brick kiln situated in vicinity as very much identical to her native place. She said railway tracks passed close by her village home and there was a temple situated on a cliff. The temple and railway tracks are located a little faraway from Hawasa village.

The BDO said the Darbhanga district magistrate (DM) also spoke to his Indore counterpart and briefed him about the claim of the Hawasa family, whose differently-abled daughter had got lost in Haryana where they had gone to work as migrant labourers a decade ago.

Assuming that the woman might have a faded memory of her childhood, the BDO showed her various spots in the village through video calling. “She talked about mutter and machchli (peas and fish) which are found abundantly in this part of the state. I went to Chandanpatti village, situated at a distance and showed her a temple of lord Hanuman. She, however, appeared confused,” the BDO said.

A DNA test is the only hope to establish the authenticity of the claim, he added. On whether Geeta could be brought to Hawasa village, the BDO pointed out that these measures could be initiated only after approval from the ministry concerned.

In a petition submitted to the DM office, Shobha Devi, wife of Sheet Manjhi, contended that their six-year-old speech-impaired daughter had gone missing from Bhora Kalan in Gurugram 12 years ago. “When I had gone to serve meal to my husband in the farm, my Geeta was playing with 8-10 girls. However, when I returned I did not find here there. All efforts to trace her turned futile. We returned home and now my husband works in a factory in Haryana,” Devi said.

The family claimed that Geeta has striking resemblance to their lost daughter. Her appearance resembles Devi’s father and maternal grandfather, a native of Manoratha village in the same block. Devi has two sons, one of them born after her daughter went missing. In the village Anganwadi centre, the age of Devi’s daughter was mentioned as 5-year-old in 2006.

Neighbours of Sheet Manjhi and his elder brother Kamlu Manjhi said Geeta’s video clip and available photo of their lost daughter Guddi bears striking resemblance.

Earlier, the Hayaghat MLA, Amaranth Gami, who met the couple recently, assured to provide the family all help. He said Geeta could be the daughter of Devi. “I will arrange their travel and write a letter to the Indore based NGO, where Geeta is staying. A meeting between them will clear all confusion. If necessitated, DNA sampling will be done to verify the claim,” Gami said.

Deaf and dumb raise ‘voice’ for environment in Vijayawada

05.01.2019
Vijayawada: In an attempt to spread the message of safeguarding environment in an innovative manner, deaf and dumb students from Bhimavaram visited Sri Durga Malleswara Swamyvarla Devasthanam atop Indrakiladri hill on Thursday.

As many as 65 deaf and dumb students from Bhimavaram schools, Sri Venkateswara Badironnata Patasala and Sri Vignana Vedika, visited the Durga temple.

All these students displayed placards with the slogan ‘Protecting Environment is Everyone's Responsibility’. They displayed the placards to the devotees who had visited the temple.

The temple Executive Officer, V Koteswaramma extended her support to the students who had come all the way to spread the message of protecting the environment.

Impressed with the students, the temple executive officer asked the concerned staff to arrange special ‘darshan’ to the students. Later, Anna Prasadam was provided to all.

Temple Trust Board members B Dharma Rao, Ch Prasad, P Vijayashekar and others were present.