Blinds see the world as dark but not their hope, future and aspirations. During our visit to kamla Mehta Dadar School For The Blind, I observed blind students reading and writing the Braille letters immaculately. Touching the dots with the finger tips on the white paper, they read the text fluently.
The school imparts academic education from pre school to S.S.C & college going students along with hostel facility to Visually Impaired girls coming from varied socio economic backgrounds belonging to any caste, creed & religion. They are provided the food and accommodation in the hostel that is adjacent to the school with nominal support from the government.
The crucial issue is that the government provides only 40% grant to only 40 girls. Rest of the girls, have to depend on the college for the donations from general public. Most of the times the donations that are received from the general public are not enough to sponsor all the students who are in need.
These blind students when they talk, laugh and play with their colleagues, you never realize that they are physically disabled. These differently able students deserve our love and sincere appreciation.