BPA Receives Braille Printer from Oriental Insurance
Oriental Insurance Company, a Government of India undertaking, has donated a Braille printer to Blind Persons’ Association of Kolkata. The Swedish machine, purchased at a cost of Rs. 2.8 lakh, will increase the production capacity of the Braille printing facility of the organisation at Lal Bihari Shah Braille Academia. The printer […]
Kamalendu Bhattacharya Memorial Scholarship 2017 for Blind Students
Applications are invited for Kamalendu Bhatacharya Memorial Scholarship of Rs. 3,600 in two annual installments. applicants who pass the secondary examination (Madhyamik Pariksa) in West Bengal in 2017 are eligible for this scholarship. This is a merit-cum-means scholarship, i.e., the results and the circumstances of the students are taken into […]
BPA’s Podcasts (Volume VI) by Various Authors
Volume VI of BPA’s Podcasts is ready for distribution. It contains fourteen new short stories which you heard during October 2016 to September 2017. This collection does not include Ajeya Ray’s Jamon Ichha Sajo, as it was previously included in the compilation “Chotoder Galpa”. The stories you will find in […]
Janbar Katha IV by Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya Ed.
We are happy to come up with the fourth book of the Janbar Katha series edited by the renowned philosopher, Shri Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya. Shri Chattopadhyaya concentrated on the history of civilization in the second and third book. The fourth and fifth books will focus on the development of science and […]
Professor Tarun Sanyal Is No More
We were shocked to learn of the passing away of Professor Tarun Sanyal at the age of eighty-five early this morning from our friends. Professor Sanyal was known to us from the eighties. As a professor he was a close friend of his students. of our sightless members had the […]
Garha Bhanga by Dristihin
We are proud to announce the recording of Garha Bhanga, a novel by Dristihin, one of the founder members of Blind Persons’ Association. The real person behind this pseudonym “Dristihin” (sightless) was Madhusudan Majumdar (June 24, 1921 – November 29, 1981). He was well-known for the parts he played in […]
The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules 2017 in Braille
The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017 came into force on June 15, 2017 through the Gazette Notification No. G.S.R. 591(E). The Central Government deserves special thanks for framing the Rules within six months of the publication of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 on December 28, […]
Keya Patar Nouko by Prafulla Roy, Third and Final Part in Audio
Our readers must be waiting for the third and final part of Keya Patar Nouko by Prafulla Roy. We are happy to announce the completion of the recording of the final part of this popular novel. Prafulla Roy (born on January 1, 1934) saw the Partition of India in 1947. […]
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017 in Daisy
We have prepared a Daisy version of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017 which contains the entire English portion in text and synchronised computer-generated audio. It will be supported by Daisy players and devices. We regret that the forms could not be made adequately intelligible using the mechanical audio […]
GST to Strike the Physically Challenged Hard
Assistive devices used by physically challenged persons are going to cost more in the new GST regime. All such items which are at present exempted from different forms of taxes like, sales tax, excise and customs duty, will attract 5 to 18 percent tax from 1st July, 2017 onwards. The […]
