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Janbar Katha VII in Audio
Book Details Book Title Janbar Katha VII Genre History and Philosophy Editor Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya Language Bengali Publisher National Book Agency, Kolkata – 1954 Recorded Edition 3rd Reprint, 1999 Date of Audio Publication June 2019 Media Audio Book (mp3) Duration 3 hours & 47 minutes Availability For the print-disabled only About […]
The Unseeing Idol of Light in Braille
Book Details of The Unseeing Idol of Light Book Title The Unseeing Idol of Light Genre Novel Author K.R. Meera Translation from Malayalam to English Ministhy S. Language English Publisher Penguin Books Date of Publication 2018 Braille Publication April 2019 Number of Braile Volumes Four Price INR 352 On The Unseeing […]
Reservation for the Disabled in Election
Attention to Disabled Voters Before discussing how reservation for the disabled is going to work, we have to admit that disabled voters received some attention from the Election Commission of India during recent elections. We have noticed that in this particular election the ECI tried to encourage disabled voters to […]
Disabled Voters and the Election
How are the disabled voters doing during the election to the House of the People? What are they thinking of the election? We are already into the fifth phase of the seven-phased marathon process of election and more than half the race is run. When we are reading the party […]
Saatkahon by Samaresh Majumdar in Audio
Book Details Book Title Saatkahon Genre Novel Author Samaresh Majumdar Language Bengali Publisher Ananda Publishers, Kolkata Date of Audio Publication April 2019 Media Audio Book (mp3) Duration 44 hours & 6 minutes Availability For the print-disabled only About the Novel: Satkahon We find it an immense pleasure to let our […]
Blindness in English Literature
If literature is the reflection of our perception of life, a general study of blindness represented in English literary texts exposes the prejudiced view regarding blindness of the society. Some related blindness to some kind of illicit sexual union, to some it is a tragic reversal of fortune. Some celebrated […]
Provisions for Disabled Central Government Employees
We frequently receive phone calls on existing provisions for government employees. So we decided to upload on our site the Office Memorandum No. 36035/3/2o9-Estt.(Res), dated the 31st of March, 2014 issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions under Government of India. This Office Memorandum contains most of […]
Sanjib Chattopadhyay’s Din Ani Din Khai
Din Ani Din Khai by Sanjib Chattopadhyay in Audio Book Details Book Title Din Ani Din Khai Author Sanjib Chattopadhyay Genre Novel Language Bengali Publisher Sangbad, Kolkata, 1982 Date of Audio Publication February 2019 Media Audio Book (mp3) Duration 1 hour & 49 minutes Availability For the print-disabled only On […]
Inauguration of Braille Embosser
Blind Persons’ Association at a Cost of Rs. 1.34 Crore Blind Persons’ Association organised a cultural programme today (February 23, 2019) at 3 PM to inaugurate its new Braille press machine at its Braille printing facility at Lal Bihari Shah Braille Academia, Vidyapalli, Malancha-Mahinagar, Kolkata 700 145. The organisation has […]
80G Exemption from Income Tax
Blind Persons’ Association is registered under section 80G(5)(VI) of the Income Tax act, 1961. Under this section 50% of your donation to our fund shall qualify for exemption from income tax. Moreover, the qualifying amount must not exceed 10% of your gross income. While computing the deductible amount under section […]
