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Radical Lives of Helen Keller
The Radical Lives of Helen Keller – (Braille) by Kim E. Nielsen Price: INR 309 Product details February 18, 2019 Language: English Book Review Helen Keller biography may be one of the most read biographies in the world. Her first autobiography, “The Story of My Life” has been translated in […]
Inauguration of New Braille Embosser
Inauguration of New Braille Embosser (Braillo 650 SW) Provided to Blind Persons’ Association by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India Venue Lal Bihari Shah Braille Academia 24 Khan Para Road, Vidyapalli Malancha-Mahinagar, Kolkata 700145 Date 23rd February 2019, at 3 PM President Dr. Smt. Mukti Sanyal, […]
Nilkantha Pakhir Khonje by Atin Bandyopadhyay in Audio
Book Details Book Title Nilkantha Pakhir Khonje Genre Novel Author Atin Bandyopadhyay Language Bengali Publisher Karuna Prakashani, Kolkata 700009 Date of Audio Publication February 2019 Media Audio Book (mp3) Duration 31 hours & 7 minutes Availability For the print-disabled only On Nilkantha Pakhir Khonje Atin Bandyopadhyay (March 1, 1934 – […]
Dickens’s David Copperfield in Braille
David Copperfield – Braille by Charles Dickens Price: INR1588 Product details Publisher: Blind Persons’ Association, Kolkata – January 24, 2019 Language: English Book Review We are proud to announce the release in Braille of David Copperfield, the eighth novel by Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870). Though Dickens has drawn a […]
Janbar Katha VI by Debiprasad Chatopadhyaya, Bengali Audio Book
Janbar Katha VI edited by Debiprasad Chatopadhyaya in audio is now ready for our listeners. Though first published in 1954, this great book is as relevant today as it was in the ‘fifties. We have passed seventy-four years since its first release. The world has changed quite a bit in […]
Selection of Rabindranath Tagore’s Poems in Bengali Braille
We are proud to emboss in Bengali Braille a selection of Rabindranath Tagore’s poems in Bengali Braille. The cover title of this Braille book of poems is “Nirbachita Rabindrakabita” in Bengali. A few days back we received request from a senior reader for a selection of Tagore’s poems for recitation. […]
BPA’s Podcasts VII, a Collection of Bengali Short Stories
Short story is one of the most valuable treasures of Bengali literature. Beginning with Rabindranath, short story has evolved as an important genre in Bengali. We record some short stories for our print disabled readers every year and we upload every month at least one of them on to our […]
Manusher Mato Manush by Boris Polevoi
Manusher Mato Manush (The Story of a Real Man) in Bengali translation is our latest audio book. We are proud to present to our print-disabled readers this popular war story by Boris Polevoi (1908 – 1981), a Russian journalist and writer. Polevoi was extensively writing about Soviet progress in the […]
Convention Demands Special Education for Disabled Students
About hundred visually challenged persons gathered at the historical Federation Hall of Kolkata today to raise their voice against the neglect of special education and Braille system. Former students and teachers of blind schools attended this civic convention. Shri Animesh Bhattacharya, English teacher of Calcutta Blind School, expressed concern over […]
Special Schools and Inclusive Education
Civic Convention on Special Schools Date 15 September 2018, 3 – 6 PM Place Federation Hall, 294/2/1 APC Road, Kolkata – 700009 Special School and Inclusive Education Special schools providing education to blind children are now at stake as they are, it appears, of secondary importance to the government. We […]
