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প্রতিবন্ধী শিশুদের শিক্ষা ধ্বংস-চক্রান্তের প্রতিবাদে আহূত কনভেনশন সফল করুন ব্লাইন্ড পারসন্স্ অ্যাসোসিয়েশনের আহ্বানে শিক্ষা সম্মেলন সময় ৫ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০১৮, অপরাহ্ণ ৩-৬টা স্থান ফেডারেশন হল্, ২৯৪/২/১ এ.পি.সি. রোড, কোল—৯ জানেন কি, প্রতিবন্ধী শিশু অর্থাৎ দৃষ্টিহীন, মূক-বধির এবং মানসিক প্রতিবন্ধী শিশুদের শিক্ষা আজ ধ্বংসের মুখে দাঁড়িয়ে? চরম পরিতাপের বিষয়, এই উদ্বেগজনক পরিস্থিতির […]
BPA beside the Victims of Flood in Kerala
Flood in Kerala has stunned all Indians. It has taken a toll of nearly four hundred lives according to the government. It has renderred thousands of people homeless. The actual damages have been caused by havoc landslides. We do not yet know how long Kerala will take to recover from […]
The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag by Jim Corbett in Bengali Audio
The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag, published in 1948 was only the second book of its author, Jim Corbett (July 25, 1875 – April 19, 1955). He wrote his first book, Man-Eaters of Kumaon two years earlier when his friends requested him to relate his hunting experiences in writing. So the […]
The Valley of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in Braille
The Valley of Fear, the fourth and final of the Sherlock Holmes Novels, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930) is embossed in Braille as we promise before. We are proud to bring out Braille versions of all these four novels – A Study in Scarlet (1887), The Sign […]
Documentary on Blind Persons’ Association
A documentary on Blind Persons’ Association was released today on the occasion of Helen Keller’s 138th birth anniversary at the auditorium of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers at Jadabpur, Kolkata. This documentary focuses on the activities of the organisation over decades for the welfare of the blind people in West […]
Janbar Katha V by Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya
Janbar Katha Book V is recorded and ready for visually challenged students and young friends. This is an extremely interesting and informative book, edited by Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya (19 November, 1918 – 8 May, 1993). This ten book series contains discussion on history, science, politics, art and philosophy. Though it has […]
Blind Students to Be Relieved from Lead Exposure from Arithmetic Tyeps
hazardous effects of lead exposure are known for quite some time. Lead is no longer used in paints on doors and windows, jewellery, toys and so on. But strangely enough, lead was extensively used in producing arithmetic types or pegs used by Blind students for decades in India. It could […]
Domer Chita by Ramesh Chandra Sen, Read by Supriya Majumdar
Our story for this month, Domer Chita by Ramesh Chandra Sen, is an archetypal story straight from the Kallol Age. Flourishing in the 1920s and 1930s, writers of Kallol Age succeeded in introducing a marked shift in Bengali literature. Influenced by Freud and Marx and disturbed by the deteriorating socioeconomic […]
Bertrand Russell’s Philosophy in Braille
The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell (May 18, 1872 – February 2, 1970) is published in Braille by Blind Persons’ Association. Though written more than hundred years earlier, in 1912 to be precise, this book is essential for students of philosophy. Even if you are not a student of […]
ONGC Extends Support to Production of Braille Books
Blind Persons’ Association has received a high quality Braille printer from Oil and Natural Gas Commission, Kolkata for its Braille printing facility. This printer was formally handed over today by Shri Hemant Kumar Sethi, the General Manager of ONGC at a function at the premises of the Braille press at […]
