Tag: Education of the blind
Computer Training for the Visually Impaired
Blind Persons’ Association conducts a computer training programme with a view to uplifting the education and job skills of the visually impaired students and youths. The main objective is to impart basic computer skills to visually impaired users. It will enable them to access the huge repertoire of e-books and […]
No More Online Education for the Blind
About a hundred blind men and women today gathered in protest at Karunamayee, salt Lake in Kolkata. Although the country is still not out of grip of Corona and regular railway services are still restricted due to the pandemic, some of these blind people, students and adults, came all the […]
Dak Ghar Reimagined
Dak Ghar by Rabindranath Tagore is the story of a young boy confined to bed owing to his incurable disease. The village doctor has imposed complete restriction on his movement. His only connection with the outside world is possible through a window. He watches from his bed the curd-seller, the […]
Beneficiaries under DDRS
Rabindranath Tagore’s DakGhar was staged by the sightless students and teachers of Helen Keller Smriti Vidyamandir at Viswa-Bharati (Shanti Niketan) on March 4, 2013. Blind Persons’ Association set up Helen Keller Smriti Vidyamandir in 1981 at Krishnanagar in the district of Nadia, West Bengal with a mission to spread education […]
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 […]
Lal Bihari Shah
The following article was published in the souvenir on the occasion of the inauguration of Lal Bihari Shah Braille Academia, the Braille press and library project of Blind Persons’ Association on January 4, 2003. It often happens in history that the creator remains hidden under the overwhelming magnificence of his […]