“I had woken up waist deep in debris. My right hand was smashed, cut off and hanging from my body with the support of a few tendons. I couldn’t feel anything. I was numb. My life had changed.” Shreya was all of 22 when she had a life-altering experience. On May 28, 2010, the architecture …
A Naxal Attack Took Her Right Arm, But This Architect Beat All The Odds! Read More »
Two-month-old Anmol Rodriguez was being breastfed by her mother when her father doused both of them with acid. Anmol lost an eye but survived. Anmol Rodriguez was two months old when her father doused her with a can of acid. He wanted to kill her as he preferred a male child. Her mom, who was …
Anmol Rodriguez: Acid attack survivor at two months, model and inspiration at 23 Read More »
Tandav, an inclusive dance festival organised by the NGO Smileys India, is held in Bengaluru every year in December Nothing will be more perfect on a Sunday morning in December than to spend a few extra hours in your warm bed. After all, winter is here and Bengalureans do deserve those extra hours of slumber. …
Employment opportunities for persons with disabilities in the private sector have improved dramatically in the last ten years, especially in the major metros with companies seeing the business value in hiring persons with disability. The trust build by providing good employable products to companies paid off. Companies growing at a meteoric pace have found a …
Managing trustee of Swarga Foundation, Swarnalatha is paving the way for other people with varying forms of disability embrace their impairment and make the best out of their lives too. Between adversity and our response is a space. In that space are the power and freedom to choose to crumble, or to elevate both ourselves …
