Watch: Born Without Hands, Artist Takes Her Work To Global Stages, Wins...
Up until the age of 12, Swapna Augustine thought her arms were yet to grow out of her body. It wasn’t until then that the realisation of a ‘disabled’ dawned upon the artist. Born in Paingottoor,...
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Confusion, Anger & Unadulterated Joy: Growing Up With My Brother Who Has Down...
It was an exceptionally hot day on 7 June 1987 in Kuwait. I remember it all so vividly. Ma was in the hospital and I was told that she would deliver my sibling any time now. I was excited but...
View ArticleIIT to ISRO to UPSC: Scientist With Disability Aces CSE, Aims to Make India...
For Roorkee resident and ISRO scientist Kartik Kansal, backlash and neglect are not new. He was 8 years old when he was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, a disorder that progressively stops the...
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IIT-G’s Prosthetic Leg Allows Disabled to Use Indian-Style Toilets, Perform Yoga
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have developed an affordable prosthetic leg which will allow persons with disabilities (PwDs) to thrive in Indian conditions. Besides...
View Article50 Fractures, 6 Surgeries, 65% Disabled: Dr Fathima Asla Let Nothing Break Her
When Kozhikode-native Dr Fathima Asla, lovingly called Paathu, enters a room, one first notices her heartwarming smile. It justifies the name of her autobiography Nilavupole Chirikkunna Penkutty (A...
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Daughter’s Down Syndrome Made Dad Ensure That Disabled Kids ‘Always Have a Home’
It’s an early Tuesday morning in Wadala, Jalandhar. All seems to be quiet. But in a few hours, at 10 am to be precise, this silence will be replaced with the sound of laughter and chatter of 30 young...
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One Initiative Brings Smiles to Thousands of Kids With Cleft, Empowers 100s...
This article has been published in partnership with Smile Train India. Ashim Garg recalls that day in 2009 when his classmates from an elite school in New Delhi mocked his ability to speak. While he...
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Born Without Lower Limbs, I Always Dreamt of Riding to Ladakh; Here’s a Look...
It was Ahmedabad-based Shivam Porwal’s dream to experience Ladakh on a bike. While this is a dream that many have, for Shivam to see it through was not an easy feat. Born with Phocomelia syndrome, it...
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Mechanic Built ‘Mini Jeep’ Customised for Disabled Friend, Now Sells Across...
When Babbar Singh, an automobile mechanic, innovated a mini jeep for his friend Shakti Kumar, he thought it would be a one-time thing. The Punjab native built the vehicle, which looks like a jeep but...
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Entrepreneur at 16, Disabled Hero Brings Quality Education to Smaller Indian...
At just 9 months, Ajay Gupta was diagnosed with polio, which left both his legs and left hand paralysed. Today, he has a 70 per cent locomotive disability. He faced many setbacks in his childhood, the...
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‘Always Been Treated As Equal’: Lessons From Accenture’s Disability-Inclusive...
This article has been sponsored by Accenture. Like most fathers, Prateek Shrivastav, a Managing Director with Accenture, wanted to give his son Pranay the life of his dreams. But he recalls how...
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‘I’m Disabled & My Sexuality is Valid’: Navigating Intimacy As a Queer...
“For disabled women, the road to discovering our sexuality is lonely,” says 24-year-old Nu Misra from Delhi. Describing themself as an activist, Nu, who has an acquired physical disability, says that...
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One Moving Question Inspired This Mom To Provide Free Therapy to 800 Disabled...
When Pooja Parashar gave birth to twins in 2007, the entire family was ecstatic. But something was amiss — because the babies were born prematurely, one twin, Som, had issues with oxygen reaching his...
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IIT Student Innovates Portable Braille Printer 20 Times Cheaper Than Imported...
Around a year ago, Bengaluru-resident and IIT-Guwahati student Kaviraj Prithvi was searching for an idea to help the disabled as part of a college project. On visiting one of the blind schools in his...
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Living With Polio, He Became Entrepreneur at 16 & Now Takes Education to...
Ajay Gupta was diagnosed with polio when he was only nine months old. However, being disabled himself, he spent his life working for the cause and starting ventures for the betterment of others....
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‘It’s Their Right to Play’: Teacher Uses Sports to Empower 12000 Kids with...
#MakingSportWork: We celebrate the potential of sport to build a #BetterIndia with opinion pieces, stories and profiles of how sport can improve the lives of every Indian. Read more from this...
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Learnt Online, Father Builds ‘Maarobot’ to Help Disabled Daughter Eat Food...
Plato famously wrote in ‘Republic’, “Our need will be the real creator”. Many centuries later, this echoes far away from Greece in Goa’s Bethora village, where a man has once again proved him right....
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Helping 800+ Disabled Children Enroll in Schools, UP Principal Is the Hero...
Supreme Court Justice D Y Chandrachud has called on the government and private entities to work towards a more just world for people with disabilities while noting the lack of accessibility for them...
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J&K’s 1st Wheelchair Basketball Champ Fought Acute Depression to Reach a...
“You can always dream another dream.” That’s how Ishrat Akther starts the conversation. For a 23-year-old who has had to battle challenges in several walks of life in the last six years, her ‘never...
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Designer’s Artisanal Brooms Woven by Blind Women Make Them Financially...
Right beside the doorway at the entrance to Lakshmi Menon’s home in Kerala, there is a sight that one does not see very often — two broomsticks side by side adorning the wall like any other piece of...
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