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Deccan Herald Article 3

Friday, June 2, 2006 

Disability no barrier for them

By Roja Kandath DH News Service Bangalore:

The siblings suffer from a problem called retinatis pigmentosa and lost sight at different ages.

Visualise this. Two brothers and a sister born with eye sight, lose it gradually from high school onwards. Yet, Vishal Kumar Jain and Amith have secured 78 and 72 per cent respectively in this year’s PUC examination. Rekha, will be writing her X std exam this year.

Vishal, 20, is a Commerce student of Sri Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain College and Amith, 22, pursued the same subject through correspondence. The siblings suffer from a problem called retinatis pigmentosa and lost sight at different ages. Their father Mohan Lal and mother Badami Bai had no information on the problem that doctors describe as “a field in which research is on but has no treatment yet”.

“There is a chip that can be transplanted into the eye, which is a costly affair, I watched it on the National Geographic channel recently,” says Vishal casually. Both he and his brother are accomplished musicians. They play six instruments, including the keyboard and rhythm pad.

Vishal was the first to come to Bangalore in search of computer education and now the entire family has moved its steel business from Bellary to Avenue Road for better education facilities for the children.

Amith says he prefers studying through correspondence because he helps his father. Vishal finds computers easier than braille, particularly with editing. He was given complete scholarship from the college and travels by bus for free. For the two ‘distinction’ brothers, their next aim is BCom.

Source : http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jun22006/index21247200661.asp

As a comment to above article, following was published under letter to editor section on 10th Jun 2006

Disability no barrier

Sir, It was heartening to read the news report, "Disability no barrier for them" (DH, June 2). Coming in the wake of a spate of student suicides in the recent past, it assumes greater significance. It reveals the "Never say die" attitude of two gutsy youngsters and highlights the meaning of the adage, "Where there is a will, there is a way". Surmounting their visual handicap, the two brothers, Vishal Jain and Amith Jain have cleared their PUC examination, scoring handsomely Their featshould inspire other students, especially those writing their supplementaries, energizing their minds with this thought, "If they can do it, so can I". Our world is replete with such acts of courage and determination. In future, let there be a Moral Science or Values For Life period included in the curriculum at the High School and College levels

RSUMATHI

Bangalore

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