Language that leaves you speechless
May 13, 2013
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By Malay Desai Sunil Sahasrabudhe is a teacher, living like millions of others in a bourgeois apartment in suburban Mumbai. On routine evenings, his wife Shweta is found chatting away with neighbours while he works on his laptop inside, the sole room lit up by their sprightly daughter Kimaya’s presence. The trio’s tightrope walk in....
Leaving ‘from’ a jet plane
April 25, 2013
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By Malay Desai At the ground floor hall of an organisation in Mumbai one dreary evening, a conference on disability is winding up. Many of its participants, flown in from all over India, are celebrated survivors of disabilities and advocate themselves. They’re hobbling away, giving goodbyes with feeble but mirthful handshakes. One of the lasts....
Avatars of a different kind
April 10, 2013
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By Malay Desai “Sofia!” the bed-ridden magician yelled, keeping at it until his nurse appeared. “Throw this vase, destroy it,” he ordered, fuming at Sofia’s hesitance. That moment in the 2010 film Guzaarish touched many, making us wonder how it must be living, laughing, getting furious when one’s limbs don’t move at will. ‘Qwa-dri-ple-jya’, we even....
The Blind Superhero of Indian Chess
March 25, 2013
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By Malay Desai Last week, the Hollywood film ‘The Avengers’ reiterated our notions of superheroes being incredibly bulky, wielding extraordinary powers and looking every bit smashing. This would make it difficult for us to draw a picture of Charudatta Jadhav as one. The 43-year-old boss of a CTO organisation of TCS in Mumbai after all....
Call him RJ Wordsworth
March 7, 2013
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By James Roy “Welcome to Haal Chhero Na Bondhu! This is your favourite channel and I… am RJ Den!” So begins Sayomdeb Mukherjee every morning from his wheelchair, talking into the microphone at Kolkata’s Friends FM studio, his voice as crisp as his shirt. Mukherjee, or ‘Den’ as he’s called by listeners and friends, hosts....
Avelino de Sa: Supporting Others Step Out of the Shadow
February 20, 2013
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by Sheela Jaywant Nothing gave away the fact that Avelino de Sa was born with cerebral palsy as he sat behind the desk in his first floor office opposite Panaji Head Post Office. A certified investment consultant, Avelino de Sa has been self-employed for the last 12 years and has over 100 clients. In 2003....
Announcing our New Logo – Creating a Limitless Future
January 17, 2013
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Today is another new start for us at BarrierBreak. Over the next week, we will be changing our identity though not our vision. I remember the time when a Mahesh Murthy had told me that the name Net Systems Informatics (I) Pvt Ltd didn’t mean anything to him or didn’t talk of what we did.....
BarrierBreak 2012 – A Recap
January 2, 2013
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Barrierbreak wishes everyone a very Happy New Year – Opening a new book with new hopes, new opportunities, new ideas & experience of the past! Here is a Quick Recap on what we did in 2012. Summary – Recap 2012: Jan: Became the member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Feb: Organized Techshare India....
EasyReader and Supernova Training at XRCVC by Barrierbreak
December 9, 2012
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Free Training Sessions by Barrierbreak at Xavier’s Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC) Barrierbreak Technologies recently conducted free training sessions on Dolphin Easy Reader and Dolphin Supernova for people with visual impairment at XRCVC. Dolphin EasyReader is a software digital talking book player, allowing the user to read and listen to content through a....
Come & Visit Barrierbreak Technologies – December 3, 2012
November 27, 2012
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December 3, 2012 – A Day to Share the Spirit of Inclusion Barrierbreak Technologies invites you to celebrate this International Day of Persons with Disabilities i.e. on December 3, 2012 at their premises. Come and visit the office and enjoy the prospect of exploring the work done by the company, the employees and the various....
Inclusive activity at office: Played the game of Housie with a Difference!
July 8, 2011
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Activity time at office and the decision was to play the game of Housie. People got excited and every one asked for different prizes. Suddenly a thought came to mind, how would we play the game so as to include all the employees, such as people with visual impairments, hearing impairments, mobility impairments and learning....
