Making a vivid description of the demography and socio-economic and political environment of South Africa and India, this book attempts to analyse the status of the persons with visual challenge. For this, an analysis of the challenging perspectives of the policies for this segment of the society is made. On the one hand, the study is an empirical one in the sense that people with visual impairment from different walks of life of both the countries were interviewed with the help of the questionnaires but on the other hand, it is a value-ridden study as an attempt is made to testify the successes and failures of the policies both in terms of formation and implementation. A humane approach in the sense of accepting the visually challenged persons as a big human resource and the role of the policy – makers in terms of using this human resource in the nation – building process. Some space is also given to describe the attitude of the society towards the physically challenged persons in a general and the visually impaired persons in particular. It also plays a constructive role by sparing some space for suggestions and recommendations.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dr. Ramesh Kumar Sarin
Educated from one of the best school of Asia, the author is graduated for Delhi University. He got his master degree in Political science from Punjab University and did M. Phil. and Ph. D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Since his childhood, his desire was to prove his worth by doing something extraordinary so that the potence of the persons with visual challenged can be revealed. Keeping this in view, when he was in fourth standard, he created a world record in reading by reading 150 words per minute. Similar inspiring achievement was made on February 25, 1991 when he created a world record in Marathon Braille typing for 158.30 hours. Apart from this, due to his progressive outlook, he was actively associated with the globally recognized organizations of and for the persons with visual challenge. His association with pressure groups gave him practical experiences of adopting tactics of creating atmosphere to stimulate the government to take up steps for progressive policies for the persons with physically challenge. It is this association which stimulates him to bring forth such a work. Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor of political science in Satyavati College, Delhi.
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