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Summary of Accessibility Summit 2016 – PM Led Accessibility
Thanks to Joseph O’Connor, I have attended recent Accessibility Summit – a virtual conference on Accessibility that was held on 7th and 8th Septmber, 2016. It was amazing to see that summit organizers took as much care as they could to make the event accessible. Speakers have described everything that they have shown visually and…
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Tip for low vision people: how to lid Agarabatti
It’s small but might help someone with low vision. As some of you may know, I’m a person with low vision. I love spending sometime every morning in our Puja room (a room where we pray); usually I offer flowers and decorate God. I much wanted to light agarabatti and Deepam (light with oil and…
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Announcing Bangalore Accessibility Meetup for September, 2016 – a bit unique this time
When? 24th September, 2016 at 14:30 Hrs to 16:30 Hrs (IST) Where? 613, 2nd & 3rd floor, 12th Main Road, Indiranagar, HAL 2nd stage, Bangalore – 560038 Landmark: Above Watch World (Same lane of State Bank of India). Host: Sincere thanks to the team of Bang The Table for histing September 2016’s Bangalore Accessibility Meetup.…
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Greetings on the occasion of Teacher’s day and Ganesh Chavithi
This year it is a sort of coincidence that two of my favorite auspicious occasions have come on the same day. That are Vinayaka Chavithi (birthday of Lord Ganesha) and Teachers day (birthday of Dr. Sarvepalli Radha Krishnan, Educationist and the 2nd President of India). Vinayaka Chavithi is yet another festival which I enjoyed a…
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Recap of Bangalore Accessibility Meetup – August, 2016
After a long time, Bangalore Accessibility Meetup got resumed and held on 27th August, 2016 at the office of Prakat Solutions. Thank you Team Prakat for hosting. It was attended by nearly about 20 accessibility enthusiasts, who works at different companies like IBM, Wipro, Cognizant, Dell etc., Here is a quick summary. This session was…
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Our grand father Shri. Ganti Narasimham is no more
He was the one, who showed me taste of tender coconut; He was the one who made me play in the well; He was the one who made my childhood much more entertaining (I used to spend most of summer holidays at his house); He was the one who introduced spirituality to me; Because of…
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Launch of Sugamya Pusthakalaya (Accessible Online Library) in India
24th September, 2016 marks a historic milestone for people with print disabilities in India. DAISY India, in partnership with Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment and powered by TCS Access Infinity has launched Sugamya Pustakalaya (Accessible Digital Library) which provides opportunity to blind and print disabled people to have access to wide range of publications…
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Experience with Andhra Bank Online Services – Opening Savings Bank Account
I was really excited when I saw Andhra Bank has a facility where customers can open a Savings Bank account using their Online SB Account opening page and filled in the form, uploaded required KYC (Know Your Customer) documents and photograph. On submission, I have received a confirmation email with a reference number. But process…
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Now get Tirumala Special Entry Darshan (INR 300) ticket through APSRTC – my experience and thoughts
Recently Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) in partnership with Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam (TTD) has introduced a facility to provide Special Entry Darshan (INR 300) ticket along with seat reservation itself to pilgrims those traveling by Super Luxory, Indra, Garuda, Amaravathi and Vennela services. This is a fantastic initiative and makes darshan booking process simple.…
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Resuming Bangalore Accessibility Meetups
Greetings on the eve of India’s 70th Independence Day. It’s almost 2 years that we, accessibility enthusiasts in Bangalore, could not meet each other. It was due to that I was relocated to Hyderabad in 2014 (recently moved back), then busy with family as we were blessed with a baby boy about two weeks ago!…
