Twenty-eight-year-old Shobha Pawar hails from a village in Raigad, Maharashtra. She belongs to a low income family. Shobha was born sighted but when she was in Class 6, she got high fever, after which she lost her eyesight.
As a result, she had to drop out of school, unaware of any special schools for children with blindness. She hopelessly remained confined to her home for the next four...

Persons with vision impairment are perceived to be dependent and non-contributing members of the society. The stigma around disability prevents us from thinking positively about persons with blindness. They remain deprived of opportunities of education, employment, social inclusion, or any form of independence. Given their vulnerability and marginalization, they are often made out to be easy...

Umar Bandari lives in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. He and two of his siblings are visually impaired. After losing his mother at an early age, he learned to take care of household chores as his father was busy working around the clock to feed the family.
Despite the vision problems, Umar prioritized his studies and worked hard in pursuing his bachelor’s and master’s degree from Kashmir...

Forty-five-year-old Prashant Jadhav hails from Jalgaon in Maharashtra. He experienced vision impairment from early childhood. His mother and brother are also visually impaired. Prashant studied in a special school for the blind till Class 8. After that he pursued higher education from a mainstream school.
On completing his education, he worked hard to look for a job as he wanted to...