In Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, two blind brothers, Dharam Chand Jain and Rajendra Jain run their grocery shops while their blind sister; Nirmala is working in a government school as a teacher.

Dharam Chand Jain has been running a grocery shop for the last 40 years and has in fact added an auto parts counter to his shop, recently. Rajendra Jain also runs a grocery shop and supports his family.

Both of them do all the buying and selling themselves and also even money transactions and their business runs smoothly.

Their costumers are not complaining, “For the past 10-15 years, I have been purchasing things from their shop. I haven’t faced any problem so far. We get what we order. Not only me but other locality people also purchase things from them,” says a satisfied customer.

Nirmala is a school teacher. She exhorts other blind persons too, to be self dependent, as she says “when I can execute all my activities, other blind people can also do the same.”

They emphatically state that till today they have not sought any support from the government. They are independent and intend to stay that way all their life.