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Eyeway Conversations with Rajat and Geetika Dalmia

In this episode of Eyeway Conversations, George Abraham speaks with Rajat and Geetika Dalmia, a blind couple from Kolkata.

Geetika, who lost her eyesight due to macular degeneration followed her dreams and started her own travel agency, driven by her love for adventure. Rajat, who lost his eyesight due to retinitis pigmentosa after his 12th completed his studies and has been running his family business for the past 25 years. The couple met when Geetika came to learn JAWS from Rajat, and they've been happily married for 17 years!

Eyeway Conversations with Vishal Kumar Jain

In this episode of Eyeway Conversations, George Abraham speaks with Vishal Kumar Jain, a Global HR Consultant at Shell in Bangalore.

Coming from a small town, Vishal had to drop out after 9th standard due to deterioration of his eyesight from retinitis pigmentosa and lack of awareness to handle it. However, his inner urge to learn brought him to Bangalore where he developed computer skills and continued his studies. He later earned an MBA from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L), and went on to work with TATA Motors.

Eyeway Conversations with Akhil Paul

In this episode of Eyeway Conversations, George Abraham speaks with Akhil Paul, the Executive Director of Sense International India, an organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with deafblindness in India.

Eyeway Conversations with Nupur Joshi

In this episode of Eyeway Conversations, George Abraham speaks with Nupur Joshi, a young and vibrant social worker with a Master's degree in Social Work from TISS, Mumbai, and Bachelor's degree in Psychology and Sociology from St Xaviers College.

Nupur's unwavering commitment to society is reflected in her work. She currently works with SNEHA, an organization working with women, children, and public health. This April, she will be joining TATA AIG where she will continue to dedicate herself to furthering disability inclusion in workplaces.

Eyeway Conversations with Siddhant Shah

In this episode of Eyeway Conversations, George Abraham speaks with Siddhant Shah, an Indian Heritage Architect who specializes in designing spaces that are inclusive. Siddhant is a Stavros Niarchos Scholar and completed his Master's in Heritage Management in Greece from the University of Kent.

Eyeway Conversations with Kamal Prajapati

In this episode of Eyeway Conversations, George Abraham speaks with Kamal Prajapati, a multi-talented Radio Journalist who dons various hats including that of a creative writer and is adept at crafting radio jingles and scripts.

Eyeway Conversations with Lois Strachan

In this episode of Eyeway Conversations, George Abraham speaks with Lois Strachan, a bestselling author, disability advocate, transformational speaker, blogger, podcaster, and a part-time rock musician.

Vision loss at the young age of 21, led Lois to discover new dreams and embrace her passion for music. Besides majoring in English Literature, she became a distinguished Toastmaster, coaching people to see new possibilities in life.

Eyeway Conversations with Kartik Sawhney

In this episode of Eyeway Conversations, George Abraham speaks with Kartik Sawhney, a graduate from Stanford University with a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science, focusing on artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction.

Kartik was the first blind student to pursue science education in high school in India and advocated for change in rules that now allow all blind students across the country to pursue sciences in high school.

Eyeway Conversations with Taha Haaziq

In this episode of Eyeway Conversations, George Abraham speaks with Taha Haaziq, Secretary, Office of the Commission for Persons with Disabilities, Goa.

Taha speaks about the recent success of Purple fest; India’s first of its kind inclusive fest that embraced and celebrated Persons With Disabilities in Goa in January in 2023 and saw large numbers of participants from across the country.

The Purple Fest was a culmination of various events and activities that was aimed to showcase ways to create a welcoming and inclusive world for everyone.

Eyeway Conversations with Manoj Govindraj

In this episode of Eyeway Conversations, George Abraham speaks with Manoj Govindraj, a professional musician and the founder of Swarras School of Music located in USA.

Born blind, Manoj found his calling in music early on in life, and with the support of his parents; he began his formal training at the age of seven and parallelly completed his education from the mainstream.

A rank-holder and a gold medalist from Mumbai University, he completed his Master of Fine Arts in Hindustani Classical Vocal Music in 1999 and took up a part-time job teaching music in a school.