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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Naseeruddin Shah urges to change views about disabled and disability in DD series

Source: IndianTelevision.com | 08 October 2013 02:40 pm

NEW DELHI: Renowned actor Naseeruddin Shah has strongly supported the telecast of a series on visually impaired and blind achievers on Doordarshan saying "people need to break away from the societal stereotypes and commonly held perceptions about disability and success or happiness."

The actor, who acted as a blind school principal in the Sai Paranjpye-directed film Sparsh and is presenting the series Nazar ya Nazariya on Doordarshan, said, "India has over 63 million visually impaired people, of which around eight million are completely blind. Most of these people are often marginalised, not given equal opportunities for education, career and employment; they are also ill informed, and not stimulated to explore their potential. The blind and visually impaired community is often viewed as liabilities as opposed to potential human resource for a developing country."

"This is the main message we are trying to drive through this..........................

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