Nidhi Mishra, a differently abled student, who is visually impaired and also an international para-athlete, is contesting for the post of president post in Jawaharlal Nehru University students’ union election 2018. Nidhi is a studying in Center for Social Exclusion and Inclusive policy in JNU. Speaking exclusively with Newsd she[Read More…]
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Indian para athlete alleges airline of ill-treatment
An Indian para athlete, on Monday, alleged that she was “ill-treated” by the crew of private airlines and “forcefully offloaded”, even as the airlines refuted the claims. Madhu Bagri, a wheelchair tennis player, said that she had booked herself on a SpiceJet flight from Tirupati to Hyderabad, which was scheduled[Read More…]
Indian Para-Athlete forced to Beg in Berlin after being ignored by Sports Authorities
While Indians are drooling over cricket, we tend to be ignorant, especially towards the struggles of the differently-abled athletes. The overall attitude toward the differently-able persons is not very commendable– we are either patronising or sheerly ignoring. And such ignorance has been driven to the level offence. Well-known para-athlete, Kanchanmala[Read More…]