Hello friends, and greetings to our dear listeners. I am Ramkaran, from Mal Bazar village, Deoria district, Uttar Pradesh. I am completely visually impaired. When it comes to washing utensils and clothes, or doing household chores, most of the time, I do these tasks myself. I learned these skills at Durga Kund Blind School. For example, I learned how to carry water in the house, clean the house, sweep, wash clothes, chop onions, garlic, and do other cooking-related tasks. When I first went to the blind school in Banaras, I noticed that boys there were managing classroom chores themselves—sweeping, cleaning, and keeping their spaces tidy. That’s when I realized that at home, we were never taught these skills because people assumed we wouldn’t be able to do them. Most of our training in household work came from the Banaras Blind School. I feel that many visually impaired people do not get any training at home because people often think that visually impaired individuals can only sing or play instruments and cannot do any other work. This is a misconception. So, to remove these misconceptions, you can either showcase the work done by visually impaired people at home, or use some other medium to promote awareness. This way, people in rural areas will understand the truth, visually impaired individuals can learn new skills, and awareness will increase in households so that they can learn and become independent. With this message, I thank you all.
