Excuse Me While I Kiss The Sky

December 21, 2015

Wind in the hair, first brush with underwater marine life, happy exhaustion on reaching the top of a fort, paragliding through a breathtaking mountain range, zooming across the finish line of a marathon: imagine, if you can, all these moments with visually impaired, differently-abled and paraplegic people as participants/performers.

Because adventure sport is seen as something tough even for able-bodied people, its attraction to others is squar­ely denied in a country like India where the differen­tly abled are still fighting for dign­ity, basic rights and ramps in public places.

 

Read more on Outlook India.

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