Beyond Barriers is an incredible journey in 80 days through 30 States and Union Territories of India kick-started by Arvind Prabhoo, Sunita Sancheti, Nishant Khade and Neenu Kewlani.
The four of them are enterprising individuals who inspite of their disabilities are striving to see members of the society like them being given equal oppurtunity in Travel and Tourism.
The basic motivation behind this tour is to make the destinations of tourist interest in each state accessible to People with Disabilities (PwD’s), senior citizens, pregnant women & temporarily injured.Thus making India an accessible tourist destination for ALL.
Beyond Barriers is a daring initiative under the aegis of Vijay Merchant Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled (VMRCD). The organization firmly believes in seeing India, our beautiful country as a barrier free nation and making it a tourist destination for all. It is an effort to truly treat all as equal.
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Technically, its 65 languages if you include English.
Its a simple, no-brainer stuff. Just made use of the Google Translate tool. You may particularly want to check out the Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati versions.
It would remind you of ’Junoon Translation’ ( made popular by the hilariously dubbed serial in Doordarshan TV channel). The translation isn’t perfect but it gets across the message. Here’s the list.
The idea originally started when I wanted to have important pages (like my ‘About Me’ page) in different languages. I’m increasingly getting business enquiries from different countries and I figured it would make sense to at-least introduce me in other languages.
However, translating info in different languages is not only time consuming but also expensive. I’m OK with spending money but what worried me was continuing to keep those pages updated when I change the main information.
That’s when I stuck upon a simple idea of using the Google Translate tool. It may not be perfect. By a long way. However, its a simplistic solution right at hand and it would be a shame not to use it.
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At the start of my first day of class for the 2011 batch of students at the Madras Advertising Club, I asked them to do a task. I asked each of the students to write down three things that they HATE in a teacher and 3 qualities that they LOVE in a teacher.
I asked them to think of their teachers in school and college while listing down their thoughts. I advised them not to write their names as I wanted them to write with a free and open mind.
These inputs are always helpful in understanding the expectations of the students. I’m passionate about consistently improving myself as a teacher and have found these to be very helpful in my pursuit of excellence.
I figured I would share this list as this would be useful for anyone interesting in teaching.
I have compiled all the points together. I have left out duplicate points. The language you find below are from the students themselves with just minor polishing from my side.
WHAT WE HATE IN A TEACHER
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WHAT WE LIKE IN A TEACHER
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Hope you found these lists useful. Do add in your likes and dislikes below and will add them to the list above.
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I’ve taken charge of the course ‘Entrepreneurship and Media Management’ at Anna University’s Dept of Media Studies. As part of the course, I rope in experienced professionals to give guest lectures to the final year students.
For this week, I’m roping in Geoffrey G Thomas, a veteran in the Radio business and a guy who defies his age with his enthusiasm and youthfulness.
Geoff has been in the radio industry for over 15 years. He started off as an on air presenter in 1995 on Times FM ( Now Radio Mirchi). In 1999, he was unanimously voted as the best on air presenter by a leading english newspaper.
From year 2000 to 2009, he was with Radio Indigo in Bangalore, where he set up the country’s first all English private FM radio station. Responsible for both Bangalore and Goa, he was the National Programming Director during that period.
Later, he moved backed to Chennai and took charge as the Chief Programming Officer at Chennai Live 104.8 FM. He was here for two years from April 2009 to April 2011.
Geoff is now an entrepreneur and is in the process of setting up his own venture called Amaranta Entertainment.
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Quick backgrounder: I had requested people to write what they would do if they had 7 acres of farm land. This was done primarily as a way to crowdsource ideas for my own farm and also be useful for anyone else wanting to follow a similar dream.
This triggered Samuel Eddy to start off on a series of posts on this subject. This post is 4th in his series where he talks about his ideas for a farm house. At the bottom of this article, you’ll also find links to his other posts on this series. Recommended reading.
The Farm House
This will be one of the major projects in my farm. Assuming that I am going to live on the farm or I may be visiting weekends ,my home on the farm is going to be a unique resting place .It will be my hiding place so to say ,where I can spend my time being myself and be with my loved ones! And therefore I need to build something which my family will be proud off.
I will plan my home to be ethnic, rugged, close to nature or be an extension of my outdoors and which will let a lot of natural light in .I will spend time researching on how my forefathers built their houses and why? How did they enjoy much better health than me etc. I would also spend time observing how other animals and birds build their homes and if possible biomimic some of their ideas!!
I am not being very specific here because each and everyone need to figure out what he or she really wants in their homes and how it will reveal their personality. It should make them feel good.
But the principle of organic farming states that you need to build with the materials that are available within your neighborhood. Not only do you save on transportation costs but also the home becomes endemic to that area and truly reflects the materials available in that area.
Since I am going to give you ideas on how safe and secure your home is going to be, do not try to put fences, barred windows etc in your home .Let it draw in visitors and friends and let all who enter the portals of your home feel good. Let it be charged with negative ions and positive emotions and most importantly of love.
Photo by Exmoor Owl & Hawks
Photo by Tyson Burkele
I have shown 2 examples above of the entrance to the house .I would use a lot of stones that I can get on my farm or close by.
The above pictures are just to give an idea as to how the home can be made rustic and ethnic by using raw stones or wooden beams for the ceiling, walls etc.
Recently in a friends farm I saw that he had used the traditional brass urli as wash basins and the traditional brass lamp served as the soap tray and hung just above the washbasin. It was unique!!
So use art and artifacts to make your home unique. Get friends who are good in painting or in other crafts to come and add value to your home .I am sure they will love to do that.
I will also use lime mortar more than cement and mud blocks rather than burnt bricks etc as I would be particular about the carbon footprint that I would leave behind! As far as possible I would use natural materials than artificial or processed ones!!
I would excavate the ground and surely have a basement and also have an attic .My roof will have a definite slant so that the top can draw out the air. I would have air pipes at the ground level which will draw in fresh air and so this creates an air conditioning effort. The house therefore will be multilevel so that the outside can be landscaped with green lawns surrounding the house.
Put all the thoughts on paper and have a 3D plan made before starting the construction. If this can be done on the computer as a 3D model with a walk through, you can “see” your home even before you start building it. As you plan your house also take into consideration future additions and alterations and expansions as there will definitely be need for that.
Moreover as far as possible build it yourself, be involved in the construction, and don’t just outsource it. This will give immense satisfaction not only to you but to your children and grandchildren and the many people who will visit your farm house!!
Part 1 : Fencing Tips
Part 2 : Tips on How to Name Your Farm
Part 3: Building a Pond in Your Farm
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