Tucked away in an affluent upscale Vastrapur suburb of the city of Ahmedabad, a few feet away from intersection, the place is abuzz with visitors agog with curiosity to have a feel of the world of the visually impaired in a neatly created largish black hall.
Welcome to the facility called Vision In the Dark set up in the premises of Blind People’s Association (India) (BPA) whose only purpose is to sensitise people with sight about the kind of life the blind are living and the host of hassles one could face in a daily life if one loses that rarest gift - the sight.
Inspired by similar models in Hyderabad, Vienna and Amsterdam, Bhushan Punani, Executive Secretary of BPA, took up the project and raised the dark area three years back. The concept of it was developed by Mr. David Curtis and Mr. David Sadden of U.K.
Punani, an alumnus of the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad....
