I had a wonderful and beautiful experience in Hyderabad during this trip. I got the chance to visit my student Aruna Sharma ’s organization 4 AT Consulting LLC. While studying Intermediate (equivalent to Plus2) and graduartion, I conducted tuitions. At that time Aruna was studying 7th standard. She joined my tutorial. In my book #SwimmingAgainstTheTide, I explained very clearly how from a student, Aruna turned as my boss's daughter, a teacher and mentor to me in my later par

Accessibility is everyone's need; only time differs Generally wherever I travel, the first thing I will do is to try and find an accessible accommodation there. But as this trip was exclusively to attend my family events, I planned to stay at my near and dear’s homes. As the trip started, I quickly found out that these houses were not much accessible for my present condition. I visited them all before pandemic and could always manage with the facilities they have. But during

From Palakollu, we wanted to go to Antharvedi in Andhrapradesh as per the suggestion of my friend Balaram Das . That place is known for two important things - 1. Sri Lakshminarasimha Swamy Temple 2. Meeting place (Sangamam) of River Godavari and Bay of Bengal We went there by our car. In between the route, we had to change the route as suggested by Google maps due to floods on that side because of heavy rains previously. The route selected by us later was not at all good for

Recently I went on a personal trip for more than 10 days. Almost after 3 years I went out of Chennai. I would like to share my experiences with you all particularly about accessibility. Mini Travelogue - Part 1 This pic was taken at Ksheera Ramalingeswara Swamy temple, Palakollu! Rarely we can see such a temple which is accessible for a wheelchair user to a great extent. Staff are also very cooperative. They ensured that I would get good darshan With my automatic wheelchair

As per the suggestions from my friends, we prepared this video to give you all an idea on how I enter into the car, drive, come out of the car, usage of my automatic wheelchair etc My car is modified by Shankar Jai Kishan who is authorised to do this by TN Govt. Sleek automatic wheelchair which can go into my car boot space is manufactured by Bhargav Sundaram 's organization Callidai Motor Works. Courtesy: Videography: Aakash Manokaran Sachin Kurapati Ganesan Editing: @Aakash

It's an honour for me for getting an opportunity to write an article for the souvenir brought out by the State Human Rights Commission, Tamilnadu on the eve of its silver jubilee celebrations Souvenir was released by Hon'ble CM of TN Mr M K Stalin in today's event ! Title of my article is "Living with dignity is a fundamental human right for persons with disabilities too ! I am very much thankful to Hon'ble Justice Mr S Baskaran, chairperson, SHRC, TN and his team for this o