by Manas Mitra | Jun 22, 2016 | Event, News
Blind Persons’ Association has touched yet another milestone by embossing a complete collection of the songs of Kazi Nazrul Islam in Braille. The Braille edition was released by Shri Ramanuj Dasgupta, a renowned artist and music teacher, at Indumati Sabhagriha...
by Manas Mitra | Jun 18, 2016 | Event, News
The Indian Museum in Kolkata has taken up a project in collaboration with Blind Persons’ Association to put up descriptions of different galleries in Braille. These descriptions which a visitor can read will become accessible to the visually challenged also. On June...
by Manas Mitra | May 9, 2016 | News
Our members warmly appreciated Sampratik Chhoto Galpa, a collection of short stories published in recent periodicals. We are glad to present to our members Volume II of Sampratik Chhoto Galpa. This time this anthology will consist of twelve short stories, by twelve...
by Manas Mitra | Mar 14, 2016 | Articles
Very few of us have heard of Charu Chandra Bose who, despite his defective right hand, used it to his advantage and contributed his share to the revolutionary movement for the independence of India. Little information is available on the personal life of Charu Chandra...
by Manas Mitra | Mar 5, 2016 | Articles
Recently some changes have been made in English Braille. The new code has been named Unified English Braille, or UEB in short. The nomenclature is obviously significant. So far we have read different styles in Braille writing in British and American books. Now it...