by Amiyo Biswas | Feb 21, 2021 | News
Some persons with disabilities are allotted election duty each time election is held in India, be it an election for the Lok-Sabha or a state legislative assembly. Each time these disabled persons have to face a lot of harassments to free themselves from election duty...
by Manas Mitra | Jun 6, 2020 | News
Amphan, the second super cyclone to form over the Bay of Bengal since 1999, did not spare our Braille press building at Lal Bihari Shah Braille Academia just on the outskirts of Kolkata. This area, i.e. Malancha-Mahinagar under Baruipur Municipality, was right in the...
by Manas Mitra | Mar 23, 2020 | News
Dak Ghar by Rabindranath Tagore is the story of a young boy confined to bed owing to his incurable disease. The village doctor has imposed complete restriction on his movement. His only connection with the outside world is possible through a window. He watches from...
by Manas Mitra | Mar 21, 2020 | News
Members and friends, We regret to announce that the Condolence Meeting in the memory of Late Sukanti Majumdar, the President of Blind Persons’ Association and a leading social activist, scheduled to be held at Lal Bihari Shah Braille Academia, Kolkata on March...
by Manas Mitra | Mar 16, 2020 | News
We regret to inform our members and well-wishers that Sukanti Majumdar, President of Blind Persons’ Association, breathed his last just a few hours ago, at 2:30 AM this morning. He was sixty-two. A student of Light House for the Blind and Narendrapur Ramkrishna...
by Manas Mitra | Feb 3, 2020 | News
Income Tax Act, 1961 provides some benefits for the handicapped under Section 80U, Section 10(14) and Section 80DD. The first two benefits directly benefit the handicapped taxpayers, while the third benefit is for taxpayers having disabled dependents. It also provides...
