Viklang - Divyang = Nothing or Something for Differently abled in India / myLot

India

December 31, 2015 4:56am CST

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Mann Ki Baat has shown great heart with Viklang (Differently abled), and has decided to call describe them as Divyang (Heavenly abled).

Several disabled organisations welcomed this move and celebrated the New Name, however, giving a new and loving name was not going to appease handicapped people for long .

In few days majority of handicapped people are showing their displeasure over it, because in caste reserved India, persons with disabilities suffer the worst.

Many are even challenging Mr Modi to remove caste based reservation and give them (Divyang) fresh chance. (This is perhaps not possible because vote bank will not allow this, and disabled people are not vote bank) With very less availability of jobs and education, and higher reservation on the basis of caste, there is more demands from differently abled (or say Divyang)

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Morning Girl

@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

13 Jan 16

I just wish this issue in your country will be handled well by your PM.

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yugocean

@yugocean (9963)

• India

17 Jan 16

I too wish, but he too is not going to bow for the sake of vote bank

Boingboing

@boiboing (13147)

• Northampton, England

31 Dec 15

I think your PM has done many good things but THIS is absolutely ridiculous. He needs to improve conditions for the disabled, not just give them silly names.

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yugocean

@yugocean (9963)

• India

1 Jan 16

There is nobody else that could be trusted expect Modi, but he still have to work in this problem. This is risky, because helping the needy will even risk vote bank, and anti disabled will take advantage of it.

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rebel_woman06

@SIMPLYD (90717)

• Philippines

19 Feb 16

I hope your PM can remedy that concern . Here , jobs are being created for the disabled and actually some of them have jobs already . And in fact , a new type of car on the train has been done for the disabled.

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yugocean

@yugocean (9963)

• India

19 Feb 16

Works for disabled are still under progress, right now a Visually-Impaired friendly train was launched by Govt. However caste based vote bank riots won't let Govt to do anything better as it is not trying to stop casteism.

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@Daljinder (23193)

• Bangalore, India

13 Jan 16

Hear hear Only if it could help much. The PM alone can't do much until the root cause of their poor treatments isn't addressed.

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yugocean

@yugocean (9963)

• India

17 Jan 16

Everyone knows that, but it is duty of PM to check the root cause instead of supporting it (Ambedkar, Phule etc) It was Phule who started action against differently abled the word Dalit was coined by him for disabled elimination, worked by Periyar in his anti disabled riots, and supported by Ambedkar by giving birth based reservation to Dalit and making them vote bank community