Chief Minister Raman Singh released a first monthly Braille magazine ‘Sparsh’ for blinds in his official residence. ‘Sparsh’ is one of its first kind Braille magazine of central India in Hindi.
While releasing the magazine CM said one who lack eye sights are endowed with extraordinary innate ability to see things through inner sight.
Singh also recollected his childhood days and said, I used to go school holding finger of an old elderly man who was bereft of eye sight, I fondly called him –‘Good Night’ then.
CM Singh during the short release function of the magazine said –social organisation ‘Sparsh’ has truly done a commendable job by releasing such a good magazine from Raipur.
To connect the visually impaired with the current happenings and keep them updated this magazine ‘Sparsh’ would be certainly turn out one of the very important tools. Publisher of this magazine and chairperson of the Saparsh Piyusha Shukla and editor of the magazine K S Ram have informed the CM that this Magazine is in Hindi Braille.
Content of the ‘Sparsh’ has especially designed keeping the need and interests of sightless. Important news from Chhattisgarh and country are very carefully incorporated in the special magazine. Even some small articles and stories from varied variety of subjects are also included into it, Ram added.
Piyusha Shukla further informed that this magazine would be distributed to the schools for free of cost, especially for the unsighted in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. She also said that free posting facility of magazines would be also provided by the postal department.
Present in the release function were Secretary to CM, Subodh Kumar Singh and OSD Vikram Sisodia along with other senior officers.