SHRUTI PUSHKARNA

Shruti Pushkarna: Does Empathy Stem from a Lived Experience Alone? Posted on 19 Nov,2020 | under COLUMNS Are we simply ignorant or willfully inconsiderate, asks Shruti Pushkarna

Shruti Pushkarna: Has the media turned a deaf ear to disabled victims of rape? Posted on 05 Nov,2020 | under COLUMNS Are crimes against disabled women not sexy enough to report, asks Shruti Pushkarna

Shruti Pushkarna: Why Dissociate Dignity from Disability? Posted on 22 Oct,2020 | under COLUMNS In aligning dependency with misery, do we reinforce societal stereotypes, further stigmatising disability, asks Shruti Pushkarna

Shruti Pushkarna: Eye Health cannot just be about Avoidable Blindness Posted on 08 Oct,2020 | under COLUMNS Gratitude and Awareness can be our own lethal combination to destroy ignorance, apathy and narcissism crippling our society, writes Shruti Pushkarna

Shruti Pushkarna: Invisible Disabilities: Missing from any Discourse on Disability Posted on 24 Sep,2020 | under COLUMNS Why must everyone fit in to one idea of normal, asks Shruti Pushkarna

Shruti Pushkarna: Sighted Confessions of a Visual-aholic Posted on 10 Sep,2020 | under COLUMNS My vision has become less ‘foggy’ as I’ve gathered knowledge about the possibilities of a life despite blindness, writes Shruti Pushkarna

Shruti Pushkarna: Yes! Technology can be a gamechanger for students with disabilities Posted on 27 Aug,2020 | under COLUMNS Education, employment & entertainment have been redefined by a ‘digital’ outlook, notes Shruti Pushkarna

Need to factor in Access for Disabled at the Ayodhya Ram Mandir Posted on 13 Aug,2020 | under COLUMNS Since Lord Ram didn’t discriminate, we must ensure an equal right to worship to all, writes Shruti Pushkarna

Shruti Pushkarna: Do we see an opportunity for the disabled in the new normal? Posted on 30 Jul,2020 | under COLUMNS However incongruous it sounds, the pandemic has given hope of ending the marginalisation of persons with disabilities, writes Shruti Pushkarna

Shruti Pushkarna: Is the academic triumph of disabled students not sexy enough for the media? Posted on 16 Jul,2020 | under COLUMNS Where is the media coverage for the disabled achievers, asks Shruti Pushkarna, adding: the few reports that have surfaced are from (usual suspects) journalists or media groups known for periodic soft coverage of causes like ‘disability’.

Shruti Pushkarna: Is the media guilty of making assumptions about the disabled? Posted on 02 Jul,2020 | under COLUMNS Society tends to see a disabled person not as an individual with unique characteristics and varied interests but as part of a ‘collective’ grappling with challenges of daily existence, writes Shruti Pushkarna

Shruti Pushkarna: Hamstrung by Lockdown Restrictions? Imagine the Reality of the Disabled! Posted on 18 Jun,2020 | under COLUMNS There’s a lesson in ‘acceptance’ to learn from those who have lived with limitations longer, writes Shruti Pushkarna