• Not falling in a line

    Not falling in a line

    Image description- Kumar Mahavir sitting on the plank with stretched out leg on the sidelines of Arabian sea in the Marine Drive . He is wearing black T- shirt and blue trackpants with red stripe . His eyes are closed and body in meditating posture. He is wearing a green camouflaged mask Some of my… Continue reading

  • Rahul Kumar Bhokta- A case for change in Sonaraithari for Disabled through Skill training

    Rahul Kumar Bhokta- A case for change in Sonaraithari for Disabled through Skill training

    Image description- Rahul Kumar Bhokta sitting on an open ground with a basket full of fodder while he is putting fodder in the transparent plastic bag for mushroom seed laying. Rahul Kumar Bhokta, 19 years old, stays in Pipra Village, Sonraithari block of Deoghar District, which is 41 kilometers away from the city centre. He… Continue reading

  • The critical utility of UDID and problem with its Access

    The critical utility of  UDID  and problem with its Access

    India has an underlying, unspoken issue of disability certification which does not become part of mainstream media narrative or even academic discussion. According to the 76th round of NSS of 2018, only 28.8 percent of Persons with Disabilities have disability certificates in India. To solve this issue, Government of India came up with the c0ncept of… Continue reading

  • Spatial experiences of Rushikonda Beach

    Spatial experiences of Rushikonda Beach

    Image of Kumar Mahavir seated on an Amphibian wheelchair near the seashore at Rushikonda beach. Photo credits- Abhishek Kumar Henri Lefebvre, a French sociologist gave the concept of the spatial triad which categorizes the spatial production into three layers of interactive space namely Lived Space, Conceived space, and Perceived space. Let us discuss the concepts… Continue reading

  • The case for Disability certification from Sonaraithari

    The case for Disability certification from Sonaraithari

    Shivraj Mishra is an 11 years old boy with cerebral palsy from Sonaraithari block which is 35 kilometers away from the district headquarters of Deoghar, Jharkhand. His family consists of seven members, with his father being the sole earning member of the family. He hails from the lower economic strata of the society with  a… Continue reading

About project samajh

Project Samajh is an initiative to understand disability, policy formulation and intervention by adopting multi sectoral approach.
Curated by Kumar Mahavir, Javed Abidi- NCPEDP fellow| TISS 2018-20

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