It struck a disparate note with the country’s 26.8 million disabled. On February 12, the very day the Indian cricket team was making us proud by winning the Blind World T20 title, a physically challenged girl was made to climb two dozen stairs to reach her seat in a government exam hall. Upset by the report, the Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission has sought an explanation from the secretary of the state’s public service commission.But the issue goes beyond asking an individual or organisation why they didn’t make requisite arrangements for physically challenged candidates taking an exam. Our built environment is notoriously disabled unfriendly.

 

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