Dr Ramesh Kumar Sarin, who is a visually impaired and included in the Limca Book of Records for Braille typing for 158 hours and 30 minutes, said this when asked about the mission of Progressive Society for the Sightless Persons (PSSP), of which he is the founder and general secretary.

He was busy preparing the list of those who had confirmed their participation in the Inter State Integrated Singing Competition held by PSSP at Ramgarhia Girls College today.

About 100 children, inclulding 40 visually impaired, from various parts of the country, including Varanasi, Patiala, Amritsar, Shimla, Panipat, Ajmer, etc., participated in the competition.

“Most of these children are from villages since blindness is mainly an outcome of malnutrition and which in turn stems from poverty. There are not many schools for teh visually challenged in the villages. Which is why I started this organisation since I wanted to provide education to such children and make them self-sufficient," he added.

Ramesh has been working as traffic superintendent with Indian (formerly Indian Airlines) since 1990 and founded the society in 1993.

He is unhappy that society still doesn’t look at the visually challenged as individuals who are as good as anyone else.