Celebrities endorse campaigns to support the disabled
Films have often created stereotypes about the disabled. It is time to change the image,'' declares Nandita Das after climbing the top floor of a Delhi skyscraper in a disabled-friendly elevator.

The art of communication
Discovering common grounds of expression, cultures and life is what Khoj 99 is all about. An international workshop for artists, mostly exponents of installation art, is not a pathbreaking exercise.

The new untouchables
Villagers shun 36-year-old Kamala Mandal who lives in penury under a crumbling straw roof that doubles as a shed for an old cow and a goat in West Bengal.


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