Saturday, September 24, 2016

The Esha Organisation Presentation is now live

The Esha Organisation Presentation has been a long time coming. It is finally released on Slideshare.net. Easy to understand, comprehensive and quick. Do check it out:
http://www.slideshare.net/nidhikaila/esha-organisation-presentation-august-2016

Friday, September 23, 2016

Online Audio LIbrary updated wiht 100 more files - 5531 files now

In this release, we have added 100 files. This release has the following new additions:
1. Hindi translation of Arthashastra
2. Punjabi stories for children - 3 stories have been added
3. Content from We4You - Oriya academic content
4. Some English novels have been added.


Feel free to browse and see the content here - www.braillecards.org/audio.php
Online Audio Library Current interface

Friday, September 9, 2016

Looking for audio quotations in English or Hindi? CLABIL It is!

If you are looking for audio of quotations to suit any occasion, CLABIL - the online audio library,  is just the place to go.


Here is the direct link to files on Quotations on the Esha library:


Quotations on Hope English http://goo.gl/vyD7b2
quotations for all time - part 1 English http://goo.gl/lXaK2t
One liners on being women English http://goo.gl/jipjY8
Rules for life - 1 Hindi http://goo.gl/3FREM0
Quotes about india Hindi http://goo.gl/y10rxI
Quotes - 10 Hindi http://goo.gl/wlHHDa
Quotes - 11 Hindi http://goo.gl/XB6Qub
Quotations English http://goo.gl/cPXHKr
Time Management Quotes English http://goo.gl/Bfc7Kh
Helen Keller Quotes English http://goo.gl/0kzplN
Quotes on Teachers  English http://goo.gl/IFWgMx
Thoughts for Mothers English http://goo.gl/YAgt8p
Disability English http://goo.gl/OmRo1v
January -- Quote for the Day  english http://goo.gl/UKkOQM
February-- Quote for the Day  english http://goo.gl/ytlGKb
March - Quote for the Day  english http://goo.gl/I3o3cx
April- Quote for the Day  english http://goo.gl/imlNp6
May- Quote for the Day  english http://goo.gl/QxgMj4
June- Quote for the Day  english http://goo.gl/Ct7Jqw
July- Quote for the Day  english http://goo.gl/jFgh0I
August- Quote for the Day  english http://goo.gl/T6rq8T
September- Quote for the Day  english http://goo.gl/5QNcBo
October- Quote for the Day  english http://goo.gl/CgWyPX
November- Quote for the Day  english http://goo.gl/aBLCnb
December- Quote for the Day  english http://goo.gl/xiRuw3
Quotes Punjabi https://goo.gl/Xg94Xa
Abdul Kalam ke Vaktavya Hindi https://goo.gl/3nJZyv
Anna Hazare ke anmol vichaar Hindi https://goo.gl/Yxx3BL
Bal Gangadhar Tilak ke anmol vichaar Hindi https://goo.gl/dxX4CW

Friday, September 2, 2016

Update to online library

Today, we have added some more files to the online library - some more Oriya content of We4You, and 2 new files on the Asaan Ganit series. We have found that the Asaan Ganit series is a rock star series. Students are able to do speed maths in their minds after hearing the files just once. Do give it a shot.

Its fun to see what our listeners like.

As always, please share your feedback. We are now at 5431 files in 18 Indian languages :)

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Travelogues from a Wheelchair

So, I am wheelchair bound -inside and outside the house, for at least 3 weeks, owing to a very severe ligament tear.

I could have sat at home and moped about it. (But as you already know, I'm not v good at that). OR, I cld just be my father's daughter. So I decided to do the latter, and explore the world, on a wheelchair.

I m going to chronicle my adventures here, as I move into totally unknown territory. Why? Because I hope, somewhere, that it leads to a more inclusive world. For all of us.

Day 1: I decided to take my son to both his classes. Got the wheelchair out of the house, and into the elevator.
Challenge - elevator door autocloses before the wheelchair can be wheeled in. Solution: My son holds the elevator switch to prevent the wheelchair getting squished.
Problem: The elevator is too small to turn the wheelchair around. Solution: Either I reverse the wheelchair straight out of a narrow lift, or I take help. Fortunately, family and the driver refuse to leave me alone.
Problem: How does the wheelchair go from the porch to the road (a height of about 4 inches) and back?
Solution: The guard helps carry the front wheels both times. Out of kindness. He is not obliged to do this.

I get into the car with relative ease, hopping on one leg and getting in. Once there, I put the injured leg horizontal, as decreed by the doctor.

At the training institute,  I stay inside the car. For an hour.

At the other class, I request them to open the door that has a cemented floor leading to the waiting area, and hop the entire distance on one leg.

Day 2: I decide to go shopping. This time, the wheelchair is added to the car. At the supermarket, I get off and someone has to help me with the wheelchair going up the ramp - its a 30 degree incline and I am too heavy to pull the chair myself.

At the entrance, they have to open the other door to let the  wheelchair through. This is done with no fuss at all. Inside, they assign a shopping assistant , since I can neither use a basket nor a trolley (I might be able to figure this out in a while). We are done with the shopping list in about 5 minutes. People look at me strangely. The shopping assisstant is efficient and quick. The billing counter queue is short and we are out of there in 7 to 8 minutes flat. I try to bring the chair down from the ramp on my own, and drop the purse and phone in the process. The driver refuses to let me try anything more adventurous on a downhill slope, and quietly steers the chair down that ramp. We reach home with no new lessons to learn.