MEDIA & DISABILITY
Vinod Kumar Mishra
Email : vinodmishra_60@yahoo.co.in
Mobile : 09811338939
Website : vinodmishra.in
JAIPUR FOOT WAS DEVELOPED BY
DR.P.K.SETHI
AN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON IN 1968
BUT DURING
WERE FITTED
1968-1975 ONLY 50 LIMBS
DURING
THIS
PERIOD
DR.
D.R.
MEHTA
ANOTHER ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON MET WITH A
SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENT.
UNDERSTANDING
THE
AMPUTEES HE FORMED
BHAGWAN
MAHAVEER VIKALANG SEWA SAMITI
AND TOOK
PLIGHT OF
THE CHALLENGE OF DELIVERY OF JAIPUR FOOT
TO NEEDY AMPUTEES
DURING THIS PERIOD, 1975 TO 1982
10583 AMPUTEES AVAILED JAIPUR
FOOT.
INSTITUTION
GREATER SERVICE
GENERATED
A
DURING 80’S MS. SUDHA CHANDRAN
FITTED
JAIPUR
FOOT AND SHE RETURNED TO
DANCING
FLOOR.
“MAYURI”
FILM IN
FILM IN
WAS
THIS
LEAD
TO
FILM
TELEGU “NACHE MAYURI”
HINDI. WITH THIS JAIPUR FOOT BECAME
POPULAR
IN 1997 TIME MAGAZINE EVALUATED
JAIPUR FOOT AND CONSIDERED IT AS ONE
OF THE
50 BEST INVENTION OF 20TH
CENTURY.
CROSSED
WITH
THE
REACHED IN
THIS
BOUNDARY
JAIPUR
FOOT
OF
INDIA,
20 COUNTRY INCLUDING WAR
TORN AFGHANISTAN,
SRI LANKA , ETC.
FAMOUS
MANAGEMENT
GURU
DR.
C.K.PRAHLAD
INCLUDED THE SUCCES STORY OF
JAIPUR FOOT
IN HIS BOOK
BOTTOM
THIS
GENERATED
“FORTUNE AT
PYRAMID”
OF
A
THE
DEBATE
EFFECTIVENESS OF ASSISTIVE
ON
COST
TECHNOLOGY.
IMAGE
OF
A
PERSON/
COMMUNITY
NORMALLY THE IMAGE CONCEIVED BY POWERFUL
/MAJORITY
COMMUNITY IS CONSIDERED AS TRUE
IMAGE.
EXAMPLE: IMAGE
MEN.
HOWEVER
OF WOMEN CONCEIVED BY
TO BREAK THE SAME GOOD
LITERATURE/ FILM/ MEDIA EFFORT IS REQUIRED.
IMAGE OF PERSON WITH DISABILITIES
Normally PWDs are considered

Incompetent

Weak

Burden on family, society
However research so far has revealed different results.
Many of them are :
Extremely competent

Enough bold

Asset for nation
FILMS AND DISABILITY
Films are strong medium which can change the
views and opinions. At one point of time there
was stiff opposition to Hindi in South. But Hindi
Films broke it. Similar attempt is required in
case of disability.
A NUMBER OF FILMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED
HAVING DISABILITY AS AN ISSUE. THESE CAN
BE CLASSIFIED AS UNDER:
1.
Films having minor characters with disability depicting

Disability is an outcome of sins

Victim deserve pity

Disability can be overcome by miracles
2. Films having major character with disability
as:
Sanjeev Kumar in Sholay

Pran in Upkar.
These films have played a good role in
changing people’s perception about disability
3.Films having disability as subject such as:

Sparsh

Koshish

Nache Mayuri

Black

Tare Jamin par
There films have excellent role in making right perception in people’s
minds about disability.
Some cine artists have major contribution in this direction like:
Sanjeev
Kumar
who
acted
in
Sholay,
Koshish, Khilona, playing major roles of a characters having
different kinds of disability.
Manoj Kumar as his films had minimum one character with
disability
Upkar – Malang bala
Shor- Mute child
Kranti – A revolutionary with disability
CONTRIBUTION OF FICTION AND
NON-FICTION IN DISABILITY
Very little literature is available.
Only a few stories i.e. Har Ki Jeet, Ashubh are
popular
PLENTY OF NON-FICTION IS AVAILABLE BUT FOCUS IS
MORE ON PROBLEMS AND LESS ON SOLUTIONS.
THERE IS A NEED OF SHORT STORIES AND TELE FILMS
ON VARIOUS ISSUES RELATED TO DISABILITY
BIOGRAPHIES AVAILABLE
 Ashtavakra
 Rana
Sanga
 Roosevelt
 Helen
Keller
 Thomas Alva
 More
Edison
are required

Today’s
era
is
of
Every attribute as well as
economic
liberalization.
problem is assessed in
economic term.

Then adequate resources are deployed to solve the same.
Examples :-

Pulse polio mission

Safe maternity mission

Leprosy eradication mission
 For
this
not
only
good
research
and clear analysis is required but adequate
publicity is also needed. This will require
 Stories
 Articles
 Research
 Short
papers
and feature films
Technology has made a big headway in human life. Now a
number of devices are available which can not only
improve the functioning of PWDs, their life will also be
more comfortable.
This way the economic impact due to disability will reduce
considerably.
SUCCESS STORIES OF THE USE OF THESE DEVICES
WILL NOT ONLY BE POPULAR BUT WILL ALSO BE
USEFUL IN INDIVIDUAL AS WELL AS NATIONAL
INTEREST.
MEDIA
DIRECTION.
CAN CONTRIBUTE A LOT IN THIS
THANK YOU