Our country is one of glorious contradictions.
On the one hand, we are one of the first countries to be signatory to the UNCRPD. This Convention states among other things that:
“Discrimination on the basis of disability” means any distinction, exclusion or restriction on the basis of disability which has the purpose or effect of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal basis with others, of all human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil or any other field. It includes all forms of discrimination, including denial of reasonable accommodation;
On the other hand, our Home Ministry demands, in spite of whatever the Supreme Court has decreed, that differently abled people should not move about when the national anthem is played in movie halls and should, instead, stay alert. So people with Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy or Autism can either not see any movies or be prepared to face the wrath of nation bhakths.
Shri Rajnath-ji, can you please explain away the contradicting demands of the last two paragraphs?
(See http://www.firstpost.com/politics/national-anthem-guidelines-for-physically-challenged-are-regressive-setback-for-disability-rights-3218032.html for all the gory details of how (y)our Sarkar works.)
On the one hand, we are one of the first countries to be signatory to the UNCRPD. This Convention states among other things that:
“Discrimination on the basis of disability” means any distinction, exclusion or restriction on the basis of disability which has the purpose or effect of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal basis with others, of all human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil or any other field. It includes all forms of discrimination, including denial of reasonable accommodation;
On the other hand, our Home Ministry demands, in spite of whatever the Supreme Court has decreed, that differently abled people should not move about when the national anthem is played in movie halls and should, instead, stay alert. So people with Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy or Autism can either not see any movies or be prepared to face the wrath of nation bhakths.
Shri Rajnath-ji, can you please explain away the contradicting demands of the last two paragraphs?
(See http://www.firstpost.com/politics/national-anthem-guidelines-for-physically-challenged-are-regressive-setback-for-disability-rights-3218032.html for all the gory details of how (y)our Sarkar works.)
