September 2007

 

At 28, a paraplegic, she makes her living from the stock markets

Source: Rediff

Sujata Burla's life took an ugly turn on June 9, 2001. On a pilgrimage to Shirdi, where the Sai Baba temple in Maharashtra is located, from Hyderabad, she met with an accident.
Four months later, the doctors and physiotherapists treating her told her she could not walk for the rest of her life. The accident had turned her into a paraplegic. It meant Sujata was immobile below the shoulders. She was just 21.

Now she trades like a pro and earns anywhere between Rs 200,000 and Rs 250,000 every month. On a day like Wednesday, September 19, 2007, when the Nifty was up 186 points, Sujata made a cool Rs 600,000 in a single day.

 

The girl who made IIMs go public

Source: Rediff

Vaishnavi Kasthuri has the 'never say die' attitude. It was this attitude that helped this 21-year-old visually-impaired girl from Bangalore in her fight for transparency in the prestigious Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore, India.
 

RIGHTS: Disability Treaty Waits for Legal Teeth

Source: IPS News

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 21 (IPS) - Disabled rights groups and U.N. officials hope that the first core human rights treaty of the 21st century, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, could finally assume legal force when world leaders gather here for the 62nd session of the General Assembly next week.