Swagat Thorat

Swagat Thorat is a wildlife photographer, playwright, painter, editor, and director. Known as the Braille Man of India, he published India's first registered fortnightly Braille newspaper in the Marathi language, called Sparshdnyan.[1] He has also directed plays with blind performers.[2]

Swagat Thorat
Born20 March
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Writer, poet, painter, photographer, director, editor
TitleBraille Man of India

Career

Swagat Thorat was raised in Chandrapur in Maharashtra.[3] In 1993, he created the documentary Kallokhatil Chandane for Pune Akashwani. As a theatre director he staged Teen Paishacha Tamasha[4] and Apoorva Meghdoot[5] with a cast of blind artists. He also published Sparshagandh,[6] the first Braille Diwali magazine, in 1998 and worked for some time as editor and publisher of Sparshdnyan,[7][8][9][10] the first registered fortnightly Braille newspaper in India (founded 15 February 2008). He has also been Chief Editor of Reliance Drishti,[11][12] the most widely printed and read Braille fortnightly newspaper in India, which was founded in March 2012.

Awards and recognition
  • Real Heroes Award from CNN-IBN and Reliance[13]

References
  1. Menon, Sudha (15 January 2008). "Marathi magazine to be launched in Feb is first Braille fortnightly". mint. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  2. "Braille Man of India - who gave new vision to the Blind". RISE FOR INDIA. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  3. "A dream come true". The Hindu. 6 September 2013. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. Rowe, Maggie (2018), "Counselling the Visually-impaired Adult", The Visually Impaired, Routledge, pp. 85–95, doi:10.4324/9780429486845-9, ISBN 978-0-429-48684-5, retrieved 11 July 2020
  5. "नवी दृष्टी देणारं 'अपूर्व मेघदूत'". Loksatta (in Marathi). 2 April 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  6. Salgaokar, Shakti (3 May 2011). "Special: Shining some light for the blind". DNA India. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  7. Westhead, Rick (22 May 2011). "Braille newspaper shows blind new world". Sunday Guardian. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  8. Ajmera, Ankit (1 May 2011). "In touch with the headlines". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  9. Dhinda, Archisman (8 August 2013). "Swagat Thorat on why he started India's first Braille magazine". Gulf News. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  10. "Braille newspaper helps thousands stay informed in India". thestar.com. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  11. "Reliance Foundation Drishti – Providing Vision – Reliance Foundation". Reliancefoundation.org. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  12. "अब दृष्टिहीन पढ़ सकेंगे हिन्दी अख़बार". BBC (in Hindi). 20 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  13. Hingorani, Priya (20 March 2012). "Reliance launches Braille newspaper with Real Hero". News18. Retrieved 11 July 2020.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.