[RECAP] Accessible Virtual Rajasthan ♿

Hosting meet-ups on a social cause where like-minded people come together, discuss and share their experiences is always what I cherish.

A collage showing some of the attendees.

I never felt the essence of hosting a virtual meet-up but thanks to Kashif and Jane for boosting me up to hold yet another Meet-up on Accessibility but this time a virtual one.

The meet-up started on time though some were late but I appreciate their willingness to be part of it.

It began with my introduction alongwith Kashif and Jane’s … Without these two people, the meet-up couldn’t be as successful as it went.

We started our presentation in which some reviews in Hindi were also included by Salmaan and me.

A screenshot showing reviews in Hindi on Accessibility.

And then we shared our experiences that why we were keen to write these reviews, what we feel at these specific places, and how our contributions (google maps reviews and photos) will impact our communities and people with different abilities.

A screenshot showing Accessibility in Public Areas (Photographs by me and Jane)

We discussed the current scenario of accessibility and the need of it. We focused on making hospitals, clinics etc accessible as they are part of emergency services and still many lack accessibility features.

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Gif showing screenshot of reviews.

I shared about #RamaKrishna temple in Delhi which has traditional staircases but they have added a automatic chair for different abilities which shows - “where there is a will there is a way…”

A screenshot showing Accessible Washroom in a railway station.

After presentation, I invited all participants of the meetup to share their opinion, knowledge and experience with us. We even discussed about making the shop owners aware about Accessibility. We discussed on how we can help special people by introducing them to technology.

Falguni - shared her queries related to marking a railway station accessible or not if the entrance lacks accessibility but the platforms are accessible

A screenshot of screenshots in which we are discussing about accessibility

Rosy Ji shared about her experience on her visit to a local bank which was inaccessible in the past but how her efforts helped in adding accessible ramp.

Tejal Ben shared about her experiences in blind school where the children don’t even know about such technologies which are made for them.

Salmaan shared his reviews before the Meet-up which were used in the slides. He explained how can we convince shop owners to add accessible features. He gave an example of a bakery shop in Bengaluru.

Overall, it was a fruitful meet-up specially because of the attendees. You guys made me feel proud. Thank you to everyone from my bottom of my heart for joining my meet-up… Hope you’ve learnt something new.

Remember whenever you visit a place do add accessible information to the maps. #MakeOurWorldAccessibile

Here is the list of Attendees (Do let me know, if I’ve missed anyone)

Kashif Misidia

Jane Burunina

Abdul Raheem

Anil Singh

Archie D Souza

Isha

Falguni Paleja

Namlesh Kumari

Ajay Singh Inda

Lusia Siregar

Ashish Sarkar

Deepak Jha

Chirag Parmar

Reazul Hoque

Erna

Khetan Pawar

Mayur Sojitra

Ambrish Varshney

Johar Khan

Rosy Kohli

Ewaade

Mumtaz Ibrahim

Pramod MG

Pritish Biswas

Raju Royal

Riya Mathew

Ravindu

Naresh Prajapat

Naresh Darji

T pattanaik

Azhar Masood

Safdar Rai

Sagir Adamu

Salmaan Nawaaz

Shukla Mitra

Siddharth Dayalwal

Tejal Chayya

Tejas Jani

Vikram Singh Valera

Vikram Bishnoi

And Myself :grin:

And here is the link to the Photo Album.

Thank You,

Anshuk.

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Thank You very for detail recap @AnshukMitra

This was a great msg to the comunity help

Regards

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Most welcome @Anil6969 Ji and thank you for attending the Meet-up :pray:

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@KashifMisidia

@JaneBurunina

@Anil6969

@Globe_trotter_Ish

@FalguniP

@AmbrishVarshney

@Sagir

@SalmaanN

@NareshDarji

@RiyaM

Thank you attending the Meet-up.

Anshuk.

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@Ewaade_3A

@RosyKohli

@PritishB

@Tejal

@TEJASJANI

@rajuroyal

@PramodMG

@TPattanaik

@Shuklamitra

@Nomad_vikram

Thank you attending the Meet-up.

Anshuk.

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Thanks for tagging me here @AnshukMitra

It was really great informative meetup and you have done a great job.

Many congratulations on your 5th successful accessibility meetup.

Keep it up…

Regards,

Naresh Darji

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Thank you @AnshukMitra for such initiative. I always prefer accessibility meetup over any other meetups. I shared some photos of ATM with wheelchair accessible ramps.

Indeed it was a great experience.

Have a great day!

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Thank you so much for the compliments… keep supporting me in my future meet-ups as well @NareshDarji bro… Specially on accessibility…

@PritishB Keep sharing photos related to Accessibility as it will help more people. Thank you once again. :pray:

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Wow, @AnshukMitra you did a great job. You understood it very well that how considerable it is not only to contribute to Accessibility on Google Maps but to educate others as well.

Thanks for inviting me and @JaneBurunina , we really appreciate your precious efforts for the Accessibility awareness program. Meet you again in Accessible Lahore by @MSulaiman tonight.

Shukriya :pray:

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I always with you @AnshukMitra

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@Nimmi94

@VikramSingh_Valera

@nareshprajapat

@techdhamuji

@SiddharthDayalwal

@Safdarrai

@deepakjhic

@Erna_LaBeau

Thank you for attending the Meet-up.

Anshuk.

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It seems It was a great meet up. Thank you @AnshukMitra for sharing.

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Thank you for all the backstage help you gave me for the meet-up… We shall continue to help others like we did in the past and I will surely Join you @KashifMisidia bhai in tonight’s meet-up.

All the best…

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@NareshDarji you’re awesome bro… :raised_hands:t2:

@Mak5 Yes it was… Do join me in my future meet-ups… :blush:

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ok @AnshukMitra brother. Tag me if possible.

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@AnshukMitra I really enjoyed your meetup.

Everything was designed perfectly.

All the best for upcoming meetups …

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Thank you @Nimmi94 :raised_hands:t2:

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@AnshukMitra Thank you for Sharing the importance of Accessibility specially for clinics and hospitals, i too have noticed many hospitals and nursing home around me do not have ramp or slopes also they do not have lift. Mentioning about it can be very helpful for person visiting such places.

Thanks for answering the querry about the railway station

It was good to hear about everyone’s contribution :wheelchair:

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@AnshukMitra you are wonderful meet-up host! Congratulations with successful Virtual Accessibility Meet-up!

Nice to read your beautiful recap!

Thank you for kind words and your great efforts that you put to create Accessibility awareness in your community! That’s very important to spread our message with fellow Local guides.

Hope you will host Accessibility Walk Meet-up in your area after pandemic time.

Greetings from Ukraine!

Jane

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Nice meet-up @AnshukMitra !