Seeing in Dark | Coverage in Times of India | Ahmedabad

AHMEDABAD: An exhibition called 'Seeing in the Dark' will be inaugurated at the Blind People's Association (BPA) on Friday. Here the visitors can experience pitch-black environs where they encounter day-to-day objects and situations and try to navigate.

It would be second such setup in India after Hyderabad's 'Dialogue in the Dark' built nearly 25 years back. At the moment, the exhibit would start with two situations- theatre and restaurant. The facility has been constructed in the basement of building No 8 in BPA premises.

Bhushan Punani, executive secretary of BPA, said that the concept is to put the visitors in the blind people's shoes for a while. "The uniqueness of the project is that we've employed the blind in the exhibits who would assist the normal ones to navigate with the help of railings and guiding ropes,'' he said. 

Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Blind-Peoples-Association-exhibition-today-on-seeing-in-the-dark/articleshow/44149710.cms

Seeing in the Dark | Blind People's Association ( India )

Dear All,

I want to share an experience today, I have written mostly post about Orphanages but I want to share a unique experience of being blind for half an hour.

Yes, at Blind People Association ( BPA ) at Ahmedabad, their is joy ride called "Seeing in the Dark"....Yes, I call it a joy ride as this is the only ride after which you shall feel real joy within you.

Basically, at BPA they have created a place where a normal human being won't be able to see anything, as their are no lights in the exhibition. And you would be in real pitch dark....belive me when I say real pitch dark. Its exactly how you would feel, if you had no eye-sight.

And then the journey starts for half an hour, as blind person.

I shall not reveal any further, what happens next and leave it for you to experience. But its important,I enforce that this experience should not be missed by elders,youngsters, or any age group person.

Its an experience, which is not physical that you are blind. Its a spiritual experience.

I suggest, this is one thing at least once you should try, not for blind people but for yourself.

Take your kids particularly, they start appreciating other people more after this experience.

Lets celebrate our eyes gift by once visiting Seeing in the dark at Blind People's Association ( BPA ) Vastrapur. Opp. IIMA, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

If you are a tourist, make sure you keep this as one of the points to visit when you come to Ahmedabad.

Address :
Blind People's Association ( India )
Opp. IIMA
Vastrapur
Ahmedabad
Gujarat

Ask for : Seeing in Dark, Basement - Building No. 8 once you reach BPA.

You can also visit website : http://www.bpaindia.org/