Conversations in disabilities, diversities in conversations
By Shampa Sengupta
Shampa Sengupta on a round-up of positive developments for disability rights in end 2018
Shampa Sengupta is a Kolkata-based activist working on gender and disability issues for more than 25 years. She is the founder of an advocacy group called Sruti Disability Rights Centre and is Joint Secretary, National Platform for Rights of the Disabled. She will be happy to answer your queries on disability and related issues. Write in your queries to vartablog@gmail.com, and they will be answered with due respect to confidentiality.
By Shampa Sengupta
Shampa Sengupta on a round-up of positive developments for disability rights in end 2018
By Shampa Sengupta
Shampa Sengupta stayed away from 'pandal' hopping but had a room with a view this Durga Puja
By Shampa Sengupta
Shampa Sengupta explains why criminalizing instant triple 'talaq' will not protect Muslim women’s rights
By Shampa Sengupta
Shampa Sengupta on the 'rakhi' as a means of sensitizing public transport workers to the concerns of persons with disabilities in Kolkata
By Shampa Sengupta
Shampa Sengupta, founder of Sruti Disability Rights Centre, argues that the sexual needs of persons with psychosocial disabilities must be addressed, and that there can be no one-size-fits-all approach to...
By Shampa Sengupta
The Olympic Games are common knowledge. Even the Paralympics have begun to gain attention. But not many have heard of the Special Olympics – a sports-based movement of people with...
By Shampa Sengupta
'Bring Back RPD Bill' will be the rallying cry on Delhi streets this December 3, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Shampa Sengupta wants government apathy towards the Rights...
By Shampa Sengupta
Shampa Sengupta answers a reader query on dos and don'ts in helping people with disabilities