Retinitis Pigmentosa
My Vision Impairment Challenges Have Strengthened Me
Aruna Misra, 60 from Faridabad has only 8 per cent peripheral vision left, which is also on a steady decline. But that does not stop her from living independently, doing all her chores, and even cooking when her husband had COVID. Most…
Social Distancing is Heartbreaking For Us
Bangalore based journalist, L Subramani, who lost his vision to retinitis pigmentosa as a teenager, writes how he survived the horrors of being alone in a covid-19 isolation ward and facing death of fellow warrior. Room 209 had a single bed and a…
I Am Here Because Of Your Love, Maa
Vineet Saraiwala, Inclusion Lead, Future Retail Limited, pays an emotional tribute to his mother, a mother of two sons with Retinitis Pigmentosa. A Mother's Day Special. It was my mother’s destiny to have two sons, both with retinitis pigmentosa (RP…
Destiny Is Controlled By My Mind, Not My Eyes
Vineet Saraiwala, Inclusion Lead, Future Retail Limited, who has fearlessly embraced his retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease, writes a poignant account of his reducing vision and how he derives immense pleasure from tandem bicycle…
‘Life is an unending advocacy for me’
Sharmishthaa Atreja, Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosphy, Delhi University, has lost her vision through a degenerative eye disease known as Retinitis Pigmentosa. She shares her story of coming to terms with gradually losing her vision…
