A group of visually
handicapped students from Bhopal presented to the President,
the braille editions of his books, "Wings of Fire"
and "Ignited Minds", at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.
After being
presented with the copies of the books, the President told the
children that they must over come their disabilities by "defeating
the defeatist tendencies". Dr. Kalam answered many questions
which these children put to him including questions such as
who his inspirations have been in life and what they could do
to make India a developed nation. The President also enquired
about the status of educational material and facilities available
to visually handicapped students. The President said that, "‘we
have to provide solutions to their problems with the aid of
information technology by developing audio books, talking websites,
voice assistive interfaces and other devices".
