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Women’s body to meet for rights of disabled Mumbai: In an attempt to create a ‘disabled-friendly’ India, the Rajasthani Mahila Mandal (RMM), headed by Rajashree Birla, will organise an awareness meeting next week to highlight the rights of the disabled. The mandal hopes to build a platform to create an equitable society. “It’s high time that the society stopped treating disabled persons as objects of sympathy and donation, and started lending a helping hand towards mainstreaming them,’’ said Madhuri Nevatia of RMM. Given that 6% of the country’s population is disabled, it’s time that they got some attention, Rajashree Birla, who heads the Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives named after her late husband, said. The meeting hopes to provide a platform to several disability rights groups. It will be held at the Ravindra Natya Mandir in Prabhadevi on March 11. The group will be forwarding a memorandum to members of the Parliament to bring about a policy change. The function will felicitate two individuals who have paved the way for a change. First, Pune resident Subhash Chutter, has taken on the onus of hiring one disabled person every month in his motor factory. He has already employed 60 persons. And the other is Kolhapur resident Naseema Hurzuk. Rendered a paraplegic at the age of 16, she went on to complete her education and even studied abroad, before returning to India to champion the cause of others like her. toireporter@timesgroup.com  A RAY OF HOPE: The Rajasthani Mahila Mandal is working to secure equal rights for the physically challenged
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