Article from Times of India march 02, 2010 ? Page No. 5
COURAGE IN CLASSROOM
She trained sights only on success
Visually Impaired Garima Overcame All Odds to Top PG Exam
Anahita Mukherji I TNN
Mumbai: Four years ago, T O I profiled Malad boy Ashish Goyal, the
first visually impaired student to do an MBA from Wharton,
Pennsylvania. Now, his sister Garima is the first visually impaired
student at the Social Commutations Media (SCM) course for
postgraduates at Mumbai?s Sophia Polytechnic. Add to this the fact
that she has topped the class?no mean feat considering the course
involves studying cinema, photography, journalism and advertising.
She won two awards at Sophia, one for excellence in academics and a
special award for undaunted courage and excellence in the face of
adversity. All this, despite the fact that she lost one month of the
year-long course after suffering from slipped disc.
?Garima asked for absolutely no concessions during the course and
never drew attention to her disability,?? said Jeroo Mulla, head of
the SCM department. ?She was often on stage, welcoming guest lecturers
with such confidence that nobody could ever guess that she was
visually impaired,?? added Mulla.
The course involved a photography trip to Uttarakhand, where Garima
trekked mountain slopes and even crossed a river on a rope. Garima,
who topped the terminal exams in film theory, also managed to shoot
her own photographs. She would ask her friends to describe the scene
in front of her and the colours of objects. She was part of the group
of students whose film?Speak Up! It?s Not Your Fault?on child sexual
abuse won the award for the best documentary in the class. Her group
also won the award for the best ad campaign.
The last one year has been far from easy and Garima used every
ounce of determination to survive the course. ?I was terrified that I
would fail the paper in cinema, as I had no visual recall of any of
the films we studied,?? said Garima, who scored the highest. Her
classmates would often pitch in and describe the scenery to her while
a film was going on. During silent movies, one of her classmates would
always read out the subtitles. ?I would read up a great deal on a film
before it was screened in the class. I also paid a lot of attention to
class discussions on the films.??
Journalism assignments weren?t easy either. The first time she was
sent out reporting, she was extremely nervous. Being the first
visually impaired student at the course, Garima was aware that her
performance would determine whether or not the doors would be open for
other visually impaired students who wished to study media at SCM.
That?s one of the reasons she worked extra hard.
Photo - GRITTY SIBLINGS: Garima?s (in pink sari) brother Ashish was
the first visually impaired student to do an MBA from Wharton
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