Meghalaya: Bertha Gyndykes Dkhar’s journey from losing vision to receiving Padmashree award
First Published: 12th September, 2023 16:10 IST
Meet Bertha Gyndykes Dkhar from Meghalaya, who has over the years changed the lives of several visually impaired persons, despite her own visual impairment.
Dkhar is a visually impaired education evangelist from Shillong. She was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa and lost her eyesight completely while still in college. She never considered her disability as a roadblock in her journey to empowerment and faced all odds with fortitude and continued to soar high in life. Dkhar conquered her adversities and went on to compose the Braille code – Grade I and II in Khasi for which she was conferred the prestigious Padma Shree Award in 2010.
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