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Key Features Sipra Das fulfilled her dream in this book -capturing lives of the visually impaired, evoking awe and empathy instead of sympathy and pity among reader Readers get a glimpse of such lives which inspire one to look at life in a new way About the Book: The Light Within: A Different Vision of Life Sipra Das fulfilled her dream in this book capturing lives of the visually impaired, evoking awe and empathy instead of sympathy and pity among readers. The Light Within presents the stories of individuals who have survived to not only pursue their interest but also excel at it. Sangeeta, the daughter of an iron trader in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, is sightless but she runs a residential school for the visually impaired and is also the brains behind Shubham, an NGO dedicated to help poor children in the neighboring villages. Like her, there are several others who have shown tremendous perseverance in their lives. It is their story that is told in this book. About the Author: Sipra Das Sipra Das is a leading Indian photojournalist who has explored various aspects and phases of Indian life, history and politics with an unfailing eye for detail. She currently works with India Today, a magazine that she joined in 1991. A Master of Arts in Islamic History from the University of Calcutta, she is an Associate of the Department of Photojournalism of the Royal Photography Society, London. Beginning her career as a photographer in 1983 with the Ananda Bazar Patrika Group of Publications in Kolkata, she joined the Press Trust of India in 1987. She developed the PTI photo service in Kolkata before moving to New Delhi to take charge of the news agencys national photo coverage. Amid the hurly-burly of news photography that has seen her travel to trouble spots and disaster zones in various parts of India in search of images of historic worth she found time to document the lives of the visually challenged all across the country. She has been shooting photographs for this book for well ISBN - 9789381523629
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