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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=4>One of the best books I have read with
blindness
at its core was</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>The Blind Doctor: the Jacob Bolotan story</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>You can get that on BARD and I always recommend that book
to
anyone blind or sighted </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>If you haven’t read it, you should it will change the way
you
see your life almost 100 years after his struggles and what he achieved
despite
all that wasn’t in place for him</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=njtechdiv@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:njtechdiv@nfbnet.org">PRAMIT BHARGAVA via Njtechdiv</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 20, 2019 1:13 AM</DIV>
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href="mailto:pramit.vision@gmail.com">PRAMIT BHARGAVA</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Njtechdiv] This book changed my
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<DIV dir=ltr>It may be interesting to find more motivational books like
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<DIV class=gmail_attr dir=ltr>On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 6:16 PM Jane
Degenshein
via Njtechdiv <<A
href="mailto:njtechdiv@nfbnet.org">njtechdiv@nfbnet.org</A>>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=4>Well glad that you found strength in this
book
and then in yourself</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>BTW the book is also available on BARD:</FONT></DIV>
<H4><A class=gmail-m_3844983674802389255book_title><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Touch the top of the world: a blind man's journey
to
climb farther than the eye can see DB51505</FONT></A></H4><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR:
rgb(255,255,255)"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Weihenmayer, Erik. Reading time: 12 hours, 3
minutes.
<BR>Read by Dan Bloom. <BR><BR>Sports and
Recreation<BR>Adventure<BR>Disability<BR><BR>In this adventure-packed
memoir,
</FONT></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN
class=gmail-m_3844983674802389255hghlght>the</SPAN><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> author recalls rebelling
against
becoming blind by age fifteen. Relates acquiring a passion for
mountaineering
and developing </FONT><SPAN
class=gmail-m_3844983674802389255hghlght>the</SPAN><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> character traits that enabled
him
to succeed. Covers his climbing exploits and his wedding on </FONT><SPAN
class=gmail-m_3844983674802389255hghlght>top</SPAN><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> </FONT><SPAN
class=gmail-m_3844983674802389255hghlght>of</SPAN><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> Mount Kilimanjaro. Some strong
language. 2001.</FONT></FONT></FONT><BR>
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<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=njtechdiv@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:njtechdiv@nfbnet.org" target=_blank>PRAMIT BHARGAVA via
Njtechdiv</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 19, 2019 7:37 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=njtechdiv@nfbnet.org
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<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=pramit.vision@gmail.com
href="mailto:pramit.vision@gmail.com" target=_blank>PRAMIT BHARGAVA</A>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Njtechdiv] This book changed my
life</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; font-variant-numeric:
normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal">Hello
friends, </SPAN></P><BR>
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style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt;
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; font-variant-numeric:
normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal">I
am Pramit. I am visually impaired (cannot read at all). </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; font-variant-numeric:
normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; font-variant-numeric:
normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent;
font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal">A
while back I finished reading this great book by Erik Weihenmayer, a blind
mountaineer. Erik’s attitude towards life is so powerful and motivating
that
it really shook me up that I could focus on bigger things in life than
getting
trapped in the day to day nonsense.</SPAN></P><BR>
<P
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt;
LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38"
dir=ltr><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent;
font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal">The
book’s title is “Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to
Climb
Farther than the Eye Can See”, and its available on
Audible.</SPAN></P><BR>
<P
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt;
LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38"
dir=ltr><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent;
font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal">Hence
this led to a resolution that I will single mindedly go after my passion
to
build better tech solution which will work for me and in the
process,
hopefully, will work for broader visually impaired community.
</SPAN></P><BR>
<P
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LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38"
dir=ltr><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; font-variant-numeric:
normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal">Divine
forces have enabled me to put together a tech startup with an equally
motivated partner. </SPAN></P><BR>
<P
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt;
LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38"
dir=ltr><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; font-variant-numeric:
normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal">My
interest in technology is due to it playing a pivotal role in keeping me
working independendly even as my vision kept dropping since 1999.
</SPAN></P><BR>
<P
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt;
LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38"
dir=ltr><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; font-variant-numeric:
normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal">Amongst
other things, I am a voracious reader (hearer of audiobooks), I love
meditating and I am also an experimental cook. I was lucky enough to
reverse
my diabetes through significant lifestyle changes about 10 years back.
Sharing
my learning and motivating others online is another interest area. I do
this
strictly on a non-commercial basis. Link: </SPAN><A
style="text-decoration-line: none"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2knVCQE9_70" target=_blank><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; font-variant-numeric:
normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line:
underline">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2knVCQE9_70</SPAN></A></P><BR>
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LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38"
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; font-variant-numeric:
normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal">Thanks</SPAN></P>
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LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38"
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; font-variant-numeric:
normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal">Pramit</SPAN></P></SPAN><BR
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