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Pune: Living with disability can be as much of a trauma for the patient as it can be for those living with him/her. Perhaps the most relevant example in such a case can be of a parent's, who has to bring up a "special" child with care and sensitivity. But in what seems to be a tragic...

When disabled Hindu worshippers in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu were blocked from entering temples with their wheelchairs and crutches, Meenakshi Bal Subramanian knew she had the law on her side. The disabled rights activist, who herself has polio, sued the temple authorities in the...