| No Images? Click here  Manasi Joshi made headlines when she won the Para-Badminton World Championships last month and she has been using her fame to draw attention to the needs of people with disabilities. In an interview with HuffPost India, Joshi said she was committed to using her visibility to start a dialogue on the 5% GST levied on prostheses, among other things. From Punjab’s Batala, Rachna Khaira has a story about the miraculous escape of nine-month-old Garvit Bawa, who was found sitting on a pile of rubble by his frantic mother after the explosion at a firecracker factory. Garvit’s grandmother was one of the 23 people killed in the explosion. Meanwhile, the Rajasthan high court judge who made news in 2017 for his misconceptions about peacock sex, is back in the spotlight because he was part of a bench of the Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission that requested the centre to ban live-in relationships. Why? Because, according to them, women in live-in relationships are like concubines. Yes, you read that right. Manasi Joshi, who lost her left leg in a road accident in 2011, wants the Union government to fund research and innovation in prosthetic support, as well as bear the training costs of para-players and athletes.The player, who began her para-badminton career in 2014, said she still has to hold a job to support her playing and prosthetic costs. She will be representing India in mixed doubles in paralympic badminton in the Olympics next year in Tokyo.  The shockwaves from the blast — which was traced to an accident at an unregistered firecracker factory running illegally out of a residential area — smashed the window panes of nearby homes and vehicles and killed at least 23 people and injured at least 40 more.But nine-month-old Garvit had a miraculous escape.“I was bathing at the time of the explosion, and rushed to the spot immediately as I had heard them speaking to our neighbour,” Garvit’s mother, Madhu Bawa, told HuffPost India. “There was so much smoke and fire in the building that it almost became difficult to touch the rubble. I was not able to open my eyes and started crying. I began to shout their names.”  New to this email? You can sign up here.You can also follow HuffPost India on Flipboard.©2019 HuffPost India | Worldmark 3, FL 3, Aerocity, Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, Delhi 110037 |
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