Blogs from India

03/18/09    View the Discovering Shuktara trailer
12/20/08    Discovering: Shuktara now in production
09/06/08    Jaipur Deaf Friendship Club
08/02/08    The Oral School for Deaf Children
05/31/08     Change of Plans for DDW

Schools and Organizations DDW has visited

Schools

The Oral School for Deaf Children, Kolkata
REACH Special Child Development Centre
Bimal Chandra Ghosh School for the Deaf, Varanasi

Organizations

Shuktara Home
Uddami Computer Centre
VAANI Deaf Children’s Foundation 
Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped (NIHH)   
New Market KFC (Deaf Employment)
Hotel Om Tower (Deaf Employment)
Jaipur Deaf Friendship Club
The Deaf Way
Association of Sign Language Interpreters
NAD India
Delhi Foundation of Deaf Women
All India Federation of the Deaf
All India Sports Council of the Deaf

Photos and Newsletter

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Fun Facts on India!  Did you know . . .

• There are approximately 9,400,000 – 14,000,000 Deaf people in India.
• The practice of yoga dates back to the Indus Valley civilization.
• The number system was invented in India.
• The River Ganges is a sacred river and thought to wash away sins.
• It took 22 years and 20,000 laborers for Shah Jehan to build the Taj Mahal for his wife.
• India is one of the few countries in the World to gain independence without violence.
• The literacy rate in India is 65%.
• India has not invaded another country in 10,000 years.
• India is the largest democracy in the world.
• One out of five people in the world lives in India.
• The game of Chess was invented in India.