Tiffany Brar

Tiffany Maria Brar (born 14 September 1990). is a blind social activist, social worker and special educator. She founded the Jyothirgamaya Foundation in 2015.

Disability doesn't stop one from reaching the sky.

Quotes

• Disability is not a hindrance to reach the sky
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• The world is equally ours cease all you can get from it^{[citation needed]}

• Treat us the way you wish to be treated
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• What does it mean when people say I cannot walk by myself, I cannot travel by myself? I have a mouth to talk, I have a brain to think, I can walk, and I have a cane to find my way around. Then why can I not travel by myself? I was like a bird in a cage, not allowed to come out without an escort. But now my life has been transformed.
  • As quoted in They Say the Blind Should Not Lead the Blind. She Proves Them Wrong. (December 22, 2015) by Ranjini Sivaswamy, The Better India.

• Where were all these blind people? Why didn’t we see them walking on our roads? I decided I must be the one to make a difference.
  • As quoted in They Say the Blind Should Not Lead the Blind. She Proves Them Wrong. (December 22, 2015) by Ranjini Sivaswamy, The Better India.

• I envision a society without any physical or psychological barriers towards the blind – a barrier-free environment where the blind can walk freely, can travel, can work, think for themselves, and live proud and dignified lives like other citizens. Society thinks that we can only sing sweet songs, only become teachers and telephone operators in the bank. But we can do more. We can dance, we can fire juggle, we can do martial arts, we can become managers and directors of companies. But society is constantly interpreting what we can do and what we can’t. This has to change very soon.
  • As quoted in They Say the Blind Should Not Lead the Blind. She Proves Them Wrong. (December 22, 2015) by Ranjini Sivaswamy, The Better India.
• why don’t we root the positive in each and everyone’s life instead of searching the negatives in them”? Why don’t we love and accept others with their strengths and weakness?Why don’t we break the barriers and traditions that are followed blindly, which doesn’t help the community in which we are living? Why don’t we smile and acknowledge others at least for a second, which can cause a tremendous change in others lives?
  • As quoted in[3]

External links

• Organisation website-Jyothirgamaya
• 2012,yentha.com,Outshining The Darkness,July 30,2012
• 2014,The New Indian Express,For your Eyes only, July 7, 2014
• 2015,The Citizen,A star named tiffany,March,20,2015
• 2015-The Hindu-Tiffany Brar-Instilling Independence
• 2015-NDTV-Tiffany Brar-Jyothirgamaya
• 2016-Dispelling Darkness-Tiffany Brar-The New Indian Express