BOOKS BY WELFARE FOUNDATION OF THE BLIND

WE ARE PRESENTING HERE THE IMAGES OF THE FRONT-COVERS OF BOOKS PUBLISHED BY WELFARE FOUNDATION OF THE BLIND. AS PART OF OUR AWARENESS PROGRAMME WE THE WFB HAVE BEEN PUBLISHING BOOKS ON AND BY THE VISUALLY CHALLENGED. THUS WE HAVE A LIST OF PUBLICATIONS TO OUR CREDIT. WE GIVE BELOW A LIST OF OUR PUBLICATIONS AND A FEW LINES OF WHAT EACH WORK IS ABOUT. IF NEEDED PLEASE CONTACT AND PLACE ORDER FOR BUYING THESE BOOKS.

1) DEIVATH-THAMIZHISAI

A thin volume of songs written by Mr.MU.VENKATASUBRAMANIAM, a music teacher. the songs are devotional and set to tune by the author himself

2) KAANAADHA ULAGIL KELAADHA KURALGAL

A collection od Essays by Dr.G.Jayaraman, Founder-President, WFB, tracing a visually challenged person's life from birth, highlighting the hardships and challenges that confront him or her over the years.

3) UNHEARD VOICES FROM THE NON-SEEING WORLD -

A collection of essays by Dr.G.Jayaraman, Founder-President, tracing the various stages of the life of a visually challenged since birth highlighting the hardships and chalenges that confront them on the way.

4) OOTRUK-KANGAL -

A collection of short-stories which have won prizes in the short-story competition for the visually challenged children and adults. these stories bear testimony to the fact that the visually challenged can fare extremely well as creative writers.

5) OOSAIGALIN NIRAMALAI -

A collection of poems by Dr.G.Kannan, working as a Senior Lecturer in Govt.Arts College, Dharmapuri. as a result of WFB's initiative in publishing the first collection of poems of this talented poet, his second collection has also been published by Virutcham Veliyeedu, a reputed Tamil Publishing House at the request of WFB and we thank the publishing house for its initiative.

6) MARUPAARVAI

A collection of brief life-sketches of some 20 visually challenged persons who belong to various walks of life and have come up in life through grit and determination. Editors - Dr.G.Jayaraman & Latha Ramakrishnan

7) SCHOOLS FOR THE BLIND IN TAMIL NADU

Written by Dr.G.Jayaraman this book deals with the various aspects of the Education of the visually challenged and the book provides valuable suggestions for the much-needed improvements and reforms in this field.

8) KADAVULUM KUZANDHAIYUM - (the God and the Child)

A collection of short-stories by Mr.E.Venkatesan, who is in the teaching profession (teaching Tamil) and is also a promising writer. His short-stories reveal the anguishes and dilemmas of the youth in general and visually challenged youth in particular.

9) SAMUDHAAYATHIL NAAM ( We, in Society) -

A collection of thought-provoking essays on various social issues - written by Mr.K.Raghuraman, working as an English Teacher and is also actively involved in striving for the cause of the Visually Challenged. He is an executive member of the Welfare foundation of the Blind.

10) KANNOETTAM (views and perspectives) -

A collection of short-stories by Dr.G.Jayaraman, dealing with the various aspects both of the social and personal life of the visually challenged.

11) VIRAL NUNIYIL VIDUTHALAI ( A Touch of Confidence!)

A Special Issue in memory of Louis Braille, released on the occasion of the Bicentinneal celebrations of the Great Man held all over the world from January 2008 till January 2009. The essays translated in the Translation Workshop for the visually challenged, a joint venture with the Tamil Translators' Association are also published in this Special Issue on Louis Braille.

*mazhaiyil nanaiyum iravin vaasanai

A collection of poems by mu.ramesh. Pudhupunal Publications has brought forth this collection at the request of WFB and we thank the publishing house for that.