Tuan Rushdi

White Cane Day 2014 was celebrated by Sri Lanka Federation for the Visually Handicapped on the 25 th of October 2014. The Lion’s Club was the main sponsor. About 100 visually impaired persons got to gather in the Independence Square and walk towards the main hall. We had our lunch at the Independence Square. We carried different banners showing the public that a vision impaired person should also be treated equally in the society. There are many things a vision impaired person can do, that others think they can’t do. White canes, refreshments and entertainment were provided for all vision impaired people. We had a great day.

The national Chess tournament for the vision impaired 2014 was organized by the Sri Lanka Council for the Blind. This was my first tournament in Chess. I started to learn Chess in end of 2013 and I had to face this challenging tournament in January 2014. Before the tournament I had some practice games with students from Rathmalana School for the blind and with my team members of The SLCB. I was able to win against them. The biggest challenge for me was to play against the Army team. Mr.Rathnayaka from Army was the previous champion and Mr. Indrajith was another strong player who was consistently among the top 3 VIP chess players in the island. The competition was a knockout tournament. Where my first two games I played against Mr. Priyantha and Mr. Waruna. I was able to win those two games. There were about 32 players. The opponents were selected by picking up numbers randomly by players and I got number 7 for a start, where I thought it was a lucky start for my chess tou...

By Kamanthi Wickramasinghe 14th Octomber 2014. . Stories of people achieving unusual successes despite many challengers never fall to capture our attention. They asre inspirational to be sure, but they are much more than that if we study them closely. Goals are what drive them to be such exemplary characters and the story that follows is one of an extraordinary individual who is on his journey to success. Tuan Mohammed Rushdi Cassim, 27, is a charming young lad from Enderamulla, Wattala. Having had his primary education at Carey College, he was among the many other students who had a vision to succeed in life. Yet, like for every other human being, life was not easy for him. Suffering from faint vision and night blindness ever since he was small, Rushdi had difficulties in doing his day-to-day work specially in dim light. When he consulted several local ophthalmologists none of them could identify his condition. Without giving, he left to India where he was able to f...