Using technology, visually impaired vendor fights for self-reliance
Published on: Feb. 23, 2026, 4:51 a.m. | Source: Daily Excelsior
Mahpara Bisati, Mohd Saqib Srinagar, Feb 22: Visually impaired by glaucoma at 33 and confined indoors for more than six years, Abid Ahmed Dar refused to let darkness define him. Today, the 43-year-old runs a small roadside stall near Soura on Dr Ali Jan Road, selling honey, saffron and dry fruits — a business built not on sympathy, but on self-reliance. Beside the steady hum of traffic on the road that connects two major hospitals of the city, Dar arranges […]
