Page 39 mid-day timepass, sunday, july 31, 2016, mumbai, web: www.mid-day.com, twitter @mid_day YOU & EYE – A WEEKLY HUMOUR SERIES THAT DEMYSTIFIES BLINDNESS, CURATED BY XRCVC.ORG Image description: A cartoon strip with 9 frames… Frame 1: (The visually impaired man – BG – with his right arm stretched straight upwards) BG: TAXI! Frame 2: (BG speaking to a taxi driver who has stopped near him) Driver: Oh! You're blind! Where do you wish to go…? BG: Ah! You have eyes! I wish to go home! Frame 3: (BG sitting in the backseat of the taxi putting on his earphones as he speaks with the driver) Driver: Does your home have an address? BG: Does your taxi have registration and insurance? Frame 4: (A close-up of BG as he continues talking) BG: OK… now go straight up to the T-junction, turn right, get to the second circle! Frame 5: (A close-up of the driver behind the wheel who appears dumbfounded as BG sits in the backseat with his earphones on and speaks) BG: Take the flyover… keep on it… all the way! Frame 6: (A close-up of the driver behind the wheel as he looks towards BG from the corner of his eye) A thought bubble represents that he is thinking: Is this guy blind… or what?! Frame 7: (A close-up of BG with his hand on the backrest of the front seat as he continues talking) BG: End of the flyover, down… make a… U-turn at the first traffic light… turn left… second gate… stop! Frame 8: (The driver handling the taxi-meter while BG in the backseat of the taxi holds a mobile phone is his right hand as they speak) Driver: Sir… you seem to know the city streets better than I do! Is god on your side?! BG: God?! Perhaps! But… my GPS certainly is! Frame 9: (A close-up of the driver with his right hand on the wheel and his left arm resting on the backrest of his seat as he marvels with eyebrows raised) A thought bubble represents that he is thinking: The blind… giving me… a taxi driver directions! This world never ceases to amaze me! (Signed Ponnappa, in Frame 9)
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