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They want to prove they are good
Heeding CM's suggestion to employ 20% physically handicapped people, BangaloreOne has recruited these employees as data entry operators.
Heeding CM H D Kumaraswamy's suggestion to employ 20% physically handicapped people, the organisation has recruited the first four employees as data entry operators.
Sunita (36) is a single mother who survived an abusive marriage, and a suicide attempt in which she tried to burn herself. She now supports her two children alone, one of whom has cerebral palsy.
"The work here is not too hectic and I've great colleagues," she says. On a salary of Rs 2,700, she simply can't afford to pay up medical bills of over Rs 1,200 for herself and her child.
But she hopes for a raise soon. Manjunatha K (28) and Thibbaraju M P (23), both cheerful young men unmindful of their polio affliction, work in the BangaloreOne's Banashankari and Vijayanagar centres respectively.
While Manjunatha shifted to the city with his family from Srirangapatna, Thibbaraju moved with his younger brother from Channapatna. "I wrote the IAS exam last year, but didn't make it.
Hopefully, I'll clear it this time," says Manjunatha, who aspires to be a district commissioner. "I have had polio from the age of five, but frankly, I consider myself as normal as anyone else.
Thankfully,my colleagues don't discriminate either," adds the Mysore University graduate. Thibbaraju takes a BMTC bus to work every day.
"People are kind enough to give me a seat, but I would like a three-wheel cycle," says the commerce graduate, who has an additional computer qualification.
P Markapuri (32) has a grim story to tell. Despite his missing lower limbs, he's the most highly qualified of the four with a master's degree in economics.
"I've been telling all sorts for companies that I can do any desk job, but no one bothered," recalls Markapuri. Commuting to work is a problem for him, since he needs to change two buses to get from his house in Nandini Layout to Malleswaram. But he's enthused about his first break.
"I've seen all the CMs. None have helped but Kumaraswamy," says the civil services aspirant. If there's one string that binds all four of them, it's their enthusiasm to work.
"They're willing to go that extra mile just to prove they are better, if not as good as anyone else," says BangaloreOne project manager from CMS computers Satish Jorapur.
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