The “670CS” Project…
After three collaborative exhibitions on the theme of disability; at Thalam (http://www.thalam.in), DreamADream (http://dreamadream.org), and APD (http://apd-india.org) with Neha Utmani (http://nehautmani.blogspot.in/),
I was on the lookout for more disabilities related data. In our
earlier exhibitions we displayed cut-outs of newspaper and magazine
articles/stories related to Persons with Disabilities (PwD) alongside
our artworks. This time, the focus was on gathering statistical &
pictorial information available in charts, graphs, and on maps etc., For
this, I visited a few libraries, and at one of them, the librarian
provided me the link where Census 2011 data on disabilities was
published in a spreadsheet* form.
(1) Percentage of PwDs to total Indian population (per Census 2011) is 2.21%
This spreadsheet has
data on disabilities for each State/UT, and for each of the districts as
well; with age groups, and eight types of disabilities. I visualized
these numbers in various ways. In Project 670CS, here are 3 takes on the
total number of PwDs in India. In each of the photographs, there is
data for a State/UT (with a tree representing a State/UT).
Let us look at this data in 3 different ways:
(1) Percentage of PwDs to total Indian population (per Census 2011) is 2.21%
What is this 2.21%?
26,810,557
26 Million.
(2) Two crore, Sixty-Eight lakh, Ten-Thousand, Five-Hundred and Fifty Seven.
(more than the entire population of Sri Lanka and Singapore put together?).
A
family with “ONE” PwD undergoes various kinds of difficulties. Now
think about the families/guardians/caretakers of all the 26 million
PwDs, not considering the difficulties faced by the PwDs themselves. In a
conversation, when one says “less than 3%”, it may come across as a
small number. (we can imagine the situation and the subject where we
discuss percentages). It’s not the same, when the percentage is about
PwDs?
(3) The seating
capacity at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru-INDIA) can accommodate
around 40,000 people. Imagine the stadium filled with spectators at its
full capacity during an IPL Cricket match.
How many “Chinnaswamy Stadiums” at full capacity is 26,810,557?
670
Six-Hundred-and-Seventy!
*www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/Disability_Data/India/C_20-India.xls - the “spreadsheet”.
Data for all the other States/UTs is available at: http://pljose.wordpress.com/2014/10/23/the-670cs-project/
Photography: Salil Lawande (http://www.behance.net/lawandesalil)
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