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BANGALORE: A little boy, about two feet high, is ushered on to the stage. The anchor introduces him and visually-challenged Krishna. Dressed as the demon Hiranyakashapu, he launches into a strident and emotional speech about the death of his sister Holika. A barrage of sentences delivered in perfectly chaste Kannada later, he abruptly stops, says “thank you” and the audience burst into applause.

An auditory version of a hero fighting the villains on a train to save the heroine is rendered superbly by Mohan Babu, another visually challenged child. The heroine’s screams, the whizzing of the train, sounds of neatly aimed blows, all in one expertly rendered mimicry act.

The cultural programmes put up by visually-challenged children of the Karnataka Welfare Association for the Blind on the occasion of the 40th annual day celebrations had scores of people entertained throughout the day on Tuesday.

Speaking on the occasion, S.P. Murthy, secretary of the association, said that the organisation was working towards ensuring that the visually-challenged become part of the mainstream.

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