Disability Rights Advocate Nipun Malhotra On Creating Inclusive Spaces
"People with disabilities are viewed as objects of pity, and it is thought that all they want is food, shelter and clothing. They have no other requirements or hopes beside these three," said Nipun Malhotra, Disability Rights Advocate and Founder of Nipman Foundation. In 2015, after a pub denied him entry as his "presence there, on a wheelchair, would spoil the atmosphere of the club", Nipun called it out and made Zomato, a restaurant aggregator and food delivery company, add disability filter on its app. At the launch of the initiative Samarth by Hyundai, in partnership with NDTV, Nipun spoke about how laws for people with disabilities exist, but the lack of implementation of these is a problem.
