The festival of lights, Diwali, has a significant presence in the Indian calendar. Everyone across the country celebrates
the same with great fervor and enthusiasm. We, at Microsign Products, were keen on celebrating this in a
manner different from what we are generally used to. You have always read about the company is different in
the way that it aims to employ and involve the differently-abled class of our society. On the same lines, we also
wished to have a different way of celebrating the festival of lights this year.
On 1.0’November, the company organized a picnic tour to the Green Leaf Water Park in Rajkot. In the company of
Mehta family (Mr. Nisheeth Mehta, Mrs. Priti Mehta, and Mr. Pathik Mehta), the whole team spent a day at the
water park in Rajkot. This was much appreciated by all, and we had a lot of fun together. Several team building
activities were planned to engage everyone. Everyone laughed together and made some great memories as well.
December 3 marks the International Day of Persons with Disability. On this occasion, we are proud to share a
message from the founder of MicroSign —Mr. Nisheeth Mehta.
Mr. Nisheeth strongly believes in — “the disabled are the most uniquely abled people in the world”. He has a strong piece
of advice for the differently abled people — “concentrate on those things that your disability does not prevent
you from doing. Do not regret and weep over things that your disability interferes with. Being disabled
physically is one thing, but you DO NOT have to be disabled in your spirit towards life,
Disability, to a great extent, is a matter of perception. As long as you can manage to do one thing, and do it well,
you will be needed by someone or the other for your ability. Your ability can be put to use.
Upon hearing the word ‘disabled’, people think of those who cannot walk, or cannot talk, or maybe even those who
cannot do things that most of us take for granted. Mr. Nisheeth is proud to be one of those few people who take
nothing in life for granted. However, he does believe that real disability lies in those people who are unable to enjoy
life as it is, are bitter, and always find something to complain about.
Mr. Nisheeth’s perception of disability is rather different and unique too. He believes that disability is a kind of an extreme
measure, where we are pitted against a very difficult situation for us to deal with. Such situations often throw
an interesting light on people. They either shine or fade away into darkness. I hope and pray people to choose to
shine despite their disabilities, by focusing on what they can actively do.
Here’s a message from Mr. Nisheeth himself:
“I want to tell all my differently-abled friends to think in the following way — I am officially disabled, but essentially
I am uniquely abled because of the lack of soy limbs or anything else. The unique challenges I have
faced have opened up unique opportunities for me to reach out to so many in need. I urge everyone to say to
themselves that “today I choose life”. Every morning when we wake up, we can choose between joy, happiness,
negativity, and pain. We can choose to experience the kind of day that we want, we are not slaves to our
conditions and our limitations. I want everyone to realize the experience the freedom that comes from being able
to choose your experiences every day. We have the freedom to make mistakes and learn from them or make
mistakes and feel sorry forever. Choose wisely; use the freedom you have. Remind yourself to choose life over
everything else; embrace the humanity in all of us instead of denying it. If you simply believe that you can, then
you have progressed halfway already. If you only keep facing the sunshine of life at all times, the dark shadows will
keep falling behind you. I pray for everyone to have the strength and understanding to realize the ability of the
disabled.
I wish everyone a ‘Happy Ability Day of the Disabled’.
Article written by Shama Shah
