Vedi

by Ved Mehta

A month shy of his fifth birthday, Ved Mehta was sent 1300 miles from home to Dadar School for the Blind-- really an orphanage in Bombay run by a Christian minister with Western ideas about education. Blinded by meningitis, Vedi faced the grim life of the blind in India. It was an act that required a great strength, a father sending a child to a foster home, but from it Vedi learned self-reliance. His career is testimony to the correctness of that decision. "Vedi had all the experiences of ordinary childhood, but ceased being a child before he was five. Thus in the narratives two voices the child and the adult. When the child speaks, grim events seem innocent and funny. But when the adult speaks, even ordinary moments seem sad, reflected in a memory that brings together past and present with bittersweet eloquence." (B-O-T Editorial Review Board)

Genres: Memoir, Biography, Nonfiction, India

Audio Cassette

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Indian-American journalist Ved Parkash Mehta

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ved_Mehta

Reviews

[Frank · Rating 4 out of 5]

Autobiographical reflections on his youth by the versatile Indian writer

[Aliza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely amazing memoir of his life as a young blind boy learning his way in India. I want to read more by Ved Mehta.

[Izhar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple and amazing. Direct translation of some of the phrases to hindi is hilarious and nostalgic (son of an owl).

[Deepak Singh Rawat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Vedi has the innocence of a child. The author has given a vivid description of what his childhood like during the first boarding school he went to. He has shown the inside of his world in very simple language. This book has given me a perspective about blind person's world and their feelings. I am glad that I read this book.