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The blind stumble on Delhi's mean streets

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Tapping his white cane, Vinod Kumar Sharma spends four hours a day running the gauntlet of crowded trains and New Delhi's congested, potholed and often pavement-less roads. He is one of an estimated eight million blind people in India who make up 20 percent of the global total, according to the World Health Organization.

Added on the 03/12/2019 10:19:10 - Copyright : AFP EN

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