“I was born blind. Initially, as a playful child, I thought everyone was like me. But, as I grew-up in a joint family, a reality unfolded before my eyes -- I am different, differently abled , or visually impaired. Now, 25 years and pursuing a PhD in music, I can feel a different enlightenment -- an accomplishment of a dream, which as a normal person I could not have achieved for sure, ” says Muskan, social activist and research scholar at Himachal Pradesh university, Shimla.