Twenty-eight states, 40 cities and nearly 19,000 kms in just 84 days. Till some time ago, travelling was a distant dream for Arvind Prabhoo, Nishant Khade, Sunil Sancheti and Neenu Kelwan, a small group of physically challenged Mumbaikars. <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/dec/Arvind-Prabhoo.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 413px;" /> A photograph from last year&rsquo;s Festival of Festive Music <img alt="Beyond Barriers" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/dec/Beyond-Barriers.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 420px;" /> It wasn&rsquo;t so because they didn&rsquo;t have the time or money, but because of inaccessible public transport, sidewalks, lifts &mdash; almost everything. Yet, they made it happen, and all their travels were on wheelchairs. The group is now ready with a photo book, Beyond Barriers Incredible India Tour that shares anecdotes and images from their journey across India. &ldquo;The idea was to gauge whether India is accessible for the physically challenged,&rdquo; explains Arvind Prabhoo. So, what was the finding? &ldquo;Very bad. It&rsquo;s not just roads or public transport, but even education institutes and government offices that are inaccessible for us, despite the fact that it&rsquo;s mandatory for them to be barrier-free,&rdquo; he says. The book is a collection of photographs from all the places that they visited (with and without barriers) and people, who despite being on a wheelchair didn&rsquo;t limit their ambitions. &ldquo;Most people on wheelchairs resort to fate, living inside their houses. Our aim was to inspire them to go out and see the world. It&rsquo;s only when we mix up with the world that we would be able to get what&rsquo;s rightfully ours,&rdquo; he adds. Prabhoo and his team also wanted to create awareness about disability among people. &ldquo;When people look at someone on a wheelchair, they think of them to be mentally unsound. We want to change all of this,&rdquo; he summarises. <h2 class="footer_style"> &mdash; Beyond Barriers The Incredible Tour, Rs 1,250, can be ordered from the Facebook page: https://www. facebook.com/fearlessfour</h2>

Four wheelchair-bound Mumbaikars who travelled 28 states, across 40 cities and covered 19,000 km in 84 days have released Beyond Barriers, a book that charts their journey that was meant to study whether India was accessible for the physically challenged

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