Antardrishti 20 Years, 20 Stories anniversary campaign artwork featuring illustrated portraits representing people and a journey, with the messages “Twenty years of Antardrishti cannot be told in one story,” “From 1 September 2026,” and “One story. Every day. For 20 days.” The artwork highlights Antardrishti’s focus on preventing blindness, restoring sight, and empowering visually impaired people, with the tagline “Together only we can.”

ANTARDRISHTI AT 20

20 YEARS · 20 STORIES · One Journey

We did not set out to build an organisation. We set out to answer a question, a question that began with a boy named Raju, who knew everything about a joker from his Braille book but had never actually seen one. What happens when a child can learn everything a book can teach, but still needs opportunities to experience the world beyond the book? We did not have an answer, but we could not stop asking the question. Over the next twenty years, it took us into schools, villages, streets, communities, kitchens and places we had never planned to go. Along the way, we built things, made mistakes, changed direction, learned to say no, and met people who changed the way we saw the world. These 20 stories are our celebration of 20 glorious years of Antardrishti, not a history or a record of achievements, but twenty moments that shaped who we became. This is what we saw. We hope it helps you see something too.

Today’s Story

The People Who Said No

September 10, 2026

“What will I get if I donate?” We were sitting across the desk from a potential donor, talking about the work and explaining why we were looking for support. He had listened to us for some time before asking the question. There was nothing confrontational in his voice. He simply wanted to know what would come back to him if he decided to give. For a moment, we didn’t know how to answer. We were not selling anything, and there was no service or product that we could offer in return. The money would go towards work that would benefit…