{"id":21067,"date":"2025-01-27T06:57:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T06:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/saurabh-pant-the-visually-impaired-author-whos-redefining-the-boundaries-of-literature\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T06:57:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T06:57:06","slug":"saurabh-pant-the-visually-impaired-author-whos-redefining-the-boundaries-of-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/?p=21067","title":{"rendered":"Saurabh Pant – The Visually Impaired Author Who’s Redefining the Boundaries of Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n \t<\/i> Read Time:<\/span>2 Minute, 25 Second <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n

Saurabh Pant is an Indian born author with sight loss due to Retinitis Pigmentosa\u00a0 who was born on 4th of April 1994 in the beautiful hill station of Nainital in Uttarakhand that is also known\u00a0 for its serene beauty and cultural glories.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

After having pneumonia at age of 3, accepting the loss of vision at age of 5, he came in touch of Braille at age of\u00a0 12 and had primary education in NIVH in Dehradun where he learnt a lot.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

From a very early age he started to command braille once accepted as a student in NIVH\u00a0 in which he did well winning a few writing contests to get his journey going.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The author\u00a0 was in guidance of his\u00a0 seniors who taught him many things so he also learnt about\u00a0 screen reader access in computers through Jaws and started to play with Talking typer to boost\u00a0 his typing speed.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He returned back to inclusion after schooling and graduated from Kirori\u00a0 mal college in DU where he was a modest student of his time but he was supported by his department\u00a0 seniors to grow into writing at college level and his FB poetry rhythm was much appreciated.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

His journey into writing had started to grow in\u00a0 school as he\u00a0 took his chances, but it grew in college where he\u00a0 performed further and\u00a0 He won prizes even competing with sighted people at places like PES and NLU.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With so many people urging him, Saurabh started to type his first manuscript and finally\u00a0 he published his 1st work titled Affection never dies\u00a0 in Sept 2014 from Power publishers located\u00a0 in Kolkata and he never looked back.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Today he is author of more than 120 works, has participated in global PL writing colabs\u00a0 and has won 9 international\u00a0 awards, has also contributed to Indian anthologies and has been recognised worldwide for his efforts in it.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The author likes to make friends and\u00a0 interact with juniors of his institute. He also likes to play guitar and enjoys a lot of vegetarian food. He feels more connected in between his visually impaired friends and likes to help them.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In 2022, he was supported by\u00a0 Digital Golgappa and Cosmoclan platforms\u00a0 and came to be known by the larger Indian spectrum. It kept growing as he appeared in various news\u00a0 forum websites and also got\u00a0 solo features in certain platforms.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Further in 2023 he was honoured by Ne8x officials for his famous quote book to celebrate his efforts\u00a0 and in 2024 he was rewarded with Best Author of the year from TIA for which he is thankful.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The author has been featured in Wiki Flux thanks to Inkzoid foundation in 2023 and he continues to find more ways to grow as he has 1 decade of\u00a0 glory behind to continue the journey and become a more prominent writer.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Saurabh Pant – The Visually Impaired Author Who’s Redefining the Boundaries of Literature<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\n \n
\n \n \"Happy\"\n <\/a>\n
\n Happy <\/div>\n
\n 0<\/span>\n \n 0<\/span> %<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n \n \"Sad\"\n <\/a>\n
\n Sad <\/div>\n
\n 0<\/span>\n 0<\/span> %<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n \n \"Excited\"\n <\/a>\n
\n Excited <\/div>\n
\n 0<\/span>\n 0<\/span> %<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n \n \"Sleepy\"\n <\/a>\n
\n Sleepy <\/div>\n
\n 0<\/span>\n \n 0<\/span> %<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n \n \"Angry\"\n <\/a>\n
Angry<\/div>\n
\n 0<\/span>\n 0<\/span> %<\/span>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n \n \"Surprise\"\n <\/a>\n
Surprise<\/div>\n
\n 0<\/span>\n 0<\/span> %<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saurabh Pant is an Indian born author with sight loss due to Retinitis Pigmentosa\u00a0 who was born on 4th of April 1994 in the beautiful hill station of Nainital in Uttarakhand that is also known\u00a0 for its serene beauty and cultural glories.\u00a0 After having pneumonia at age of 3, accepting the loss of vision at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agency-news"],"yoast_head":"\nSaurabh Pant - The Visually Impaired Author Who's Redefining the Boundaries of Literature<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/?p=21067\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Saurabh Pant - The Visually Impaired Author Who's Redefining the Boundaries of Literature\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Saurabh Pant is an Indian born author with sight loss due to Retinitis Pigmentosa\u00a0 who was born on 4th of April 1994 in the beautiful hill station of Nainital in Uttarakhand that is also known\u00a0 for its serene beauty and cultural glories.\u00a0 After having pneumonia at age of 3, accepting the loss of vision at […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/?p=21067\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Popular Reads\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-27T06:57:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/173796102778352146818.1737960952604_content_img.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/?p=21067#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/?p=21067\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9e92abcc10fa4f78227517a6782ef83c\"},\"headline\":\"Saurabh Pant – The Visually Impaired Author Who’s Redefining the Boundaries of Literature\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-27T06:57:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/?p=21067\"},\"wordCount\":489,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/?p=21067#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/173796102778352146818.1737960952604_content_img.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Agency News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/?p=21067\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/?p=21067\",\"name\":\"Saurabh Pant - The Visually Impaired Author Who's Redefining the Boundaries of Literature\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/?p=21067#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/?p=21067#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/173796102778352146818.1737960952604_content_img.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-27T06:57:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/?p=21067#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/?p=21067\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/?p=21067#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/173796102778352146818.1737960952604_content_img.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/173796102778352146818.1737960952604_content_img.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":1280},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/?p=21067#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Saurabh Pant – The Visually Impaired Author Who’s Redefining the Boundaries of Literature\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/\",\"name\":\"Popular Reads\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Popular Reads\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/Popular-Reads_Logo_Design-300.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/Popular-Reads_Logo_Design-300.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":80,\"caption\":\"Popular Reads\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9e92abcc10fa4f78227517a6782ef83c\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a6be411a6d0f7b01ba2c4803c9a00e5f9b7217beca69d3196391be82ee712ac1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a6be411a6d0f7b01ba2c4803c9a00e5f9b7217beca69d3196391be82ee712ac1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a6be411a6d0f7b01ba2c4803c9a00e5f9b7217beca69d3196391be82ee712ac1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularreads.co\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Saurabh Pant - The Visually Impaired Author Who's Redefining the Boundaries of Literature","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/?p=21067","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Saurabh Pant - The Visually Impaired Author Who's Redefining the Boundaries of Literature","og_description":"Saurabh Pant is an Indian born author with sight loss due to Retinitis Pigmentosa\u00a0 who was born on 4th of April 1994 in the beautiful hill station of Nainital in Uttarakhand that is also known\u00a0 for its serene beauty and cultural glories.\u00a0 After having pneumonia at age of 3, accepting the loss of vision at […]","og_url":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/?p=21067","og_site_name":"Popular Reads","article_published_time":"2025-01-27T06:57:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":1280,"url":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/173796102778352146818.1737960952604_content_img.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/?p=21067#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/?p=21067"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/#\/schema\/person\/9e92abcc10fa4f78227517a6782ef83c"},"headline":"Saurabh Pant – The Visually Impaired Author Who’s Redefining the Boundaries of Literature","datePublished":"2025-01-27T06:57:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/?p=21067"},"wordCount":489,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/?p=21067#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/173796102778352146818.1737960952604_content_img.jpg","articleSection":["Agency News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/?p=21067","url":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/?p=21067","name":"Saurabh Pant - The Visually Impaired Author Who's Redefining the Boundaries of Literature","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/?p=21067#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/?p=21067#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/173796102778352146818.1737960952604_content_img.jpg","datePublished":"2025-01-27T06:57:06+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/?p=21067#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/popularreads.co\/?p=21067"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/?p=21067#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/173796102778352146818.1737960952604_content_img.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/173796102778352146818.1737960952604_content_img.jpg","width":720,"height":1280},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/?p=21067#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Saurabh Pant – The Visually Impaired Author Who’s Redefining the Boundaries of Literature"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/#website","url":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/","name":"Popular Reads","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/#organization","name":"Popular Reads","url":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Popular-Reads_Logo_Design-300.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Popular-Reads_Logo_Design-300.png","width":300,"height":80,"caption":"Popular Reads"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/#\/schema\/person\/9e92abcc10fa4f78227517a6782ef83c","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a6be411a6d0f7b01ba2c4803c9a00e5f9b7217beca69d3196391be82ee712ac1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a6be411a6d0f7b01ba2c4803c9a00e5f9b7217beca69d3196391be82ee712ac1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a6be411a6d0f7b01ba2c4803c9a00e5f9b7217beca69d3196391be82ee712ac1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/popularreads.co"],"url":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularreads.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}