Lalit Kumar
Samyak Lalit
Author - Disability Rights Activist - Online Community Builder
Web Developer - Founder of Kavita Kosh, WeCapable
Author - Disability Rights Activist - Online Community Builder
Web Developer - Founder of Kavita Kosh, WeCapable
Welcome to the official website of Lalit Kumar!
Lalit is an Indian author and a disability rights activist from New Delhi. He is the winner of Henry Viscardi Achievement Award and National Award for being a Role Model for Persons with Disabilities. His first book Vitamin Zindagi is his memoir. This popular Hindi language book is considered to be one of the best motivational books written in Hindi. Lalit contracted polio at the age of four years. Vitamin Zindagi describes his unwavering will to succeed despite not just the physical but also socio-economic challenges.
An alumni of Heriot-Watt University and University of Delhi, Lalit has postgraduate degrees in Bioinformatics and Information Technology.
Lalit is also the founder of famous Kavita Kosh and Gadya Kosh projects, the largest repositories of Indian literature on Internet. He has also developed several text processing tools to help increase the use of Indian languages on Internet.
He is a well-known disability rights activist. Through his YouTube channel, Dashamlav, Lalit educates Indian persons with disabilities about their rights and facilities available to them.
WeCapable.com is another initiative he has taken to spread the information for Persons with Disabilities in India and motivate them to lead a successful and meaningful life.
Vitamin Zindagi is a memoir written by Lalit Kumar. This book contains account of his life with polio in India.
Dashamlav is Lalit Kumar's YouTube channel where he publishes videos related to disability issues, inspiration and motivational talks.
Lalit Kumar is the founder of Kavita Kosh - world's largest online library of Indian poetry. This website has been developed by an international community of volunteers led by Lalit.
Gadya Kosh is the sister website of Kavita Kosh. Gadya Kosh is also founded by Lalit. This website contains prose content from Indian literature.
Lalit Kumar, Madhuram Aparajita and their team produce & publish videos related with disability issues on their YouTube channel named Dashamlav. This channel was started in July 2018 and now has gathered more than 1,60,000 subscribers. Here are the latest videos from this channel.
Vitamin Zindagi is the memoir of Lalit wherein he narrates his struggle with polio and the insensitivity of society towards persons with disabilities.
Translated from Hindi to Marathi by Mrs. Manjiri Dhamankar and published by Mehta Publishing House.
Translated from Hindi to Maithili by Aditya Bhushan Mishra and published by Shwetwarna Prakashan
Collection of disability-centric poetry in Hindi by various poets. Co-edited by Samyak Lalit and Swapnil Tiwari
Collection of disability-centric stories in Hindi by various authors. Edited by Samyak Lalit and published by Shwetwarna Prakashan
Viklangta Dot Com is the first Hindi website dedicated to disability issues. In addition to relevant information, it also publishes columns by several authors who write on disability issues.
Dashamlav Knowledge Base covers general knowledge topics on all subjects. I develop information databases, infographics as well as write articles. This website is particularly useful for students who are preparing for competitive exams.
As principle author, Lalit publishes articles related with disability issues on WeCapable.com. This website tend to publish information for everyone who consider themselves capable despite facing huge challenges from life and society.
Lalit writes and publishes technology related articles on TechWelkin. This tech blog has millions of readers. Topics covered are computers, internet, mobile phones and web development.
It's a portal related with topics such as stock market, investments, cryptocurrency, mutual funds and other financial topics.
This Braille translation tool converts most of the major Indian languages into Braille code. The output Braille code can then be printed on a paper with the help of a Braille embosser.
This tool converts Roman language text into Braille code. All the languages written in Roman script can be translated into Braille using this tool.
This tool converts English language text into corresponding sign language. This basic tool is useful in teaching and demonstrating sign language.
This proof reading tool is useful for removing mistakes that people often make in text typed in Hindi unicode. The tool also auto-format a number of regular typesetting features like paragraph-spacing.
Transliterates text among several Indian languages, Roman script as well as IPA and Diacritic formats. Very useful for those who know the language but can't read the script. Also useful for converting text for use in sources with international readership.
A number of popular font converters, including Kruti Dev, Shusha, Shivaji, Kundli, Chanakya, 4CGandhi, DevLys etc.
Lalit has been honoured by a number of authorities. Here is a list of some of the major awards/honours bestowed upon him.
Lalit was awarded the National Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Role Model), 2018. This award is given by the Government of India and is bestowed by the President of India.
Some of the major national/international events where Lalit Kumar participated as speaker and other capacities. If you wish to invite him in your event, please feel free to get in touch with him.