{"id":1990,"date":"2025-12-19T22:38:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T22:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crown.salamander-studios.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/19\/croatian-library-for-the-blind-in-zagreb-visited-by-joginder-singh-nijjar-and-jane-sha\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T22:38:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T22:38:54","slug":"croatian-library-for-the-blind-in-zagreb-visited-by-joginder-singh-nijjar-and-jane-sha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crown.salamander-studios.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/19\/croatian-library-for-the-blind-in-zagreb-visited-by-joginder-singh-nijjar-and-jane-sha\/","title":{"rendered":"Croatian Library for the Blind in Zagreb visited by Joginder Singh Nijjar and Jane Sha"},"content":{"rendered":"

Authors:<\/strong> Nenad N. Bach and Darko \u017dubrini\u0107<\/p>\n

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Encounter in the Croatian Library for the Blind<\/i>: Jane Sha (India), Jelena Le\u0161aja (Head of the Lending Department), Karolina Zlatar Radigovi\u0107 (Director of the Library), <\/div>\n
Joginder Singh Nijjar (president of Croatian-Indian Society). Photo by Darko \u017dubrini\u0107, a member of the Society. March 2024.<\/div>\n
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Mr. Jogdiner Singh Nijjar, president of the Croatian-Indian Society<\/i> in Zagreb, accompanied with Jane Sha and Darko \u017dubrini\u0107, have visited the Croatian Library for the Blind in Zagreb<\/i>. Except of the library, this institution contains a printing house for the needs of blind persons. The building where the library is placed contains also The Blind Theatre Company “New Life”<\/a><\/i> (the oldest blind theatre company in Europe! Founded in 1948), the Typhlological Museum, Radio Club, Chess Club, as well as Sports Club for the blind persons.<\/p>\n
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Logo of the Croatian Library for the Blind<\/i>, Zagreb<\/div>\n

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A table of Braille script for Hindi, brought by Jelena Le\u0161aja from India to Zagreb.<\/div>\n
The last two lines in Hindi read as: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts<\/i><\/div>\n
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Jelena Le\u0161aja and Karolina Zlatar Radigovi\u0107 describing the activities within the Croatian Library for the Blind<\/i> in Zagreb.<\/div>\n
Note that Mrs. Le\u0161aja is wearing her sari, for the occasion of this encounter with guests<\/div>\n
representing Croatian-Indian Society: Jane Sha and Joginder Singh Nijjar (left and right).<\/div>\n
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On the left, Ms Ivana Vinka, who has a special laptop inf front of her, suitable for blind persons (using the Braille input and transcription).<\/div>\n
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Braille book of a famous Croatian fairy tale, written by Ivana Brli\u0107 Ma\u017eurani\u0107<\/a>:<\/div>\n
Strange Adventures of Laptich the Apprentice<\/i>.<\/div>\n
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Joginder Singh Nijjar and Jane Sha in the Typhlological Museum<\/i><\/a> in Zagreb.<\/div>\n
The name of the museum is derived from the Greek tuphlos<\/i>, meaning blind.<\/div>\n
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Tamburitza orchestra<\/a> consisting of blind children! Photo from about 1910, Zagreb. On the wall behind the bass player <\/div>\n
is the relief of Vinko Bek<\/a>, the founder of the Croatian Middle School for blind children<\/i> in Zagreb in 1895.<\/div>\n
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A recognition issued to Vinko Bek in 1891. Note the Coat of Arms<\/a> of the <\/div>\n
United Kingdom of Croatia, Dalmatia, and Slavonia (Trojedna kraljevina<\/i>) at the top.<\/div>\n
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Another recognition to Vinko Bek<\/a> from 1882.<\/div>\n
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Matriculation diploma for Vinko Bek issued in Zagreb in 1887.<\/div>\n
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Primer for blind children, needle-printed in Croatian in Zagreb in 1896.<\/div>\n
The Klein printing machine was constructed in Austria, adapted to Croatian language.<\/div>\n
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Jane Sha and Joginder Singh Nijjar<\/a> on the right, in the Theatrical Company “New Life”, <\/div>\n
the oldest blind theatre company in Europe, founded in 1948.<\/div>\n
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Jane Sha and Joginder Singh Nijjar at the main entrance to the building in Zagreb which hosts several <\/div>\n
institutions for the blind in Croatia: Croatian Union for the Blind, Typhlological Museum, <\/div>\n
Croatian Sports Union for the Blind, Sports Club “Zagreb” for the Blind, <\/div>\n
Chess Club “Polet” (Zest) for the Blind, Radio Club for the Blind.<\/div>\n
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A part of the Library team, with three guests from Croatian-Indian Society, Zagreb:<\/div>\n
Joginder Singh Nijjar, Jane Sha, Jelena Le\u0161aja, Ivana Vinka, Karolina Zlatar Radigovi\u0107, Ljerka Dinjar, and D.\u017d.<\/div>\n
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Jane Sha, Darko \u017dubrini\u0107, and Ivana Vinka, a young lady employed at the Croatian Library<\/i> for the Blind<\/i>, <\/div>\n
fluent in four languages: Croatian, English, German, and Italian.<\/div>\n
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We express our gratitude to the staff of the Croatian Library<\/i> for the Blind<\/i> for their hospitality.<\/div>\n
(Jogdiner Singh Nijjar, Jane Sha, and Darko \u017dubrini\u0107)<\/div>\n
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Croatia – India<\/a><\/div>\n
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