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AP PHOTOS: A blind pianist from Nagaland says music is ‘one thing that has kept me alive’

KOHIMA, India (AP) — Takosangba Jamir had his vision for 14 years. He has been blind for the past 13. But in front of a piano, nobody can tell.

“Playing the piano transports me to another dimension. After losing my vision, music has been one thing that has kept me alive. It opened a window to see the world. It gives me energy and hope to go forward,” he said.

On Sunday night, he performed for a crowd at the Brillante Piano Festival in Bengaluru, the capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka.

Jamir, 27, plays by ear. He is self taught, with help from YouTube tutorials that he began in 2020. He said he would like to be a professional musician someday but that finding an institute that teaches the visually impaired has been a challenge.

He first noticed problems with his sight when he couldn’t read what his schoolteacher was writing on the blackboard. Then he recalls having difficulty seeing small glass marbles as he played with his siblings. Surgery made the problem worse. By 14, he was blind.

“I sometimes wish I could see. But after all these years, I have accepted my fate as God’s plan for me. He wants to use me as a tool to inspire and motivate others. If a blind man can do it, why can’t others who are fully able?” he said.

Brillante originated in the small mountain town of Kohima, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, not far from where Jamir now studies. Festival organizers said they “believe in the transformative power of music as an agent of social development.” Jamir is a part of their “Specially Abled Musicians” program.

He played Nocturne in B Flat Minor by the 19th century composer Frederic Chopin. It is a piece inspired by the night. Jamir said Chopin is his favorite classical composer and that he

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