She inspired him to create these on canvas. After a short stint teaching English, Rangaraj and Premilla founded a welfare group for the blind in 1988 called Abilities. From just three persons the group has grown to a 12 all-blind staff. It carries out development programmes for the blind. The core operation of Abilities is publishing literature for the blind, especially school textbooks and light reading material.
Funding depends mainly on individuals.
When you are involved in a work like this, there is no need to beg. Like Arundhati Roy who has given the rights of the Braille version of The God of Small Things to Abilities. She herself will launch the book's version for the blind in January next year. The Braille version of former chief election commissioner T.N. Seshan's A Heartful of Burden has already been published. Arakkal has donated two of his paintings to the centre.