Fuad Mahmood

About the Poet

Fuad is a student from Manzil Centre. He loves to read short stories and play computer games. With an eye for detail and subtle charm he has always won hearts around him.

Wheels Of Fortune
(The Poetic Heart 2016)

Round and round the fortune wheel turns,

Lucky am I to choose where it will stop.

But it is indeed the greatest of wheels.

For wheels within wheels cover its surface.

As the turning of one merits the turning of another.

I speak “Stop” and the wheels come to a halt.

An infinite number of wheels within wheels appear.

It’s impossible to read them all.

In some we rise, some, we fall.

In some, we ignite the sun. Some, we cast the rain.

We lose ourselves in this chaos.

And then we are found.

About the School

Our Mission is to actively promote inclusion by providing a professional learning environment for persons with disability to nurture their potential & develop the requisite self help, social, educational & vocational skills that are required to function in society.

Why are we unique? At Manzil we work towards shaping an inclusive society. Inclusion is recognizing our universal ‘oneness’ and interdependence; that we are ‘one’ even though we are not the ‘same’. While researchers define inclusion within an educational concept, to us inclusion is more than merely studying together. It is about having equal opportunities for all, being accepted for what one is, being together, working together, living together…

The strong focus towards inclusion gives Manzil students a chance to learn academic, social & vocational skills in a mainstream environment. It also gives society the opportunity to be exposed to different abilities and challenges faced by our students. At a young age this opportunity can shape minds and personalities of both those with and without disabilities in an inclusive & positive manner.