KOHIMA, India (AP) — Takosangba Pongen had his vision for 14 years. He has been blind for the past 13. But in front of a piano, nobody can tell.
Takosangba Pongen, 27, a blind pianist, performs at a shopping mall during the two-day Brillante Piano Festival in Bengaluru, India, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. Imlibenla Jamir, 30, left, guides her brother Takosangba Pongen, 27, a blind pianist, through a passageway towards an auditorium during the two-day Brillante Piano Festival in Bengaluru, India, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024.
Takosangba Pongen, 27, a blind pianist, waits to perform at the two-day Brillante Piano Festival in Bengaluru, India, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. 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.
T-shirts featuring Specially Abled Musicians program logos are displayed for sale outside an auditorium at the two-day Brillante Piano Festival in Bengaluru, India, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. Takosangba Pongen, 27, a blind pianist, rehearses during the two-day Brillante Piano Festival in Bengaluru, India, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024.
Artists from India’s northeastern state of Nagaland wait backstage for their performance at the two-day Brillante Piano Festival in Bengaluru, India, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024.
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