Does computer know??

Click the image and see the weird message I got, while mucking around with Avidemux. I froze with shock. How did my computer learn that I stutter? Many years ago, I had a similar experience: I had gone to buy a water cooler; I was shocked when I saw the big taunting name painted in […]

Chennai News

Dear friends, Due to rain, the meeting started at 5.30pm instead of 5pm. 6 pws were attended the meeting. I taught the speech therapy techniques learned from Mr.Balasubramaniam and requested every one to repeat the same. I asked one pws, an engineer who is searching for a job to practice the above technique continuously for […]

Inspired by Toastmasters

For a long time now, Goa SHG meeting has been a 2-people affair. This Sunday as well, we both met, with our first Toastmaster’s meeting as members, at the back of our minds. Highly inspired by it, we decided to base our agenda on the lines of Toastmasters. We started with the impromptu speeches. We […]

Herbertpur 22nd August 2010

Thanks to Hetal (Surat), I had something worthwhile to share with our group. It was a video clip: Vinod Thakur in India talent khoj.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sanQuIeW_7c Surendra, Pawan, Vineet, Nishu and myself were there. Mid way through, we paused, where one of the judges says to Vinod : You exude a positive energy.. We paused and asked […]

Estella, Miss Havisham and Pip!

Have I mentioned that I have been teaching spoken English in a local school?Okay- when I accepted the challenge about 2 months back, I was worried: I thought I will have to willy nilly deal with Gerund, articles, Voice etc. Yes, P C Wren* kind of stuff. I lowered my sights and decided to focus […]

Siddharth, the wonder boy

Last Sunday, Siddharth came with his mother and aunt. We are quite friendly now. I dont ask him to control or suppress his stammer. I just ask him to look into my eyes while talking to me- and I smile encouragingly. I too throw in a couple of good stammer in every other sentence of […]

Pune SHG, 22-08-2010

I reached at the venue exactly at 10:30 AM, but no one was available. Soon I was joined by Rakesh and Amit. Later were joined by young Karan and Suraj. Soon we were seven IPWS joined in a room meditating. Continued meditation for 10 mins and started with Impromptu speeches. I gave each member a […]

हकलाहट : दिल पे मत ले यार . . . !

समाज का हकलाहट के बारे में बहुत ही गलत नजरिया देखने को मिलता है. आमतौर पर हकलाने वालों का मजाक उड़ाया जाता है जिससे वे धीरे-धीरे अपने ही परिवार और समाज से अलग होने लगते हैं. दुःख उस समय और ज्यादा होता है जब हिंदी फिल्मों में हकलाहट को हंसी के साधन के रूप में […]

This Week’s Agenda: 22-Aug-2010

Dear All, It gives me immense pleasure to invite you all to another session offun and learning at our SHG. Theme for the day shall be “Independence” The details for the meeting are as follows: Date : 22nd of AugustVenue : Desai Hall, Dhole Patil Rd, near Railway Station, Pune.Timings: 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM […]

News from Chennai

Dear friends, The next Chennai chapter meeting will be held on 21.08.2010 ie saturday from 4 pm to 8 pm at YWCA . Mr.Balasubramanian’s speech therapy will be taught in that meeting. Pl make use of this opportunity. Regards, Manimaran

” हाँ ! मैं हकलाता हूँ . . . ! “

14 अगस्त 2010 को इस ब्लॉग पर मेरी पोस्ट पर एक साथी ने मुझे फ़ोन कर बताया की उनके परिजन शादी के लिए लड़की देख रहे हैं, पर क्या अपने होने वाले जीवनसाथी से अपनी हकलाहट की समस्या के बारे में खुलकर बात कर लेना उचित होगा? इस पर मेरी राय यह थी की हाँ, […]

हकलाना – रोग नही है हकलाना. . . !

आई लव यू कि…कि..कि…किरण. मशहूर फ़िल्म अभिनेता शाहरुख खान का यह जुमला कभी हर किसी की जबान पर चढ़ा हुआ था. हमारे समाज में आज भी हकलाने वाले लोगों को हंसी का पात्र बनना पढ़ता है. उन्हें पढ़ाई और नौकरी में समस्या आती है. आमतौर पर हकलाहट के बारे में लोगों को सही जानकारी नही […]

Last sunday in Herbertpur

Siddharth and Mohit are two children facing speech issues: stammering and mis-articualtion. Last Sunday, I got them together in one group with Nisha, a girl their age but no issues. Nishu ofcourse was there to help me and also to learn. Nishu, BTW has passed class 12 from open school and joined college in Dak […]

Talking to a group of social workers..

I got myself invited to a meeting of community health workers of Anugrah on 31st July 2010. Anugrah is a organization working for children with special needs. They have also kindly provided us a hall to conduct our TISA SHG activities on Sundays for free. I was given one hour- and some more, because I […]

An IT team with a difference!

On first anniversary of TISA web-site launch, it gives me immense pleasure to announce another initiative TISA has taken and fortunately I am at the forefront of it. There are many IT professionals, designers, Web site developers and people with other talents in TISA, who have not been able to put their skills to use […]

Heart warming story..

A young IPWS from Delhi has told me on phone about good services given by a lady speech therapist in LNJP hopsital; It is heart warming to hear such testimonies. I think we should not forget the government institutions. Many good doctors could be working there. Here is his message (ignore the language, read the […]

Chennai will have 2 meetings now on..

Dear friends, It has been decided to hold 2 meetings to overcome stammering in Chennai chapter from the month of July onwards. One meeting at Marina beach near Gandhi statue and another at YWCA guest house. There will be a meeting on 8th July at Marina beach from 5.30 pm to 7.00 pm. we can […]

Arjun Lal, the fraudster, the crook..

TISA has tried to share transparent objective information about stammering and its therapy. We have also tried to review and report about the claims “therapists” make. Some of the commercial “therapists/ experts” have been using web in very smart ways- to fool PWS and rob them. Tom Weidig (stutteringbrain) exposes one such Arjun Lal: Good […]

Pune SHG – A Memorable Day

The Pune SHG meeting this sunday was very interesting. We had fun and enjoyed as much as we could. JP had already planned to give us Treat, as it was his Birthday on 22nd July. Although I wished him on that day too but sunday was special. It was raining very heavily from the last […]