Bangalore SHG meeting on 21-Mar-2010

This meeting was attended by three people, I, Tanoy and Krishna. Krishna joined us late by around 11.30 AM and we had started our activities before that. We decided to synchronies the breathing and speech in which we speak after inhaling fully and exhaling a bit. We started with reading a passage and presenting the […]

Facing Interview?

TISA gets appeal for help from young IPWS facing interviews (and especially GD). Let us say, there is a discrimination against stammerers in interview (even elsewhere). But let us remember that everybody faces somekind of discrimination or other all the time in society- based on dialect, caste, dress, body shape, religion, age, gender, college you […]

Let us talk to media!

“Then, there’s the cumbersome challenge of stammering. “It’s mostly a psycho-social disorder that can be tackled through counselling or occupational therapy if started from a young age,” said Dutt. It becomes a little difficult to treat in older patients, which is why he feels self-help groups, like the city chapter of The Indian Stammering Association […]

Bangalore SHG meeting on 14-Mar-2010

Written by: Tanoy Bhattacharjee WOH!! I was attending TISA meet after a gap of one Month. The day started as usual and I reached the spot by 10.30am. Amith, Sudheendran and Karthik were eagerly waiting to kick start the meet. We had casual chat for about half-an-hour. Then, we started breathing exercise and were soon […]

Race

Yet another review gone with the wind!!!!I’ve been continuesly told myself yesterday,”Santosh Go forward,be calm,be into youe own.Start communicating,Preapare your document well,study thouroughly & Accept your problem rather difficulty to speak fluently. One thing I’ve noticed when ever I think that thinking also not fluent.WHY?Is this the sin which ends with life?But what about present? […]

De baba

Many years ago, I was working in a hospital with an attached “Old Folks home”. I used to visit it as the doctor on the campus. They rarely needed any medical attention- they just had to be “chatted with”. Of course they enjoyed getting their BP checked, once, twice, thrice..Looking back after all these years, […]

My Journey

My journey of stammering started so early in life that I really don’t remember the age when I became conscious of that. I was a bright child but could never express myself fully (to my satisfaction). My eagerness to express myself lead to day dreaming. I was half of the time day dreaming of achieving […]

My struggle with fluency!!

There was a time when I was crazy about fluency and thought that it was the thing between ME and MY LIFE (“Giants in Chain” Syndrome).First of all, I totally forgive myself for believing in such an irrational thought for so long because for a kid who is unable to express himself that is true. […]

Titanic

K from Banglore was here for two weeks. Before leaving, we were having one of those informal unstructured chats, where in, sometime, you can stumble upon deeper issues and help people to come up with great insights; Yes, it is possible to ask a man do a 180 degree turn with a ‘casual’ comment or […]

Our Chennai chums

Dear friends, The Chennai chapter meeting held on 6.03.2010 was attended by 15 PWS out of which 10 PWS were new who were attended the 1st annual conference on 20th Feb. I have shown the progress made by the Chennai chapter existing members such as Bhattacharriah, Francin and Maheshkumar and informed to the new members […]

Some pictures from Herbertpur SHG

This was one day trek in a mixed group on 6th March. For many young IPWS, communication is even more difficult in presence of a girl. We encouraged good transparent communication and better social skills. A nice trek provided a good backdrop. Here is a brief description:1. The ridge between Mussoorie and Bhadraj temple is […]

Bangalore SHG meeting on 07-Mar-2010

This week, we were expecting a guest from Chennai, Chittibabu, who was in Bangalore on a short visit. I also received a message on the eve of the meeting from Aashish that he would be joining the meeting. He was a member of the Mumbai SHG and is now settled in Banaglore. Amith informed his […]

Feedback from Banglore

Here is a feedback about how Self help groups facilitate deeper change in individuals, received from Tanoy in Banglore: Holi was Ok..ok but Trek was excellent…Actually, I joined a trek group called ‘Bangalore Ascender’. It is also like TISA, where people of common interest come together and go for trekking across Karnataka. And TISA helped […]

Can a PWS teach?

Saturday- 6th March: we went on a one day hike- to Bhadraj temple, then to Dudhli village, Cloud’s end and finally Mussoorie. A beautiful day walking a high ridge (6 to 7 thousand feet) seperating Doon valley with the views of eternal snow ranges to north. Pramendar, Aman, Vineet and Dr Marinsha. Pramendra discussed block […]

Keith in Pune

Some moments in Pune with Keith, thanks to Harish http://picasaweb.google.co.in/harishusgaonker/MeetingKeithBossAtPune?authkey=Gv1sRgCJa80rqtq7XELA#