Keith in Pune

The day was 15th Feb 2010, and time was around 7:30 PM, when I first saw a man sitting in the hotel room along with Pankaj who went to receive him. As soon as I entered the room, the seventy something gentleman made an effort to get up from his relaxed posture, bent towards me […]

Boss is here in Delhi!

Some pics from Delhi Conference on 14th Feb- thanks to Gaurav Trivedi! You can see the ‘intensity’ in some pics.. You can also see what Keith is speaking out for! He almost did a ‘Salman act’.. (=taking the shirt off!). But on the whole it was a wonderful session. Lot of discussion. Many people shared […]

Video is up!

TISA wishes to sincerely thank Livemint (HT) for helping us promote understanding of our cause. FFFriends, the video is up.http://www.livemint.com/stammering.htm

Bangalore SHG meeting on 14-Feb-2010

Written by: Tanoy Battacharjee It was again a pleasant morning at Bangalore with the scent of love in the air. I told my friends that I would be going to Cubbon Park on Valentine’s Day morning for a meet, but they doubted my authenticity. Anyway, everyone reached on time as we had a meet planned […]

K-K-Keith in Pune

Please find below the schedule for Keith’s Pune Visit: 16th Feb 2009 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. – Awareness session on stammering covering: what is stammering?, Causes and Cure? Role of parents, teachers and society in general. 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. – Question Answer session. 17th Feb 2009 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. – […]

Anup, the reporter from Delhi

We met Keith boss and Dr. Sachin during an informal meeting at YMCA on 13th Feb 2010. We were 4 people Keith, Dr. Sachin, Deepak and myself and we talked for around 2 hours. We discussed a lot of things and in-between we got some of the important answers. I have marked Question and Answers […]

Meeting Keith in Delhi

I met Keith in Delhi today. We went to Akshardham temple. We talked about a variety of things- stammering ofcourse-but not limited to it. Then, we had lunch at Wimpy in CP. Deepak Sanothra joined us. We talked and talked. Keith is very good at providing alternative readings of the given situation. Lateral thinking skills. […]

Pune SHG meeting: 7 Feb 2010

Hi All, we all met once again on 7 Feb 2010. I was late to the meeting, thanks to JP who was to be picked up from a point 🙂 (@JP, no offense !) By the time we reached, meeting had already started. The strength of the meeting turned out to be an impressive Seven, […]

In the larger interest of the next generation..

Hey fffriends, Live mint of Hindustan Times has done a comprehnesive write up on stammering, based on Keith’s interview. You too can write to news-papers & dailies in your cities and talk about what it means to stammer and how self-help can change our perspective..We must talk to the outside world if we want the […]

Delhi SHG fund raising

Hi, It was a great SHG on Sunday (7th Feb 2010). Aakash, Anuj, Arun, Sikander, Zoraver, Kishore and myself had come for the meeting. 1st of all, I would really like to thanks and appreciate the efforts of Kishore for booking the Conference hall & accomodation for Keith. He, all by himself did all the […]

Bangalore SHG meeting on 07-Feb-2010

Written by: Tanoy Battacharjee A chilled morning waited for us once again. I reached the spot by 10.40 AM. Vinay had already arrived and was waiting for company. Soon, Amit also joined. Amit told no other member would be with us for the meeting. As our normal place was already occupied (as Sudhi was not […]

Herbertpur SHG

Venue: 7th Feb 2010: Anugrah, Herbertpur.Participants: Vineet, Amaan, Pawan, Raju, Nishu and Sachin.Nishu had brought a lot of news paper cuttings. These were given to participants- they studied them for 5 minutes and then made a 3-4 minute presentation on their own (no looking down at the piece of paper) – and then, gave their”critical” […]

TA & PAC

Transactional analysis (TA) is a useful way of understanding communication and intentions (often subconscious) behind it: a social psychology developed by Eric Berne, MD. It helps us to understand why sometime some of us dissatisfied with the communication itself or its outcomes. Harish has offered some very interesting examples of TA in the context of […]

Just plain Stammering ?

Disorientation and inability to focus attention, e.g. on where one is in a presentation. A feeling of having forgotten one’s craft, e.g. words, basic knowledge. Subjective feeling of loss of control – the brain ‘goes blank’ and the head is ‘swimming’. Constant worry about the inability to perform successfully. A feeling of being alone or […]

Another way of meeting each other..

Hi All,Meeting your friends face to face in a SHG meeting- nothing like that of course. But in case you miss it some time- remember, you can meet online too! There would be meet online daily by 9pm to 10pm on daily basis in Skype. Going ahead we can see the strength and interest of […]

Bangalore SHG meeting on 31-Jan-2010

By the time I reached Cubbon Park, I received a call from Amith telling Manohar from Pune was in Bangalore and that he would be coming with him by 10.30. I went to the hut where we meet, but some people were sitting there. I also occupied a seat in the hut and began to […]

Stammering Stars

We have heard of so many celebrities who stammer. Biggest name in India – Hrithik Roshan. But there are some more – Rowan Atkinson (of the Mr. Bean fame), Ed Ball (British Minister for Labour). I’ve also come across on internet about Dilip Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Kishore Kumar also being prey to the same problem. […]