Protest & Forgiveness

For a long time, I blamed my father for my difficulties with words, especially while talking to authority figures. He was an army man and a disciplinarian- actually, no more than any middle class Indian father, wanting to raise children into responsible adults. Actually, he was quite loving and approachable. But I as a child […]

Jab we met in Connaught place!

Hi, the Delhi SHG meeting was held on 13th December 2009 at the Central Park Connaught Place. To start with, there were Arun and myself in the meeting, Anuj had to join late. We met and discussed about how our practises were going on and what changes have we observed over the period. We both […]

Budding salesmen

This Sunday, Nishu, self, Pawan, Sushil and Surendra participated. Surendra and Sushil were asked to make a selling pitch at the dias. Surendra had to sell an empty bottle as the new Pepsi launched this summer. Sushil had to sell a mirror as if it were a newspaper, in a crowded bus.Thereafter, we discussed and […]

I Performed a Mimicry Item

Today (12th Dec) was the annual picnic of our company. The event was held at a beach resort in Goa. But why am I talking about this here ? It’s because of one incident that I experienced here today, which I would like to share. The first thing good about this picnic was, I was […]

chennai meeting on 20.12.2009

4 PM to 7 PM atMINI CONFERENCE HALLY.W.C.A.INTERNATIONAL GUEST HOUSE,#1086, E.V.R.PERIYAR SALAI(POONAMALLI HIGH ROAD),(ABOUT 1 KM FROM EGMORE RLY. STATION)CHENNAI-600084.Contact:V. ManimaranMobile: 098842 89989

Bangalore SHG meeting on 06-Dec-2009

Written by: Amithap Sampath This week I had to go a little late to the meet. Meanwhile we had two new folks, one Aravindan (along with his non-PWS friend) and one Umashankar, both from HCL (thanks to Sudheendran!!!). After Introduction, group discussed about the feasibility of attending intensive therapy of sachin efficiently. We decided to […]

Herbertpur December 6th, 2009

Sachin had gone to Badkot, wondering if the SHG will meet this Sunday in his absence or not. But it did! Pawan, Surendra, Nishu, Parmanand and Sushil gathered had diverse discussion and then, Pawan asked everyone to pick up a slip froma box and speak on the topic for five minutes- with a smile and […]

Pune SHG Meet on 6th December

Pune SHG met on 6 December 2009 at Senior citizen’s hall on Dhole patil road. The meeting was attended by the following members; Sanjeeth, Rahil, Suraj, Praveen, Rupesh, Prasad, Bhaskar, Dharmara and Sujit.The meeting started at around 3PM with meditation which is considered very positive for calming the mind. Subsequently we all did the slow […]

Please Do Ponder …

Today, I am going to share an experience, which I have faced in the past too, and which I am sure many PWS’s have faced in their lives at some juncture or the other. Today, I had to attend a freind’s wedding. Wedding means lots of people to meet and to face. Though it doesnt […]

Bangalore SHG meeting on 29-Nov-2008

TISA Bangalore Meeting on 29th Hai.. This is Tanoy. Yesterday along with my colleague Mr. Laxman (also a Stammerer), I attended the TISA meeting. Actually, I was planning to attend the meeting for a quite long time but, couldn’t make it earlier. So, this time on 28th I called Sudheendran and asked about the meeting […]

8th meeting of Jammu SHG

On 29th Nov(Sunday) we had our 8th meeting of Jammu SHG. This was the longest one. Started at 11 am and went on to around 2:45 pm. We started our meeting with usual discussion..Rajesh cleared the 2nd round of the interview too and got selected. Then we moved on to Sharing our Ambitions. Each and […]

I came, I spoke, I conquered..

Nishant and Harpreet have been discovering that: feel the fear and still go ahead and do it- even if it is a crowded noisy waiting hall of a hospital or a marketing complex or a bus or whatever your mind can conjure up as one of those frightening situations where you tend to stammer. Some […]

Anyone from Goa??

This is Harish Usgaonker from Goa. I have joined TISA in the first week ofOctober. And after that, I have taken an initiative to start an SHG here in Goa. I am 28, working as a Senior Software Engineer in NE Technologies (Goa).Stammering has always been with me everywhere… But along with that, another thing […]

Bindas bole to..

To use a Bollywood expression, our motto was to go out ‘there’ and bole bindas (speak out boldly)! Yes, that is what they did one after another on 22nd Nov in our SHG.. It became difficult to stop some of them!

Let us talk!

This sunday, 22nd Nov., there was more fun because of new faces: Romi, Nishant, and of course the old timers like Garima, Pawan, Nishu, Surendra, Garima’s mother, JP and Sushil. We played some interactive games, discussed a few things about good communication etc. There were random topics and brief presentations by participants with little preparation. […]

7th meeting of Jammu SHG

On 22nd Nov, we had our 7th meeting of jammu SHG. Aditya didn’t come bcoz he was not well.So it was only Rajesh and me. I am in contact with 2 more pws from last 3 months and every time they promise that they will come to attend the meeting but they never show up.So […]

Bangalore SHG meeting on 22-Nov-2009

Dear Friends, My Name is Murali. I have stammering problem from my childhood. I don’t know how I got this problem. Now I am 29 yr old & even now I can’t speak some words properly. Recently I joined “TISA” Self Help group, in Bangalore. Mr. Karthik, is the person who introduced me to the […]