TISA Mumbai meets after a gap..

After a long break we were able to conduct a meeting.Now onwards Mumbai will meet on 2nd and 4th Sundays at 9:30 a.m. Mumbai get together was attended by four members , 1)Ajit Potdar 2) Ankush Pedambkar. 3)Raj Samal 4)Vikas Bindal This meeting was different from our previous meetings in many aspects.First time the Mumbai […]

Inauguratory Goa SHG meet

After a lot of discussions and phone calls I have been finally able to schedule the first ever SHG Meet in Goa. The details of the meeting are as follows : Venue : Nehru Park, Gogol, Margao – Goa Time : 5.00 pm to 6.30 pm I have observed that there is a very less […]

Mumbai meets

Dear Friends, TISA Mumbai Chapter is going to conduct its next meeting on Sunday 08 Nov 2009 at 9:30a.m. Kindly find the meeting details given below,etails given below, Date:8 Nov 2009Time:9:30 a.m.Venue:III Floor,Niwara Chambers,Raghoba Shankar Road,Chendani Koliwada,Thane(W).Contact:Ajit Potdar:9930066424potdarajit@gmail.com

4th meeting of Jammu SHG

On 1st nov (sunday) we had our 4th SHG meeting in jammu.This meeting started at 4 pm and ended at 6:15 pm. In this meeting, there were 3 members(Aditya, Rajesh(new member) and me) . First of all we started introducing ourselves.R is working in a finance company.He never got a chance to go for a […]

Bangalore SHG meeting on 01-Nov-2009

Written by Vinay SindheThe details of the meeting on Nov 1 are as follows:After promising Amith of joining the meeting some weeks ago, this was my 1st meeting with the SHG members (glad that I made it :-)). It was scheduled on the 1st of November @ 10 in the morning. Keeping up my word […]

Opportunity : IPWS in Kolkata

Dear friends, Now I am at Nasik for 2 Weeks training programme. As a part of the training I am visiting Kolkata on 5 & 6th Nov and leaving to Chennai by evening flight on Nov 7th. I am staying at Kolkata, most probably in VIP Continental hotel at Free school street. Anyone intersted may […]

Bangalore SHG meeting on 25-Oct-2009

Last week the meeting had to be cancelled as the members were not available on account of Deepavali. This time we stuck to the usual plan of meeting on Sundays and met on 25-Oct-2009. Navin and Praveen were out of station and had informed about their inability to come for the meeting. Subhash had reached […]

What can SHG do for you?

Self help movement in many other countries have achieved a lot. Here, we have learned to depend on state and other actors, a little bit too much. But the experience of participating in a Self help group can do a lot of wonders to our faith in ourselves, to our sense of belonging to others […]

Are we so gullible?

I have been sent an email by a young PWS from a metro. He shares his therapyexperiences. It seems that a therapist in this metro-city uses almond oil tosoothe the sticky tongues of stammerers! (reminds me of snake oil and quacks)Here are other things he does:1. Hypnotises the client for 20 minutes and gives suggestions […]

Humor – the best medicine

Hetal from Surat has submitted a very interesting link- quite a spoof but very funny. Humor is the best medicine for many of us. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mglrN6HWb5w Check it out and let us know, what you think.

ISAD special

Dear ReadersTisa has put up an ISAD special on its website, stammer.in. There are six authentic stories of Indians who stammer. Some videos too.http://stammer.in/articles/38-cat-stuttering-related/221-my-life-is-based-on-a-true-story-isad-special.html Happy browsing!sachin

More videos on stammering

FriendsSome more videos… Children talkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoPlaNABcHYWhat is stammering?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbJPKxui8ow sachin

JP’s Interview

JP’s InterveiwPart 1/3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNHQ1kgbkLAPart 2/3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz4N72I8GgYPart 3/3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq5RrPTARfY

Chennai Meet

Dear friends, The next Chennai chapter meeting will be held on 24.10.09 (Saturday) at YWCA international guest house from 4 PM to 7 PM. Pl attend. V. Manimaran Mobile: 098842 89989