Here is a good article/paper on disability rights movement in India. http://beta.epw.in/static_media/PDF/archives_pdf/2011/02/SA020511_Disability_Rights_Nilika_Mehrotra.pdf
Author: Harish Usgaonker
Chandigarh Shg meet #12 on 6 March 2011
Though the meet was scheduled to start on 2 pm J.P. sir and I(Dhruva) arrived 20 minutes earlier as I wanted to discuss the book The Power Of Now with him.I had some doubts in my mind which he patiently explained to me.I also recommend the book to everyone,its a worth a read.Then at 2 […]
The King’ Speech effect on “Aam Admi”
Aa..hh..Another topic about the “The Kings Speech”. Well.. read on… As many knows.. infact all of us knows; The Kings Speech has notched the top awards in this year acedamy awards. It has been praised by Critics all over the world in showing the King Georage VI stuttering, his friendship with speech therapist, the problems […]
Salute To Ballet Dancers With An Unforeseen Equilibrium And An Indomitable Spirit
Yeah. I know you may be surprised and curious by reading title of this post and you have full rights to be.Why ballet dancers post popped up at TISA blog ? Ballet dancing is for those beautiful people who have full co-ordination between their body (LEGS and HANDS , especially) and mind. You’ll understand why […]
Conversations !
On ABC Radio (Australian Radio) on 3rd March, there was a 48 minute interview with Professor Mark Onslow. Various stuttering related things were discussed including the latest buzz – “The King’s Speech”. Click here the url to listen to this interview. Thanks Carlo Silipo (Australian Speak Easy Association) for sharing this link
Are You the Peon or the Servant ???????
I have a pet German Shepherd Dog.He is a typical German Shepherd ,big strong and fearless(sometimes he looks like a lion to me 🙂 ) .Now, he is very loyal to me and my family and hasn’t once been even slightly angry with us(as is the case with most pet dogs)The one thing that I have observed […]
Agenda for Chandigarh Shg meet #12 on 6 March 2011
I have come up with an idea to revamp the Chandigarh shg meet,Till now Only one person co-ordinates the meet and the others listen and follow him.I think we need to assign every member some duty for every meet so that he also feels responsible for the meet and realizes how important is his presence to the […]
Surgery
Don’t be confused. This is not a write up telling surgery is a solution for stammering, but a write up about the hernia surgery I had to undergo recently, 13-Jan-2011 to be exact. When I contacted Dr. Sachin to tell him about the surgery, he told me to write something inspirational after the recovery. I […]
MEGA SHG AT HERBUTPUR
I (Meerut,9412783111)with Pradeep(Meerut,9873087909) & Rohit(Meerut,9917087950) reached Anugrah ,Lehman hospital at about 3 in evening. After seven hours of journey we were a bit tired.Dr. Sachin greeted us with smile at gate and told us to join other participants Dr.kshitiz(Dehradun,8126174710),Rajkumar(Dehradun,8410635255) and Kumar kundan(Kolaamb,7876790320) . Jubin interacted with us and t old us about some interesting facts […]
One Leg In The Past,the other in the Future,and I pee on the Present
All bollywood fans would know that is an english translation of a dialogue from a hindi movie.But this line really suits a pws(including me).We never live in the present.Most of the time we keep thinking about our bad experiences,our feared words and what not.We keep wondering what people might think about us.And when our brain […]
SPEECH ON PROJECT 5 IN CHANDIGARH TOASTMASTERS CLUB
On 26.02.2010 I gave my speech on Project 5 in Chandigarh Toastmasters club.Please view and post comments.jasbir sandhu,Cell 99150 06377
Stammering can be fun too!
Three of us met today at our usual meeting point – Nehru Park, Margao (Goa)- Harish (Myself), Rahul and Santosh. Even though it was more than 1 year since Goa SHG was started, this was the first time Rahul and Santosh were meeting in an SHG! I had come prepared with a planned agenda this […]
Its gonna be six months
Its gonna be six months since Sachin Sir told me, “If you can post once every week, I assure you, you will notice a sea change in yourself in six months!”. (on my blog) Today i stand , with openness about my stammer and facing my stammer. It has indeed literally been a sea change for […]
Agenda for Chandigarh Shg meet #12 on 27 February 2011
As J.P. sir is not sure whether he will be able to make it or not, I am co-ordinating this weeks shg meet (yayyy!!!!) The agenda for the meet is:- 1) Laughter session 2) Meditation (15 minutes) 3 Self Introduction 4) Table topics using the technique pausing (which we learnt in the previous shg meet) […]
Let Me Finish!
Recognition-Your first step to a better life !!!!
From time to time I will be posting pages from my blog http://mystammer.blogspot.com/ which I find a little more useful than the crap I usually post on my blog.As J.P. sir put it”u never know , ur thoughts may change someone’s life”.So only the best for Tisa from my blog !!!!(but do read my lesser works on […]
Power of NOW!!
Trying to solve this great mystery/puzzle of stammering has been such an enriching and exciting experience for me! A few of my thoughts and beliefs that once i was holding on to so strongly and which I thought will help me to “GET OVER” it, seem to change constantly for the good!One of the most […]
Ahmedabad SHG Report
Vijay, Pinakin, Jagdeep and myself (Abhijeet) met near Gota circle at Vodafone tower on Sunday for second meet of Ahmedabad SHG. Vijay and Jagdeep were coming for first time. We started with our introduction and shared many experiences about stammering. Actually Vijay came with idea of watching movie “THE KINGS SPEECH”. He also brought all […]
A Successful Voluntary Stuttering Day
As a pws,my first voluntary stuttering day was an eye-opener for me.It put many of my negative beliefs out in the trash.I had never once voluntary stuttered in my life.I had read about its benefits but was too scared to try it out.Thats the reason I had posted it on the TISA website so that […]
CHANDIGARH SHG MEET # 11 REPORT
Ishan, Dhruv, Varun and myself ( JP ) met at sector 33 park yesterday for the 11th meet of Chandigarh SHG! Ishan and myself were the first ones to reach the venue and since we had sometime before others joined, we started discussing a few things and i recorded Ishan’s video while he was talking […]