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 […]
Author: Harish Usgaonker
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. […]
Bangalore SHG meeting on 24-Jan-2010
Write up by Pramod Just rode through Cubbon park and there was this fine chirping of the leaves on a sunny Sunday! I happened to be the first to the meet. Well I was the first for a very long time and it made me feel a bit unusual! Anxiety just tripped down when I […]
Great Minds, Great Thoughts – Goa SHG Meeting, 31st January 2010
It so happens many a times that you don’t realize how time passes by. Suddenly, you realize that you have spent a lot of time, and spent it constructively, learning, creating new things or new ideas… and still enjoyed. Today we had a same feeling when we walked out of Nehru Park, after our SHG […]
Keith’s Boss Delhi Visit
Dear All Delhi’s SHG Members. Mr kaith Boss (International Stuttering Association) would be staying in YMCA International Hostel at Jai Singh Road, C.P, New Delhi -1 from 11th Feb to 15th Feb 2010. The Conference is scheduled for 14th Feb 2010 in YWCA Asoka Road C.P, New Delhi – 1 (Just adjacent to YMCA) form […]
3 Cheers to Rajastan Royals!
It’s IPL season once again! IPL season III will hit the grounds very soon. The waves of popularity created by this new cricket phenomenon that started 3 years ago, was enormous not only in India, but throughout the world. I am sure everybody must have already started fancying their favourite teams’ chances in the season […]
Online petition for fairer marketing!
As most of us have suffered at some point in time in our life, going to a speech therapist or undergoing a therapy which claimed cure for stammering.Now is the time to be part of the CHANGE. A change where we atleast raise our voice against such false advertisements. If you wish to sign the […]
TISA’s Hyderabad Chapter
Name: Rajesh .V location: Hyderabad yahoo id: wanted2talk2u@yahoo.co.in gmail id: rajesh.jaca@gmail.com skype id: rajesh.jaca2 cell: 96 76 82 0007 Rajesh also coordinates daily skype calls!
TISA’s Meerut Chapter
TISA has initiated a Self Help Group (SHG) Process in Meerut with help from Niraj Dixit. Please get in touch with Niraj (9412783111) if you want to join the SHG.
Bangalore SHG meeting on 17-Jan-2010
Written by: Tanoy BattacharjeeIt was a cold morning with cold breeze blowing in all direction. Sudheendran picked me up @ 9.30 and we reached Cubbon park by 10. Amith soon joined us and there were no more members. In this meeting we discussed about our profession, about what we do and about opting for a […]
Pune SHG: the journey continues…
Hi All, we had a meet again yesterday with around eight people attending, all of them old faces with fresh vigor. we exchanged the pleasantries at the outset and sat down for the session. started of with some physical and relaxation methods including meditation. Then we had a slow reading session, where each one us […]
“Breaking the Shell” – Goa SHG Meet, 17 January, 2010
We arrived at Nehru Park (GOA SHG meeting venue) at around 9:15 am. After meeting each other with a traditional ‘HELLO’ we decided to seat face to face. As we were 3 members, so we sat in a triangular position (everybody was facing each other at a certain angle). We started the proceedings of the […]
10 Day Workshop – Day 10
Morning jog, yoga, meditation as usual and a delicious break fast is how we started the day today. We were joined by Sumit from dehradun the previous evening, who was here to attend the 3 day workshop for children who stammer. We had to go to Lehman hospital, where we had to meet the out […]
10 Day Workshop – Day 9
We started our day as usual with a jog and a very comprehensive guided meditation by Raja Poladi for about an hour. Closing to the end of the workshop, we had a presentation by our Assistant trainer Mr. Jai Prakash Sunda, running through the topics covered in the entire course of the workshop. It was […]
10 Day Workshop – Day 8
Long trek the previous day and the climate really cold, we were in no mood for the morning jog excused ourselves and got an extra hour to sleep. We were joined by Mr.Raja Polladi from Hydrabad in the morning. The morning session was basically an wrap up of all the activites that we have been […]
Bangalore SHG meeting on 10-Jan-2010
I reached Cubbon Park by 10 AM. Karthik 1 had informed that he wouldn’t be coming. Tanoy contacted me in the morning and told that he also wouldn’t be coming. Amith had confirmed the participation in the morning. Soon after reaching the place I was joined by Vinay, Amith and Pramod. Amith informed us that […]
10 Day Workshop – Day 7
We woke up early in the morning anticipating what the day has in store for us today. We spent the previous night dreaming about our today activities which was going to be completely different from the activities we have been doing so far. We started the day with a cup of tea, packed our lunch […]
10 Day Workshop – Day6
Reluctant to get up in a chilly cold morning after a long evening ( we had to review our videos till late in the night)…but had to get up..after all this is why we all are here….had a good walk, a refreshing meditation hour with Dr.Sachin. He was familiarising us with visualisation and meditation. After […]
Bangalore SHG meeting on 03-Jan-2010
The first meeting of the Bangalore stammering SHG of the year 2010 was held on 03-Jan-2010 at Cubbon Park. As it was holiday time due to Christmas and New Year, I was expecting a low turnout. I reached the Park by 10 AM and went to the hut where we usually meet. Within a few […]
10 Day Workshop – Day 5
We started with our usual daily routine with a nice jog along the canal, shouting out each other’s name sometimes, in the dark.We got back to our rooms and started with meditation followed by yoga and pranayam.After breakfast, we started with a recap of last 4 days and then practised bouncing and prolongation and also […]