Post Deepawali Ruminations

Deepawali. Next morning. I am in Vasant Vihar. Morning walk. Many retired Super bureaucrats going about, for an early walk. carrying a little shiny stick in their hand – their “Raj-dand”. Swinging it proudly and marching ahead on the road to good health and long life. Some seem to be chasing an electronic rabbit, ever […]

Psychological First Aid

Dear Friends I just finished a very useful online free course: Psychological First Aid (PFA). Though this course discusses these skills in the context of natural disasters, I and you know that when a block hits us- it feels as if we were hit by Hurricane Katrina! The psychological principles discussed in the course can […]

हि – हि – हिंदी दिवस !

दोस्तों – हिंदी में लिखना इतना मुश्किल भी नहीं है – ये मैंने तब महसूस किया जब एक बार “अपना हाथ जगन्नाथ” का अनुवाद शुरू कर दिया ! और आज ये पूरा भी हो गया, ठीक हिंदी दिवस (१४ सितम्बर २०१५) के मौके पर! आप सभी जो हिंदी हिंदी की रट लगाये रखते थे, उन […]

Onward March..

Dear Friends, I am extremely lucky in receiving support and love from all of you. I am exceptionally lucky in finding my successors too! Few months back, I talked about why it is important to have a second line and announce it early (link). I think this is the right time to step back and […]

BBC Hindi Sewa

http://www.bbc.com/hindi/entertainment/2015/09/150826_stammering_delhi_ip.shtml#share-tools https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4l2kFMUiRaXNUNJc3ctMElJVG8/view?usp=sharing 

इज़ाबेला – बाल कथा

इज़ाबेला एक राजकुमारी जो थी हकलाती रोमानिया की एक परी कथा लेखिका : बीटा एकरमैन चित्रकारी : तेरिज़ा मेरलीनी सज्जा : द्रज़ीना परिश अनुवाद : डॉ सत्येन्द्र श्रीवास्तव बच्‍चों को सस्नेह भेंट, दी इण्डियन स्टैमरिंग एसोसिएशन की ओर से एक थी राजकुमारी थी वो हकलाती नाम था उसका इज़ाबेला रहती थी वो दूर देश में […]

A new star in the sky!

sasriakal sir i am lovely from panjab.stammering ke related maine apna blog create kiya hai apne technique dale hai jise main recover hua.blog through main panjab ke logo aware krna chahtu hu aur baki people ko bhi,unki help krna chahta hu.here my blog name is stammeringorganization.blogspot.com

Comm WS July 2015

Day 1: Twenty participants arrived (in spite of rain). Mostly young and from North India. First we had a real bash up with twenty nursing students. Sachin had briefed them before hand about PDS (Persistent developmental Stammering) and definition of “communication” – It is Exchange of “meaning”, not merely words or sounds. They were briefed […]

My life changed- Skype works!

Just received a testimony from Arvina about usefullness of Skype sessions: aaj se last year mere ko bhut stammer tha.ek b word nai bol sakti thi,jb se mane skype call attend kiya hai meri speech me bhut improve hua hai.skype call ko 3 month ho gye hai join kiye bhut improve ho gya hai.ab mera […]

Against the tide?

Friends, here is a brave woman, who demonstrates that sometime taking an independent stand – against the prevailing wisdom can be a lot more meaningful. I have been studying gender scene for sometime and this video came as a refreshing gust of wind. Re: stammering too- we need to push aside prevailing wisdom (Therapy, techniques, […]

AHJ Hindi translation from Users

Dr Chandraprakash from Jaipur SHG has translated the last chapter of AHJ! Congrats! I am sharing it here. Ignore the short comings. Just enjoy reading it. We encourage these attempts by users to promote engagement with AHJ and self help activities. अपना हाथ जगन्नाथ का साराँश अध्याय 10 : साराँश प्रिय पाठकों , इस पुस्तिका […]

Core group expansion

We began as a community in 2008. This is 2015 and now we are ready for broadening the core group and take up more complex challenges. So first development: The core group is being expanded to include: 1. ALL shg coordinators ex officio. This will be based on City wise SHG list. 2. Women must […]

Any Hindi lovers ?

If you have a little time, please read this google doc and leave your comment (like “unclear”, “Spelling”, “check the sentence” etc.). This will help TISA to finalise the translation of Seven Stories for children who can not read it in English. Many readers in the past have commented – why everything in English on […]

National Coordinator

Taking the SHG feedback SERIOUSLY (!), I announce JP as the Asst National Coordinator, who will replace me in 6 months to a year. We all know him, as one of the founders of TISA, of Pune SHG and as someone who has facilitated Communication workshops, NCs etc. etc.. list is long.. I am sure, […]

2015 : Lessons from SHGs

We did an internal qualitative study of three SHGs – Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore. The objective was to consolidate learning from SHGs and share it back to SHGs, especially new ones. Here are the main lessons: 1. Continuity : Number of participants will NOT keep on growing up since stammering is a variable phenomena and pws […]

Crazy Boys club does it again…

Some of TISA gangsters did it right on a busy intersection; Dh-aniram and Ma-niram- the two Delhi police constables are still looking for them; If you see any of them, report to TISA control room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yocnc_A3t8 Here is how music (Rap) can get a pws back to his feet… Check it out! http://www.mtv.com/news/2182430/ed-sheeran-eminem-stutter/ http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/ed-sheerans-emotional-stutter-speech-i-couldnt-express-myself-in-the-right-way-but-being-weird-is-wonderful-293821  And […]

Environment & events can change you!

(Received from Dnyanesh Kenkre, Goa) I had gone to attend the YOUTH Seminar organized by Shri Ram Chandra Mission Meditation with around 500 people. It was of 8 days..On the first day they showed one video clip and they told to speak on the topic which was showed on the video. And it was a […]