Volunteers for Samvad

The Editorial Team for TISA newsletter Samvad is looking for volunteers to work with them to help come out with editions. Following is requirement- 1 volunteer for English editions 1 volunteer for Hindi editions.  The role of volunteer will be to help the editorial team with the presentation and compiling the content into final and […]

My experiences with Vipassana

Parmendra is back from Vipassana and has submitted a very comprehensive in-depth account. A must read for every one: What is Vipassana? The word ‘Vipassana’ means “to see things as they really are.” Vipassana is one of the world’s most ancient techniques of meditation which was rediscovered about 2500 years ago by Gautam Buddha. Here […]

Pune SHG august 19th

Pune shg was conducted on 19th August. But the strength of members was less as it was raining heavily in pune. The members who attended the meeting were Sanjeet ,Sachin ,Raghvendra ,Amol(Myself). Meditation: This is the first activity which we performed. Sanjeet sir gave instructions like closing eyes .Concentrate on your breath. Open eyes. We […]

Invitation for Delhi SHG Meeting

Delhi SHG is excited to announce our next meeting on 2nd September (Sunday) at Central Park above Rajiv Chowk Metro Station on 11 AM.  All of you are most welcome to join and share your valuable experiences with stammering. PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR MEETING:-       Introduction,       Breathing Exercise,       Discussion about various techniques,       Sharing of […]

Take vit b1 in your diet

 In a study published in Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorder,an unspesified number of preschool stutterers were divided into two group.One  group received 30mg thiamin(vit B-1) daily.The other received Placebo.After one month the group were reversed The result were observable”Speech improvement in 55% of the children when receiving the vitamin.All improvement were seen within two week of taking vit b-1 The study […]

Delhi SHG Report, 19/08

नमस्कार दोस्तों, आज दिल्ली का मौसम बहुत सुहावना था, आसमान में बदल छाये थे और हल्की ठंडी हवा चल रही थी, इस वातावरण में SHG मीटिंग का मज़ा ही कुछ और होता है. आज की मीटिंग कुल 6 लोग शामिल हुए जो की निम्नलिखित हैं:- सिकंदर, जीतेन्दर, आशीष, संचित, और आरती (बदला हुआ नाम) व उनके […]

A Message from Charles Van Riper!!

Friends, this is such a GOOD article from Dr Van Riper (father of stammering therapy in USA) that instead of just giving the link, I am pasting the whole article here. It has got some deep messages for all of us. It also explains the very BASIS of stuttering modification approach, which many of us […]

Demosthenes unveiled

Demosthenes was (384-320 BC)  one of the most famous orators of ancient times, and many of his speeches are preserved and studied by students of rhetoric. Here is the story of his stuggle with his stuttering and eventual success… Birth to age 19 Demosthenes was born in Athens, Greece in 384 B.C. to a wealthy family. At the age […]

Publication of The New Self Help Manual

TISA has received a generous grant of Rs one lac from Mr Raja Poladi. We are planning to publish the self-help manual, so that it can be provided to pws wishing to try self-therapy, by post and by hand during TISA events etc. This decision was based on two facts: Not everyone may have access […]

News @ Hyderabad SHG MeetUp on August 19th

Wow 🙂 Wow 🙂 Wow 🙂 What a meeting it is !!! We got recharged to our fullest. I bet everyone who have attended today’s meeting have shown at least 1% improvement in their speech patterns before leaving to their homes. Meeting started at 9:45AM and lasted till 4:40PM. Final products are Smiles with Happiest Moments […]

The most vital Vitamin => Vitamin-M

Today’s session was graced by 3 ladies: Upasana(head of TISA women’s wing!), Jaita, and Hema. The gentlemen who attended were: Sairam, Jitu, Rohit, Chandan, Dinesh Kadam, Chadrashekar, Pramod, Abhinav, Pravin and Myself. Today we decided to talk about most vital “VITAMIN – M”!! Today’s discussion was all about Vitamin M (Money) => Savings, investments, insurance etc. […]

Contributions UPDATED – Target achieved!!

Please find the >>updated<< contibutions done so far  M K Peerbhai (Mumbai) 7000 Anonymous 5000 Tanoy (Bangalore) 1200 Sanjib (Assam) 500 Annonymous 15000 Gaurish (Pune) 3000 Mithesh(Gujarath) 3300 Total 35000 I’m overwhelmed to see such a response. Fasten your seat-belts and get ready for “The Event of a lifetime” !! 🙂 We have raised 35,000!!! Many many […]

Chandigarh Meeting Report- 12th August

We all PWS’s met at Sector 33 park, chandigarh on the evening of 12th August. The SHG meet was really refreshing and mind calming. We all shared our experiences there with a positive note. There were PWS’s also from a local speech therapy institute who really liked to be a volunteer of TISA and spread the awareness among […]

Yes, I am suffering from depression

This is one of the finest discoveries of mine in the recent past. I know for some of us it can be a simple thing but believe me going through it, was a difficult thing specially for people like me who are caged in their own projected image. It may be because of the not […]

Invitation for Hyderabad SHG meetup on Aug 19

Good Day Wishes My Dear Friends!!! Hope you are doing Excellent. Its time for getting ready for Weekend SHG meeting in Hyderabad. Every single minute we spend here is going to be productive and helps you face boldly. Here We Stammer with Ease 🙂 It is proved that if we stammer with easiness then stammering […]

Pune shg report

Hello Friends hope you are doing well. The members who attended PUNE SHG meet which was held on 12th August Amol, Pradeep, Vivek, Sachin, and Sanjeet. The first activity we had performed was Meditation. Sanjeet sir gave instructions for Meditations. After that slow reading was done. Later we introduce ourselves. We had session of question […]

Freedom of speech

On the occasion of independence day, I would like to congratulate all people associated with TISA, a happy freedom of speech.. Let’s make a pledge that we can make ourselves free from all barriers of stuttering. Allowing yourself to stammer is one of d step to free yourself. A feel good factor. -Prakash Haklao, Magar […]

क्या हम आज़ाद हैं . . . ?

१५ अगस्त को हमने देश कि आजादी का जश्न मनाया. खुशी देश कि आज़ादी कि, खुशी खुली हवा में सांस लेने कि, खुशी खुलकर बोलने की . . . ! आजादी के बाद देश के संविधान और क़ानून ने सभी को बराबरी के अधिकार दिए, लेकिन अफसोस हम हकलाने वाले समाज के धाराप्रवाह बोलने कि […]