31st Dec- we sang and sang and sang in to new year!
Is it “practical”?
Just came across two news items- one about Gareth and the other about a pws, who narrates a story in a high drama theatrical in Brooklyn.. These lines from Gareth are very relevant to those pws who have attneded a Communication workshop- or plan to: “The McGuire programme changed my life. It is not a […]
Sunday With Santosh
Today I spent my Sunday at Santosh’s house with his family. It was a memorable experience for me. With the warm welcome and loving hospitality I was beginning to feel comfortable and at home right from the time I stepped into the house. In no time, Santosh’s kids, (4 year old daughter Swara and 1 […]
DELHI SHG MEETING
delhi shg meeting will be held on 15/1/2012 at central park on 11 a.m. for any queries please contact abhishek(9873492722) . thanks……
Cure Your Fear
I always find myself complaining that no matter what I do,my fear always tends to overpower me in a speaking situation and I start substituting and avoiding words.No matter how much meditation,how much blogging I do,this fear never tends to go. Today,I found my answer !!!!!! I was reading a book by a very famous […]
Mindfulness..
Those of us who are interested in Meditation, Vipassana, Brahmavidya etc. might be happy to know that Mindfulness is being taken seriously as an approach to stammering therapy now.. Yadgar has shared the article with me. Here is the link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094730X11000386 Thanks a lot, Yadgar!
My personal experiences…
Now we all return back to our real life. All had a great time in bhubneswar. A tour with full of learning, joy. The first question arises in my mind after returning back is that what I learn from NC, did I learn the techniques, did i satisfied myself from being a part of TISA? […]
Advertising the NC on the net
As I was talking with Leys,the chairperson of The BSA,I asked him about the blogs and forums could post the NC on,his reply was :- I think you know them all, Dhruva: Facebook has at least five and there is STUTT-L, Stuttering Chat, The Stuttering Brain and a lot of other more personal ones. Searching […]
Expenses Details for National Conference
http://stammer.in/component/content/article/34-cat-info/477-expenses-details-for-national-conference.html
PWS की शादी पर टीवी सीरियल
आजकल इमेजिन टीवी पर एक सीरियल “बाबा ऐसो वर dhudo” (Mon. to Fri. 10.00 PM) दिखाया जा रहा है. इसमे दिखाया गया है कि हकलाने वाले लोगों को शादी में किन परेशानिओं का सामना करना पड़ता है. कुछ लड़कियाँ हकलाने वाले वर को पसंद नहीं करती, लेकिन इनमे से कुछ ऐसी भी होती हैं जो […]
Future Directions for TISA…
On 9th January 2012, JP and I had a meeting over Skype to discuss the areas that needs to be worked in TISA. Here are the minutes of the meeting : Agenda Agenda of the meeting was to identify and discuss the future plan of action for TISA. Minutes Following points were identified as the […]
From Chennai..
Dear Friends, The Chennai chapter meeting was held on 7.1.12 & attended by 13 pws including 3 new ones. Myself and Raja Bhattacharji narrated the various activities happened at NC Bhubaneshwar. We have also shown photos to them in a laptop. I informed to them that I personally benefited after attending NC not only in stammering point of […]
Speaking out!
It’s Two Different World Out There !!!
At first a quick apology to all the people “Stutterers” whom i promised to e-mail the contacts and ids of the participants of the NC. Sorry Guys and Elaine mam!! I was stuck with some stuffs and you will get the contacts on your e-mail id as soon as possible. Since 28th of last month, […]
Is there a cure?
p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } No offense meant to anyone but TISA encourages pws to share their therapy history to promote awareness about various options available to us and also to explore the possibility of “cure”. As we know, almost ANY technique will help pws in the short term. But the real test of claims […]
Pictures from Orissa
Dear All, Here is an album, with a collection of some of the photos of the National Conference at IHS, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa…. https://picasaweb.google.com/117465129517612405511/FirstNationalConferenceOnStammeringSelfHelpBhubaneshwarOrissa?authkey=Gv1sRgCKOsxLXkgK3kFw# Re-live the memories 🙂
Renowned Professor a PWS
Just started watching this video for some other academic purpose when I realised that Devesh Kapur who is a renowned Indian scholar in a reputed US University also stammers. Here is the link to the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoX62xr-2p0 Akash
Acceptance vs.Speech Therapy
Just came back from the first National Conference on Stuttering in India,it has been nothing less than an enlightening experience from me,it wasnt just about stammering,it was about meeting people from all across the country having nothing in common but they way they speak.More about that later though (I will be posting about the conference […]
Some Quick reactions..
TISA thanks everyone..
(left: Ganesha in an outer alcove; the IHS campus uses locally available material and traditional architectural designs to create spaces which are both functional and aesthetic..) We wish to thank everyone- those who participated, those who helped, those who could not participate but were with us in spirit and prayers, those who read the posts […]