CHANDIGARH SHG MEET # 4 REPORT

Dear Friends, Good Afternoon, At first I feel sorry for delay in posting the report because of some pre- occupations. On 14.11.2010 saturday afternoon at 12.30 pm myself, Mr. Prem from Fazilka, Mr. Prem Nath from Dhuri, Miss Jaspreet, Mr. Ishan, Mr. Dhruv and Mr. JP Sunda met at sector 33 park Chandigarh. This time […]

Petition Update

Time for an update on our petition, against Golmaal 3 in Nainital high court – The three week notice given by the honorable Judge ends on 20th Nov. So far we have not heard anything from the film-makers or censor board. After 20th, we will proceed and press for stay on screening of the movie.. […]

Rights less than Dogs’ !

I have two dogs and I love them. So, I was suitably impressed by the opening lines in Golmaal 3 (see the pic above): “The dog used in one of the sequences in the film is a dummy and no harm was done to the real dog.” How thoughtful! Well, this dog sequence lasted hardly […]

Pune SHG-14 Nov 2010

we met at the same venue. This time, we had two new members viz.Saurabh and Viraj. Saurabh is an MBA grad, and a trained singer. Viraj is an Engineer with an year of experience, now trying for his MS from states. Rupesh also joined us. we four chatted for a long time. we spoke various […]

Media update

Mumbai Mirrorhttp://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/30/2010111520101115031057160beb8709d/No-hold-the-jokes.html Dainik Jagran (Dehradun)http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/epaper/article/index.php?page=article&choice=print_article&location=43&category=&articleid=104821372737888Connect.in.comhttp://connect.in.com/gol-maal/blog/the-indian-stammering-association-nainital-hc-issues-notices-to–327356-3.htmlCanadian Stammering Associationhttp://www.stutter.ca/whats-new/latest-news/68-please-support-the-indian-stammering-association-petitionStuttertalkhttp://stuttertalk.com/2010/11/02/tisa-advocacy-campaign-against-a-bollywood-movie.aspxStuttering brainhttp://thestutteringbrain.blogspot.com/2010/10/are-stutterers-new-untouchables.htmlhttp://thestutteringbrain.blogspot.com/2010/11/sign-petition.htmlStuttering hubhttp://www.stutteringhub.com/stuttering_hub/2010/10/bollywood-gone-mad.html

That time of the year!!

Hi all, As promised last year on Christmas by some of us, it is again the time to reflect back on the year gone by and for our yearly appraisal :-). Sachin, Nitin and me would be meeting again (24th, 25th and 26th December) at herbertpur ( 35 kms away from Dehradun )this year to […]

‘संवाद’ के लिए आमंत्रण

टीसा के न्यूज़लेटर ‘संवाद’ के दो अंक हम आप तक पंहुचा चुके है. अपने ताजा अंक में हमने हिंदी सेक्सन की शुरूआत की है. इस तरह हम अधिक से अधिक लोगों से जुड़ना चाहते हैं. ‘संवाद’ के आगामी अंक में हम पाठकों से उनके विचार, सुझाव और अनुभव को शामिल करना चाहते हैं. अगर पाठक […]

The Ice-breaker

Dear Friends,  Yesterday (16th November), I delivered my first speech (Project 1) in the Goa Toastmaster’s Club. It was followed with a pleasant surprise, because it was later announced that I was voted as the best speaker of the day! It gave me a great deal of confidence to start my Toastmaster’s career by having […]

Getting married

Hi Friends, I am happy to announce that i am getting married on Nov 28th 2010. The marriage will be in Patna, Bihar. Treat this as my personal invitation, please do come and grace the occasion. Thanks, sujit, sujit3091@gmail.com, 9011067069

TISA initiates a Self Help Group in Indore (M.P.)

Indore. The Indian Stammering Association (TISA) has initiated a self-help group(SHG) in the city of Indore. The group has been initiated by Amitsingh Kushwah and Parmendrasingh Bundela. The group meetings are being held every Sunday evening 4 to 6 pm. To join the SHG in Indore, you may contact Amitsingh Kushwah (093009-39758) or Pramendrasingh Bundela […]

Golmaal 3 – Or should I say Tod Maal?

Rohit Shetty is back again with the third version of his Golmaal series. The promos did give a clear indication that it would again be that “forget-your-brain-at-home” kind of movie. But are the audience that stupid? Or is the Director stupid? Golmaal 3 is a clumsy effort of making people laugh… Sheer waste of money […]

ABC of Advocacy..

Here are some random thoughts on advocacy, especially self advocacy ie. being advocates for our own issues. 1. You must have an opinion. There may be no law supporting it at the moment BUT, your constitution gives you a RIGHT to have an opinion. And this opinion should be well considered and firm- not swayed […]

CHANDIGARH SHG MEET # 3 REPORT

Dear Friends, Good Afternoon, 0n 07.11.2010 sunday afternoon at 3 pm myself, Mr. Mohit, Mr. Prem and a new entry in the group Miss Jaspreet kaur met at sector 33 park. In first Pic there is Mr. Prem, Miss Jaspreet and myself. In second Pic there is Mr. Mohit , Miss Jaspreet and myself. We […]

AT LAST IT SAILED..

7th nov’10-this was the evening,i was waiting since a long.at sarvodaya colony park,1st shg MEERUT meeting took place with positive note .few days back i got a call from a pws,a mechanical engineer from gaziabad.he wanted to talk about stammer.i told him it would better if we could have a meeting.fortunately, he had some relative […]

Society changes- Bollywood stays the same..

We dont wish to gloat but many more reviews are confirming what TISA said 2 weeks back. Will the movie makers take note of this fact that we as society are not amused by poking fun at mute, stammerers, blind people? Here is another review: “..Slowly but surely humor turns to futility especially in the […]

Shall we watch Golmaal 3?

I was planning to watch Golmaal 3 so that my opposition to the treatment it gave to stammering, would rest on a stronger footing. Of course, the promos which I have seen on you tube, is enough to DAMN the movie, from my point of view: making such crass fun of disabilities is unacceptable in […]

Learning Disabilities

I was invited by Azim Premji Foundation, to dscuss learning disabiliies in a Tecaher’s conference on 3rd November at Arakot (Tiuni), on the border of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. About 50 teachers were present. I discussed role of poor vision, poor hearing, Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, ADHD, Tourrette syndrome, Stammering, other social issues (eg. single parent) leading […]

हकलाना दूर करने का मंत्र . . . !

प्रिय साथियों! हकलाहट दोष के बारे में इन्टरनेट पर सर्च करते समय आजतक न्यूज़ चैनल में एक वीडिओ मिला है. जिसका लिंक यहाँ पर दे रहा हूँ. यहाँ एक अहम् सवाल यह है कि क्या आज भी हम इन अंधविश्वासों पर कैसे यकीन कर रहे हैं और क्यों न्यूज़ चैनल इस तरह की बातों को […]