Keith in Pune

Some moments in Pune with Keith, thanks to Harish http://picasaweb.google.co.in/harishusgaonker/MeetingKeithBossAtPune?authkey=Gv1sRgCJa80rqtq7XELA#

A way out of the bog

There is a popular saying in SLP literature: Stuttering is like a bog. There are many paths leading in to this bog. There are many paths leading OUT of this bog. TISA tries to share many of these paths leading out, especially those which do not have a commercial, exploitative undertone and those which are […]

Bangalore SHG meeting on 28-Feb-2010

I was attending the meeting after a gap of three weeks and reached Cubbon Park by 10 AM. Amith and Karthik 2 had informed their unavailability and a new person named Krishna called me the previous day to inform that he would be attending the meeting. I started to read the newspaper, I was carrying, […]

More pics from Chennai..

Briefly: 1. Mr Hassanand and other SHG members having a discussion over snacks2, 3. Mr Hassanand and Mr Manimaran addressing the meeting on 20th Feb 2010, on first anniversary of Chennai SHG.4. Vishal and sachin interacting with reporter from The Hindu.5. In front of Mahabalipuram temple: Mr Karunyamurti (Keith and Sachin had tough time with […]

Herbertpur SHG meet

Pramendra, Pawan, Parmanand, sachin and Dr Marinsha met in the Anugrah hall from 3 to 6 pm. We had many rounds of brief presentations- intro- and feedback. We read newspaper cuttings- then shared about it. Then, we summarised the news in one line. PWS can sometime be a little long winded. But capacity to summarise […]

Goa SHG Meet on 28.02.10

Toady due to nonavailabilty Harish could not come.Praksh & i meet at Pilar church for the same at 9.30AM.I gave him complete information of our Pune meet with Kieth.i also told him about the technic & speaking tools which we have discussed in brief.It started well & then we practiced prolognation & bouncing technic.We were […]

Bangalore SHG meeting on 21-Feb-2010

The meeting on 21-Feb-2010 was attended by Amith, Pramod and Vivek. A reporter from the magazine ‘Time out’ attended the meeting and there was a discussion of more than one hour. The article will be published in 2 or 3 weeks. The reporter left after taking some photographs. After this the participants went for a […]

Last day at Herbertpur

Keith gave a “Anthony Robbins hug” to Marian. They sat in the garden and exchanged notes. Mrs Jain gave us breakfast a little later in her beautiful house. Then, we drove off to Dehradun and had a brief meeting with Cyril ji. Both Cyril and Keith were unanimous that donor need a lot of “education”!! […]

Pics: Day 1 at Vikasnagar

Group photo: Self help group at Herbertpur. Pawan discussing some issue with Keith. Mr Jain wrapping a shawl around Keith, in Indian tradition.

Day 1 at Vikasnagar: Pics

Some participants and parents sharing their thoughts in Anugrah Rev. Moses sharing his thoughts on stammering.School where the ‘trouble’ begins! Keith explaining how communication is different from mere fluency..A group of teachers in Sapience School.

Second day at Vikasnagar

24th feb 2010: In the morning today, we went to Assan lake- chatted, had a little breakfast and then reached Aurobindo Ghosh Inter College in Dak Patthar; Principal had kindly given us one hour to address the teachers: teachers can set up enduring patterns and values in the child, especially in a child who is […]

Keith in Doon valley

Keith arrived in Herbertpur on 22nd Feb, late afternoon. Surendra, Amaan, Vineet arrived to see him in the evening. Next morning, we started with Sapience school- a prestigious English medium school of this region. We addressed about 40 teachers. Gave them some handouts and contact details. Then, lunch at SMTA with Ruben, Maggi and Nishant. […]

Another one leaps..

Another member of our tribe has leapt into the darkness- and has landed safely on her two feet. Let us congratulate her:http://shatteringtheshackles.blogspot.com Dont forget to leave comments..

A take by non-stammering friend..

“Dear FriendsAlthough i don’t stammer, but i can understand the problems associated with it, It’s so nice to see that You people have formed this active association and its meeting regularly. I would just want to say that Stammering should not come in your way as a hurdle and block your creativity ..Look at my […]

Chennai Anniversary

Feb 20th, 2010: YWCA, Chennai. Mini Conference hall. About 35 participants.We started with some video clips on stammering, then Unspeakable. Sachin requested Raja and Sabarish to tell the audience briefly about the movie before screening it. By 4 pm, everyone had arrived- the media and all the SHG members, three person from Cognizant and others- […]