Change attitude first..

Friends, here are two news items; both reinforce what we have been saying in TISA for many many years: Change in attitude – rather than chasing a cure, is a more practical and desirable solution for pws. Thanks Akash and Amit for flagging the new TV serial- Thapki Pyar ki. Interestingly the lead character- Thapki- […]

From Bharat Khanna, Mumbai….

p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; direction: ltr; line-height: 120%; text-align: left; widows: 2; orphans: 2; } I am Bharat Khanna, I am from Mumbai, by profession I am a software engineer and like many of you I stammer. I would like to share how I am getting on with it & how the Friends convention last […]

Special guest on Skype (Dinesh)

Date: 29/05/2015 First of all I would like to say thanks to Dinesh, to take out his some time and join us on Skype meeting. He spread the message that don’t go after cure stammering every time. Go after your GOAL and work on your goal. Stammering is a very small part. And he told […]

Hello! I am from AAAAAllahabad This word Allahabad has been most most feared word in my life. Saying Allahabad has always been struggling and challenging in my life. After lot of practice (thousands of times practiced saying it, alone,with my family members and in different situations Now I am able to say it comfortably half […]

हकलाहट को स्वीकार करने के लाभ

मैंने हकलाहट की स्वीकार्यता को एक व्यापक रूप में अपनाया है और महसूस किया है। इस दौरान मैंने पाया कि स्वीकार्यता सिर्फ हकलाहट ही नहीं, बल्कि जीवन की हर चुनौती का सहजता से सामना करने का मूलमंत्र है। अगर आपने स्वीकार्यता को पूर्ण रूप से और खुलकर अपना लिया, तो आपका जीवन सुखमय बना जाता […]

Skype meeting minutes

Date : 27/05/2015 Today the strength was good we were 11 guys, Karthik, Anshuman, Saurabh, Manoj, Baljeet, Vikas, Prasad, Dragoon and Me(Akash). Ram and Abhishek are not in this snap because they dropped. Agenda was, 1. Short Introduction 2. Passage reading for 2 mins per person 3. Round Robin The meeting was really nice. If […]

Skype Calls Reborn

First I would like to thanks Ram and Vinod who were coordinating the meeting in absence of me. I was on leave so I’m not able to attend any meetings. After I was busy in office to finishing my pending work.  Now I’m free and start again our Skype calls. Interested people please join the […]

For Parents & Children

This resource is for parents or siblings who have a child who stammers. As of now, there is not very much by way of therapy which could be given to a child DIRECTLY. But dont panic. You can still do a LOT- and the child may have a complete recovery too. Chances of recovery is […]

Bangalore SHG Meeting on 24th May :Traffic free Sunday in Cubbon Park

Bangalore SHG Meeting on 24th May :Traffic free Sunday in Cubbon Park Ateendees: Anshuman,Anupam,Akash,Dinesh,Pramod,Pawan,Sid,Ruben,Nishil,Raman,Sharath and me(Rohit Mishra) It was good sunny day ,I reached Cubbon Park on time but came to know that from now on wards vehicles are not allowed in Cubbon Park on Sundays,So it took some time to find proper parking place […]

Official Blog : Manish Upadhyay: दिल तोरोमिंग है….सुबह घरसे ऑफिस के  लिएनिकला। ……

Official Blog : Manish Upadhyay: दिल तो रोमिंग है…. सुबह घरसे ऑफिस के  लिए निकला। ……: दिल तो रोमिंग है …. सुबह घर से ऑफिस के   लिए निकला। … पार्किंग   में अपनी बाइक निकालने   के लिए जब गया तो देखा मेर…

स्काइप कॉल हिंदी में ?? जरूर , क्यों नहीं :)

कुछ   दोस्तों   से मेरी बात हुई तो मुझे ये एहसास हुआ की ये आमतौर पर धारणा है की स्काइप कॉल सिर्फ इंग्लिश में होती है.             एक ने अपनी मनःस्थिति कुछ इस प्रकार जाहिर की – ” स्काइप कॉल पर आकर मुझे कुछ समझ नहींआता  है. मुझे इंग्लिश समझ […]

Children’s book on bullying..

Arti has written a book (Price Rs 150 on Amazon) on stammering and bullying:  http://www.duckbill.in/book-samples/Big%20Bully%20and%20M-Me%20sampler.pdf Also this is a review which they can read   http://youngindiabooks.com/bookrev/big-bully-and-m-me#.VViimYVIV5Q.facebook  http://plusminusnmore.rapo.in/big-bully-and-m- me-arti-sonthalia/

Last Boarding call…

Friends, help and join: If children could be told that “stammering is OK” – they will need neither therapies nor SHGs later on in life! This would be the cheapest and the best preventive intervention in the field of speech disorders. You can make a difference to someone, somewhere. Talk about it in your SHGs, […]