Posts dealing with Stories, poems, theater etc. – from pws or from others but about stammering issues/ social discrimination etc. etc.
Creative expressions from PWS or about them..
Written by Olga Bednarski, August 2026 | Liverpool I used to experience speaking as if I were sitting an examination. Every conversation had a predetermined outcome, standard, and expectation. Every phone call was a test. Every introduction, question, or social interaction was an opportunity to either succeed or fail.The strange thing was that the examination […]
Tau ji: How are you, beta? Shreya: Fine. How are you? So difficult to connect to India… T: Never mind. At least I can see you, sitting there in America! What more could I ask for? Silence. T: So, how are you, beta? And your job? S: Fine. Our company has paid for our shots. […]
Many PWS practice self-help ideas haphazardly, randomly and sporadically. I did that myself at one time. And that is one reason we fail. Having a systematic plan—and sticking to it—is essential. A practice ladder can be the first step towards success. Start at the bottom, at your Comfort Level, and gradually work your way up. […]
A professor totally confused about the recent events..
I was reading a paper on how children develop gender identity (“I dont want to play with dolls; I like trucks”). A certain line caught my attention. It seems, that a very young child (1-2 yo) may not have any gender identity, but by 3, it begins to identify itself as a “boy” or a […]
There was a man—Jiwan Das—full of life.One day he ordered a shirt on Amazon, and somehow his name got changed to Jivan Das in the cloud. India is full of languages and dialects. An Amazon employee in India changed the name to Jiban Dash. A few days later, another employee dictated the same name to […]
(Ed. Pariah dog: an ownerless, half-wild mongrel common around Asian villages, especially in India.) After the brisk morning walk, as I turned into my lane, I saw her sitting at her favorite spot. She was wagging her tail, her mouth with a little drool, and half open- as if smiling. Her face had that funny […]
Slash and Burn is another name for Jhum cultivation which is prevalent in some countries. Trees are burned and cleared- cropping is done for some years. When the ground fertility is gone, a new patch is cleared- and the cycle goes on. This is what was happening at the edge of an ancient forest. One […]
This Yamuna valley where I live, roughly stretches a hundred kilometers, between Paonta Sahib and Dehradun, in the Shivaliks. Here, Tons River joins Yamuna, as they both come tumbling out of the mountains, into the Terai. From Pathans, to Mughals, to Maratha, and finally to British – they all came, ruled this region and eventually […]
TISA Bangalore Shg meeting: 10/09/23. Note: The following is the report from the self-help meeting in Bangalore on 10th September. The report is from Vinayak, one of the participants. These self-help meetings happened across India- Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai, etc. More information can be found on the TISA website. The joining details are at the end. Participants: Labani, […]
This blog is a continuation of my previous blog, Kindly go through it before continuing – https://stammer.in/the-girl-in-green-dress/ I could’nt stop thinking about that girl, her face was always in my mind. Even when I closed my eyes, I could see her laughing, nodding in agreement, and carefully ear locking her hair looking at me as […]
(A humorous piece on TISA) TISA membership is entirely free. You can join and leave anytime. In fact, you can join it just before your campus interview and leave it five minutes later. In the US Visa interview, you can leave our membership midway, soon after the introduction rounds are safely over. TISA is another […]
Solitude (A short story) The old man was again in the church today at his regular time. He quietly comes in and sits in one of the pews at the back. This is not the usual time to visit though. One day, I asked him: Why don’t you attend the morning service? The afternoon is […]
Hello, I am Vinayak, it was yet another very pleasant day in Bangalore, it was 9:30 am and I was just about to leave my home, to go to SHG and I got a call from my friend, asking me to explain the project that we were doing, I stuttered very badly and didn’t even […]
Fluency of broken words ~ Manpreet Kaur Everyone is equal, And should be treated fairly”. Wish it was more than ‘euphonious’. I have capabilities yet not one, Stammering makes a label, “A red flag”! Why can’t communication be overlooked, When a person is intellectually creative. Those unspoken internal conflicts Conscious of their gait, Yet inaudible […]
Markanda Shiv Temple is situated along the banks of the Wainganga river in Charmorshi tehsil of Gadchiroli in Maharashtra. There is no solid evidence that who build this temple, but according to recent evidence collected by the Archeological Survey of India they believe that the temple was built in the 8 Century or earlier by […]
One evening I had the novel, Shiman Yogi, in my hands, and I had completed that novel but I was still in the trance of the novel. Shriman Yogi is the biography of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, one of the most secular kings born in India. No one can ever feel what Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and […]
Many years ago I was staying in Yogiraj society in Nagpur, it was 2 BHK flat. While standing on the entrance gate of Yogiraj society, you could see the entire society. There was a cemented straight path from the main gate, the path was wide enough so that five to six SUV’s could easily pass […]
When I wake up in the morning, go to the washbasin, I see a face, a familiar one. A face, that knows me well, as no other face in the world would know. I stare into its eyes and say- “however you are I accept it! You are the best person I want to be, and […]
The other day I saw Kumar in the market. He was running after a woman. Dont laugh please! This is not what you think. I know both of them and they are in their sixties. Kumar retired from LIC some years ago. And the woman in question was Purabi. Both their families had known each […]