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17 JAN

Communication Workshop Bangalore March 2026

Do you want to strengthen your communication and gently shift out of an unhelpful “stammering mindset” – the fear, shame and anxious thoughts around stammering?

The Indian Stammering Association  (TISA) is hosting a 2‑day in‑person communication workshop in Bangalore with experienced facilitators, including TISA founder Dr. Satyendra Srivastava (Dr. Sachin).

Workshop overview
Dates: 14–15 March 2026  Saturday & Sunday

Duration: 2 full days of interactive group work, practice and reflection

Seats: Limited to ~35 participants only

Venue: CRI Institute/Vidyadeep College

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25 JUN

Women Who Stammer Monthly Meet-up (JUNE 2025)

  WWS Monthly meet up- June Date: 08/06/2025
Time: 8:00 PM Attendees: Dr. Amit, Sophia, Nyayi, Vidya, Sandhya, Komal, Siyana Jabin The meeting began with introductions. Dr. Amit joined us for this session and shared his insights, responded to our questions, and exchanged experiences. Participants shared their individual stammering journeys. Dr. Amit spoke about his own […]

30 DEC

SHG meet up at Bangalore. Dated 29.12.2024

Bangalore SHG meet. Date 29.12.2024Venu: Esha Kids play ArenaJP Nagar BangaloreParticipants from L to R: Bhargav, Shreyas, Tapan, Arujun, Rahul.In absence of our major general Dinesh and captain Praneeth, another captain Arjun took the lead to conduct SHG meeting today. The theme of todays meeting was reading from any book and elaboration of the read-out [...]
28 OCT

TISA Women Who Stammer Meet-Up – 26-Oct-2024 – Report

Date: 26th October 2024; Time: 09:30 PM (IST) Host: Vidya Lalgudi Jaishankar         Number of Attendees: 7 1. Introductions of all participants 2. Breathing and Relaxation Meditation led by Deepika Goyal. 3. Special mention to Manasi for her efforts in spreading awareness and initiating discussions on stammering in neighbouring schools. 4. Discussions on New Initiatives […]

18 AUG

SpeechCraft 2- 11th August

TISA Bangalore Shg meeting: 11/08/24. Note: The following is the report from the self-help meeting in Bangalore on 11th August. The report is from Praneeth Gadari, 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: (From […]

13 JUL

Symphony in Stammer: Koi Farak Nahi Albatta

It was a regular Wednesday workday at my IT job, but a milestone evening for me. I had already canceled my students’ evening music classes and asked everyone to meet at the Troy High School auditorium. It was the annual high school symphony orchestra concert night at a Troy School District high school in Michigan, […]

19 JUN

TISA Bootcamp held at Chakrata

The first of it’s kind Bootcamp was organized by TISA at Chakrata, near Vikasnagar. This was facilitated by Dr. Satyendra (Sachin) Srivastava. This week-long boot camp was focused on an inward journey- instead of stammering or communication. We had four meditation sessions daily plus two mindful walks in the mountains, to watch the sunrise and sunset. […]

14 JUN

Chennai SHG Kick-Off Meet

Hello, I’m Vidya Jaishankar, and this is my first TISA SHG meeting. It’s a pleasure to recount this memorable event, which marks the revival of the Chennai SHG. The evening was warm in Chennai, with a rare forecast of slight rains, and the streets were bustling with people frequenting cafes and juice bars. ‘Chai Galli’, […]

05 SEP

The Girl In Green Gown (Part-2)

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 […]

22 AUG

Spark Plug

TISA Bangalore Shg meeting: 13/08/23. Note: The following is the report from the self-help meeting in Bangalore on  13th August. The report is from Tapan, 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.   […]

31 JUL

Serendipity

TISA Bangalore Shg meeting: 30/07/23. Note: The following is the report from the self-help meeting in Bangalore on 30th July. The report is from Promod, one of the participants. These self-help meetings happened across India- Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai, etc. More information can be found on the TISA website. Attendees: Sudhanshu, Vivek, Dr. Arjun, Keerthan, Labani, Akshay, […]

15 JAN

TISA Patna SHG Meeting

Hello friends! Today it was Sunday started the day with full of cold, as we were planned last night to hold a SHG meet. When we reached Gandhi maidan (venue of SHG) there was entry prohibited for common man we lose hope. As we reached after having long suffer like somebodies was coming from Gaya […]

18 OCT

Jaipur SHG Meeting on 16.10.2022

Hello everyone On 16th October 2022 an SHG meeting was conducted in Jaipur.Prior intimation was shared in the group about the date and  time. The meeting was scheduled at 11:00 a.m. and me and my nephew Vansh reached Central Park at 11:00 a.m. Before us Aditya have already reached the place. We gathered at a […]

10 OCT

Bengaluru SHG -Oct 9th ,2022

Hello everyone, I am Ravi. It was a pleasant Sunday morning, and I came to Bangalore from Mysore for a short trip. I saw in the Bangalore shg group that there will be a self-help group meeting on Sunday. My stay was very near to the venue at which the meeting was to be conducted […]

04 SEP

Closed-Ended Practice : The sane way of doing things..

The Role of Speech Tools or Techniques in Managing Stuttering: Importance of Closed-Ended Practice  In TOPG we talk a lot about the importance of practicing speech tools or techniques to achieve more forward-moving speech. There are many questions to explore on this topic. First, what is the purpose of the speech tools or techniques? Second, how […]

28 MAY

The Girl In Green Gown

It was Tuesday evening, after many days of an extreme heatwave, Nagpur finally witnessed its first rainfall of 2022. The rain continued for almost 4 hours, there was a cold breeze. It was a perfect evening to hang out with friends, we decided to meet at a restro bar after our office. We sat at […]

13 MAR

Curse of Bhadra

CURSE OF BHADRA. Many say Ravana was a strong, devoted bhakt, sanskrit scholar, high class brahmin, wonderful person and respected women because he did not touched goddess Sita. But what must have been the reason he did not even touched her. Well, he did wanted to do more than touching but was stopped by a […]