SHG 20th
September Meet in Bangalore

This is my second meeting with the SHG folks in
Bangalore.  When you meet the people from
SHG you invariably have the thought like “yeh log to mere jaise hai” (They are
like me), and you find yourself settling into some kind of ease and the bond
with the group is set. Also I like the idea that we meet in the Cubbon Park
which makes you feel like you are enjoying your moment in a park and having a
fun time.

So, it was another Sunday that we meet, Praveen, Mohit,
Dinesh, Siddhartha, Kavish and Sharath. 
When I reached Cubbon park I rushed (as I was a bit late) to the regular
“Hut” spot where we assemble, only to find that other people have occupied it.
I called up Sharath and soon found Kavish and other people and we decided to
look for a place. We found a spot nearby and started the day’s session. 

We
introduced ourselves. After that we had the extempore round. We spoke on topics
like photography, cup, how easy is to learn spoken language, benefits of Aadhaar
card, Naxalites etc.

We went for the interactive round where we talk with
strangers.  None of us were that satisfied
with this round. People somehow in the park were either reluctant to talk about stammering or they did not have any idea
about it. Overall, it was less interactive than usual. Dinesh had brought
copies of “Apna Hath Jagannath” book to give it to Kavish so that Kavish can
carry it to Jaipur. We came with the idea that we all can carry a copy or two
of the book so that if we find anyone needing it for someone he or she knows we
will give it to them. Somehow this idea proved to be bad as people seeing the
books in our hands thought that we intend to sell those and they were somehow
reluctant to talk.

The last round was the debate round. We debated on the topic
“The performance of Narendra Modi government”.  Mohit and Dinesh debated the topic really
well. The conclusion of the debate was that it is too early to judge the
performance of Narendra Modi government. Various development schemes are
initiated but we cannot truly feel the sense of progress till all the schemes
are successfully implemented. But, during this 1.5 year tenure of Narendra
Modi’s government various lauding steps have been taken for development and
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Gosh!!  We forgot to
take a group photo.  Kavish and Sharath
did manage to take photo with a dog with which they must have fallen in love
with. Just putting it up.

Hope to catch up next 
Sunday and have another day of wonderful 
talk and heated discussion.

Thanks for reading,

Jonali