I want to sincerely thank the Women Who Stammer (WWS) who came forward and shared difficult experiences they have faced within the The Indian Stammering Association community over the years. Instead of circulating the original PDF document, I am sharing selected summaries and my own understanding of the issue. I felt this was necessary because […]
Many years ago, when I was a wide-eyed social worker (still “wet behind the ears”), I met a gender expert. She said, rather casually, “Every man is potentially a rapist.” I was both shocked and impressed—being a man myself. I knew that such men did exist in our world, and perhaps she was pointing to […]
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’, […]
TISA Bangalore Shg meeting: 29/10/23. Note: The following is the report from the self-help meeting in Bangalore on 29th October. The report is from Labani Samantha, 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, […]
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, […]
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. […]
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, […]
TISA Bangalore Shg meeting: 23/07/23. Note: The following is the report from the self-help meeting in Bangalore on 23rd July. The report is from Arjun, one of the participants. These self-help meetings happened across India- Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai, etc. More information can be found on the TISA website.Joining details are at the end. It was […]
TISA Bangalore Shg meeting: 09/07/23. Note: The following is the report from the self-help meeting in Bangalore on 9th July. The report is from Arjun, one of the participants. These self-help meetings happened across India- Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai, etc. More information can be found on the TISA website. I reached by 9:30 on a very […]
TISA Bangalore shg-meet: 02-07-2023. The following is the report from the self-help meeting in Bangalore on 2nd July. 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. We PWS often talk about breaking out of our […]
Pa..Pa.. Palghar. The day was friday. As a lawyer by profession I was excited since morning because of the weekend. I had already started to day dream two days of relaxing, sleeping, eating and doing nothing. The excitement was shortlived as I had to cross a valley of fire. No, not exactly fire but for […]
Upanishads say that he who says he knows, knows not and he who says he doesn’t know knows something. The meaning is that the reality cannot be grasped by the senses and if somebody says that he doesn’t know it, he at least has come to a state in which he has understood the limitations […]
Everyone has fear about something or the other in their lives. When I recall, my greatest fear as a young teenager was public speaking. I feared all types of public speaking. It might be reading in front of the class, morning assembly speech, telling an answer in the class or just talking with a group […]
Hi All, I am Akshay Rawal. I live in Surat, Gujarat and I coördinate the self-help group here. I would love to share about the last self-help meeting which took place on Sunday, April 1, 2018. In this meeting, five of us – Kudrat, Aveshesh, Satyam, Rohit and I gathered. In some time, Vipul also joined us. Vipul is one of […]
(Received from Dr Tejpal, Chandigarh) In a recently concluded National TISA Conference at Chandigarh, Anapana meditation was taught by Vipassana Teacher. Anapana meditation is a preliminary step of Vipassana meditation, which is widely practised by students in schools and by adults by jail staff and prisoners in many prisons all over India and abroad. Many […]
Hi all, In Delhi SHG, we were discussing about making SHG meetings more effective so that everyone can be benefited from it. We thought to make it more structured because we were facing following problems in SHG Meetings: – Usually PWS don’t come to SHG meetings after a year. I don’t think they have learnt […]
Hi, I am Suraj Kumar. I am 23 years old. I am an IIT Delhi graduate. To more about me, visit my page at www.thinkingonindia.in/suraj-kumar The Stuttering Hexagon The Stuttering Hexagon is theory put forward by John. C. Harrison (look at Source below) to explain stammering. It is the most complete theory behind stammering as believed […]
p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; direction: ltr; line-height: 120%; text-align: left; widows: 2; orphans: 2; }a:link { color: rgb(5, 99, 193); } Hi everyone! Myself Prasannajit, an M.Tech student. I am writing this as a part of my acceptance towards stammering. My stammering started in childhood. Grandfather used to tell I acquired it by mimicking one […]
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 […]
p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 120%; } As the alarm rang at 6.40 am, on this cold January morning, I did not want to get up for the planned hike. Then, I tried to visualize what a wonderful experience it would be – walking up the mountain, on a beautiful sunny winter morning! How […]