Recently, I performed a mimicry item during the annual day function of my company. This was my first stage performance, and to my delight, I won the “Best Individual Performance” prize for this. A few years (even months) ago, I thought public speaking or performances for me were “IMPOSSIBLE”. Joining TISA has helped me achieve […]
TISA has brought to light many crack-pots who claim to have a sure cure for stammering. Yes- there are quite a lot of these round the globe. Most of these crack-pots claim to be ex-stammers. We should laugh away at these people. Simply because they are oblivious to the 2/3rd, non-evident side of the stammering […]
I and Rahul met again today. Because of less attendance, our activities are largely confined to discussions. Today I narrated the incidence wherein I used my lateral speech while performing on stage in an office event. With this, we discussed how lateral speech can help us in our path towards recovery. I would also like […]
This week we decided to meet on Saturday evening. This time, the meeting was attended by, after a long long gap, Stanley! Rahul and Stanley were meeting for the first time. So we had a brief introduction to start with. Then we found a place to sit, and got started with our discussions. Two things […]
Rahul and I met again today. For a long time now, our SHG meetings are held just between two of us. Taking a few lessons from the workshops, and other SHGs, today I had come for the meeting with a few things planned. Rahul turned up a few minutes later. He had a spark in […]
Years ago, during my college days, I was in a phase where my stammering ‘iceberg’ was growing deep down… Acceptance was unknown then. And writing did give me a vent. But writing about stammering upfront? That was something I couldn’t have ever imagined that time. So, I decided to pen down a poem, which symbolizes […]
March has just gone.SO much hectic schedule & pile of work to be complete!!Always in march when year ends,all the people starts working on & on.That day on sunday I came to office for my pending year end work & for audit issue.After seeting in the office for 5 hours,I decided to take break & […]
R and I met today at 10 am at our usual meeting venue (Nehru Park). Since it was only two of us, we couldn’t do any exercise as such. So we decided to have a “brain-storming” discussion about stammering- experiences good and bad, exercises and some problems issues related to it. We also decided that […]
Yet another review gone with the wind!!!!I’ve been continuesly told myself yesterday,”Santosh Go forward,be calm,be into youe own.Start communicating,Preapare your document well,study thouroughly & Accept your problem rather difficulty to speak fluently. One thing I’ve noticed when ever I think that thinking also not fluent.WHY?Is this the sin which ends with life?But what about present? […]
Sunday Mornings are SHG times here for Goa SHG. But there are sometimes when work and other important commitments keep us away from SHG meets. Today was one such day. Santosh was on a duty visit to Chiplun, Maharashtra. He missed our SHG meeting, which was evident from his phone call that I received in […]
Toady due to nonavailabilty Harish could not come.Praksh & i meet at Pilar church for the same at 9.30AM.I gave him complete information of our Pune meet with Kieth.i also told him about the technic & speaking tools which we have discussed in brief.It started well & then we practiced prolognation & bouncing technic.We were […]
After a lot of yes and no… I and Santosh, finally planned our trip to Pune to meet Keith Boss. Sceptic about getting leaves from the workplace, Santosh suggested a very good way to do so – Just tell the boss frankly that we are going to work on our stammer. It really worked wonders! […]
It so happens many a times that you don’t realize how time passes by. Suddenly, you realize that you have spent a lot of time, and spent it constructively, learning, creating new things or new ideas… and still enjoyed. Today we had a same feeling when we walked out of Nehru Park, after our SHG […]
It’s IPL season once again! IPL season III will hit the grounds very soon. The waves of popularity created by this new cricket phenomenon that started 3 years ago, was enormous not only in India, but throughout the world. I am sure everybody must have already started fancying their favourite teams’ chances in the season […]
We arrived at Nehru Park (GOA SHG meeting venue) at around 9:15 am. After meeting each other with a traditional ‘HELLO’ we decided to seat face to face. As we were 3 members, so we sat in a triangular position (everybody was facing each other at a certain angle). We started the proceedings of the […]
Wintry days in Goa are real pleasant. Sunny weather teamed up with cool breeze. Today was one of those days, when Goa SHG decided to meet yet again. The participants were: 1. Rahul Raut Desai 2. Prakash Borana 3. Harish Usgaonker After a formal intro, at the meeting point, I suggested that we should start […]
The hatred for stammering by all PWS has it’s origin in the kind of reaction that they are met with when talking to the world, or the non-PWS which are relatively more fluent ( I won’t say fluent ) then the PWS. A PWS will be at his / her ease when speaking to another […]
This is Harish Usgaonker from Goa. I have joined TISA in the first week ofOctober. And after that, I have taken an initiative to start an SHG here in Goa. I am 28, working as a Senior Software Engineer in NE Technologies (Goa).Stammering has always been with me everywhere… But along with that, another thing […]
It was 22nd of November – the day scheduled for the second meeting for Goa SHG. But when the day dawned, a feeling of disappointment was beginning to lurk my mind. Till now, the meeting was not confirmed. I had received no confirmation from anybody that they are going to make it. I tried calling […]
“Co-ordinating a SHG is like a marathon, and not a 100 meter dash” – were the words of Dr. Sachin, when I revealed to him my desire of co-ordinating a SHG in Goa. And his words stood vindicated, and were the driving force for me to make the first Goa SHG happen. As the scheduled […]