Herbertpur, a very small town, is on Dehradun-Chandigarh highway (NH 72), 40 km from Dehradun, near Paonta Sahib (just 12 km away). If you are coming from north, you need not go to Dehradun, obviously. You can come via Paonta Sahib.http://www.maplandia.com/india/himachal-pradesh/sirmaur-nahan/herbertpur/ Once in Herbertpur, get to Lehman Hospital by a Rickshaw or three wheeler.Sachin’s home […]
Today, five of us got together: Pawan, Vineet, Mukarram, Deepak and sachin. First we sang a song- then, discussed whatever we observed about our inner states of mind and physiology while singing- and how to use that consciously while talking. Then, we played back recorded video of Deepak, who was the new comer and was […]
This Sunday about ten people gathered in Anugrah Hall at Herbertpur, representing 3 self help groups: Herbertpur, Dehradun and Meerut. One IPWS was from Kaala Amb (Sirmaur). We started at 2 pm and dispersed by 6.30 pm! After introductions and discussion of ground rules etc., we began with a quite informal but in-depth talk by […]
Friends, we are having a mega SHG meet in HERBERTPUR, on27th Feb, Sunday.2 pm – 4 pm. Niraj from Meerut and Kshitiz from Dehradun will be joining with friends. If youare close by, do drop in for 2 hour fun and discussion. We will be doing groupreview of the first TISA documentary followed by open […]
Friends, we are having a mega SHG meet in HERBERTPUR, on27th Feb, Sunday.2 pm – 4 pm. Niraj from Meerut and Kshitiz from Dehradun will be joining with friends. If youare close by, do drop in for 2 hour fun and discussion. We will be doing groupreview of the first TISA documentary followed by open […]
Siddharth, his parents, Raju, Rajesh, Vineet, Susheel, Parmanand, sachin, Dr Kshitiz and Daniel (from Switzerland) were the participants today. We started at 3.30 pm and finished at 6 pm! We played some interactive games, watched Chennai videos, made formal presentations, did many rounds of formal intros with a bounce etc. We also played some games, […]
Vibhor and Mukarram came today. I shared the story of Izabella with them. First Vibhor read it- discussed it with me and told the story to Mukarram. Story telling can be an important skill for children as well as adults. But it can be difficult to master for children who stammer. So, while Vibhor told […]
Seen the video? But dont go by looks or the speech: Munavvar is an ace oracle expert! He has many overseas clients who will vouchsafe for his excellent programming skills and ability to meet short deadlines. When last time, his company was in a tight spot, he said: let me work from home and I […]
This get-together (24 to 26th Dec.) had to be postponed due to un-foreseen and unavoidable reasons. Most likely we will meet on 26th Jan in Delhi, while returning from Chennai. Any inconvenience is sincerely regretted.
Friends, we are having an informal get together at Herbertpur (35 km from Dehradun) from 24th to 26th December 2010. Tentative plan:24th: a get-together over lunch, of children and young people who stammer (total number expected about 20). Before and after lunch, it is free time, when some of us can just relax, stroll in […]
Today, Vibhor came with his father, for the second time- at regular time: 4 pm, Sunday, in Anugrah meeting hall. Vibhor is about 14 yrs. Studies in a local school and is at that stage in life, when negative responses from colleagues, parents, teachers and strangers are just beginning to get under his skin. He […]
The Herbertpur group organised a press meet (above) today and spoke to journalists from the regional media (Dainik Jagran, Dainik Prabhat, AtoZ channel) and shared our concern about the Golmaal 3: it promotes stereotypes, caricatures a health condition with significant suffering and that it will promote teasing, bullying, harassment of people and children who stammer. […]
Sandeep Chauhan from Paonta was very frank: he gave up his LLB training because of his stammer! Sahil, a young child of about 12 was very shy, today, his first day. Surendra and Pawan and Nishu were also there in the meeting today. Surendra and Pawan helped by sharing their stories with Sandeep – and […]
Click the image and see the weird message I got, while mucking around with Avidemux. I froze with shock. How did my computer learn that I stutter? Many years ago, I had a similar experience: I had gone to buy a water cooler; I was shocked when I saw the big taunting name painted in […]
Thanks to Hetal (Surat), I had something worthwhile to share with our group. It was a video clip: Vinod Thakur in India talent khoj.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sanQuIeW_7c Surendra, Pawan, Vineet, Nishu and myself were there. Mid way through, we paused, where one of the judges says to Vinod : You exude a positive energy.. We paused and asked […]
Have I mentioned that I have been teaching spoken English in a local school?Okay- when I accepted the challenge about 2 months back, I was worried: I thought I will have to willy nilly deal with Gerund, articles, Voice etc. Yes, P C Wren* kind of stuff. I lowered my sights and decided to focus […]
Last Sunday, Siddharth came with his mother and aunt. We are quite friendly now. I dont ask him to control or suppress his stammer. I just ask him to look into my eyes while talking to me- and I smile encouragingly. I too throw in a couple of good stammer in every other sentence of […]
Siddharth and Mohit are two children facing speech issues: stammering and mis-articualtion. Last Sunday, I got them together in one group with Nisha, a girl their age but no issues. Nishu ofcourse was there to help me and also to learn. Nishu, BTW has passed class 12 from open school and joined college in Dak […]
I got myself invited to a meeting of community health workers of Anugrah on 31st July 2010. Anugrah is a organization working for children with special needs. They have also kindly provided us a hall to conduct our TISA SHG activities on Sundays for free. I was given one hour- and some more, because I […]