A new recruit has joined us: Muazzam. Dropped out after class 8. No rewards for guessing why. Runs a grocery in a nearby village. His father was in the OPD a few days back, when TISA took its trainees to the hospital OPD for a live demo cum practice. Father spoke to us and mentioned […]
Here is a frank discussion with Pramendra about what stammering is and how it shapes our thoughts, personality and lives. Bravo Pramendra!
Many years ago, I was working in a hospital with an attached “Old Folks home”. I used to visit it as the doctor on the campus. They rarely needed any medical attention- they just had to be “chatted with”. Of course they enjoyed getting their BP checked, once, twice, thrice..Looking back after all these years, […]
K from Banglore was here for two weeks. Before leaving, we were having one of those informal unstructured chats, where in, sometime, you can stumble upon deeper issues and help people to come up with great insights; Yes, it is possible to ask a man do a 180 degree turn with a ‘casual’ comment or […]
Saturday- 6th March: we went on a one day hike- to Bhadraj temple, then to Dudhli village, Cloud’s end and finally Mussoorie. A beautiful day walking a high ridge (6 to 7 thousand feet) seperating Doon valley with the views of eternal snow ranges to north. Pramendar, Aman, Vineet and Dr Marinsha. Pramendra discussed block […]
24th feb 2010: In the morning today, we went to Assan lake- chatted, had a little breakfast and then reached Aurobindo Ghosh Inter College in Dak Patthar; Principal had kindly given us one hour to address the teachers: teachers can set up enduring patterns and values in the child, especially in a child who is […]
Pawan, Vineet, Amaan, Nishu, Surendra, Raju, Parmanand, Mrs Jain and Sachin watched the movie “Front of the class” in Anugrah today (31st Jan). Then, we discussed what appealed most to us. Some responses:1. The fact that instead of suffering helplessly he (Bob) tried to educate people about his condition..2. The fact that he did not […]
Today we deceided to go out to nearby village, Fatehpur for a public contact program. Another agenda was to parctice speech skills in real life situation, what is termed “transference” in speech pathology literature.As per the unwritten protocol, we visited the Pradhan of the village. Since he was not at home we spoke to his […]
It was very cold today. Cloud formations like mare’s tail in the sky. It must be snowing up in the higher ranges- I thought. It began raining and Nishu and I realised that no one will dare to go out in this weather. But- behold- A and V arrived. I sent Nishu off – to […]
Sunday (20th Dec 09). There is a spirit of Christmas everywhere. Especially in the Hospital where we gathered for our weekly meetings. Atmosphere was sunny and fun- so we decided not to go indoors but conduct our real life training with anyone we could find near OPD.First, sachin phoned Shamsher (Delhi) and everyone practiced talking […]
This Sunday, Nishu, self, Pawan, Sushil and Surendra participated. Surendra and Sushil were asked to make a selling pitch at the dias. Surendra had to sell an empty bottle as the new Pepsi launched this summer. Sushil had to sell a mirror as if it were a newspaper, in a crowded bus.Thereafter, we discussed and […]
Sachin had gone to Badkot, wondering if the SHG will meet this Sunday in his absence or not. But it did! Pawan, Surendra, Nishu, Parmanand and Sushil gathered had diverse discussion and then, Pawan asked everyone to pick up a slip froma box and speak on the topic for five minutes- with a smile and […]
We all met at Anugrah and had a go at it.. The video says it all..