AHJ Hindi translation from Users

Dr Chandraprakash from Jaipur SHG has translated the last chapter of AHJ! Congrats! I am sharing it here. Ignore the short comings. Just enjoy reading it. We encourage these attempts by users to promote engagement with AHJ and self help activities.

अपना हाथ जगन्नाथ का साराँश

अध्याय 10 : साराँश

प्रिय पाठकों , इस पुस्तिका ने बहुत विचार दिए होगे , परंतु आप इसे कही से भी शुरू कर सकते है ।
यहाँ व्यवस्थित रूप से देखने के सुझाव है-

एक कदम स्वीकार्यता की ओर . . .

29/06/2015 को मैंने अपने आफिस के कार्य से एक बैठक आयोजित करवाई थी। इस बैठक में सरकारी स्कूल्स के 23 शिक्षक उपस्थित रहे।

शुरूआत में मैंने कहा- मे-मे-मेरा नाम अ-अ-अमित सिंह है और मैं बोलने में हकलाता हूं। अगर आप लोगों को मेरी बात समझने में कठिनाई हो तो दोबारा पूंछ सकते हैं।

इसके बाद मैंने कहा- आज हम एक बहुत ही गंभीर और संवेदनशील मुद्दों पर चर्चा करेंगे। फिर मैंने शिक्षकों को विशेष आवश्यकता वाले बच्चों (Children with special needs) की पहचान करने, उनकी शिक्षा और पुनर्वास से संबंधित विषयों पर विस्तार से चर्चा किया। इस दौरान एक महिला शिक्षक मेरी हकलाहट को सुनकर थोड़ा मुस्कुरा रही थी। मैंने उनकी ओर ध्यान नहीं दिया। इसी दौरान मैंने कहा- हमें विशेष आवश्यकता वाले बच्चों की क्षमताओं को पहचानना हैं, उनकी विकलांगता को स्वीकार करना है और उन्हें आगे बढ़ने में सहयोग करना है। उदाहरण के लिए, मैं कैसे बोल रहा हूं, हकलाकर बोल रहा हूं, रूक-रूककर बोल रहा हूं, यह महत्वपूर्ण नहीं है। महत्वपूर्ण यह है कि मैं आपसे किस विषय पर बात कर रहा, क्या संदेश आप तक पहुंचाना चाहता हूं।

Core group expansion

We began as a community in 2008. This is 2015 and now we are ready for broadening the core group and take up more complex challenges. So first development: The core group is being expanded to include:
1. ALL shg coordinators ex officio. This will be based on City wise SHG list.
2. Women must be a part of it: Upasana (link), Mansi (link), Soma (link). Plus any WWS, who is in touch with TISA and active.
3. Amit Kushwaha (link), Hemant Jangid (link), Abhishek Kumar (link) and Dhruv Gupta (link), in recognition of the valuable work they continue to do for SELF-HELP. National Coordinator (NC) may nominate more people from time to time. An up-to-date list of core group members will be available as a tab on top of this blog.

What I see through my lens (pics added)

Hi dear friends,

I am so happy to share some of the pics that i captured recently.
I wanted to share it much ago,but god knows why I missed this place only.

Hope you would like the clicks and let me know your reviews through your comments.

This is where I feel is the right place to share my pics before I show it to anyone else.

please do like my page and invite your friends too

You guys means a lot to me,
kumar kundan photography page

"Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops "

" The mountains are calling and I must go " 

And after the storm,
I run and run as the rains come

" sab changa ae ji,
wahe guru di kirpa ae "

Rainbow after the rain - Bengaluru

,


Our meeting started at 10.30 AM in cubbon park.
Members: Mohit, Sharath, Rueben, Anshuman , Pramod ,Rohit, Akash and myself Nishil.

This meeting was a special one for our firebrand host Sharath. His first organising the SHG
We started off with the introduction round. The bread and butter of our meet getting our worst feared word out sets the stage for upcoming events.

Any Hindi lovers ?

If you have a little time, please read this google doc and leave your comment (like "unclear", "Spelling", "check the sentence" etc.). This will help TISA to finalise the translation of Seven Stories for children who can not read it in English. Many readers in the past have commented - why everything in English on this blog? So this is your chance to contribute. Dead line is June 29th, 2 pm. TISA thanks you sincerely in advance. If you need offline copy or more time, let us know in the comments.

Good video for positive affirmation


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHvAGC9riD8

हकलाहट - भ्रम और सच्चाई (Myths about Stuttering)

भ्रम: हकलाने वाले व्यक्ति बुद्धिमान नहीं होते?
सच: हकलाहट और बुद्धिमानी के बीच कोई संबंध नहीं है।
भ्रम: घबराहट के कारण हकलाहट होती है।
सच: घबराहट के कारण हकलाहट नहीं होती है। यह नहीं माना जा सकता कि हकलाने वाले व्यक्ति घबराए हुए, डरे हुए, चिंतित या शर्मीले होते हैं। इनमें भी दूसरे लोगों की तरह व्यक्तित्व और गुण होते हैं।

भ्रम: हकलाहट किसी की नकल करने या किसी को हकलाते हुए सनने से होती है?
सच: हम किसी की नकल या किसी को हकलाते हुए सुनकर खुद नहीं हकलाना नहीं सीख सकते। कोई भी हकलाहट का साफ कारण नहीं बता सकता, लेकिन ताजा शोध इस बात की ओर इशारा करते हैं कि पारिवारिक इतिहास यानी अनुवांशिक कारण, बचपन का लालन-पालन, परिवार का वातावरण - ये सब हकलाहट में अहम भूमिका निभाते हैं।

भ्रम: बोलने से पहले गहरी सांस लो या बोलने से पहले सोचो - ऐसे निर्देश देने पर हकलाने वाले लोगों को मदद मिलती है?
सच: इस तरह की सलाह से व्यक्ति संकोची हो जाता है और उसे अधिक हकलाहट होने लगती है। हकलाने वाले व्यक्ति के पक्ष में सकारात्मक योगदान के लिए उसे ध्यान से सुनना, नकल न करना, उसे बोलने के लिए पर्याप्त समय देना और खुद अपनी स्पष्ट आवाज में बोलना जरूरी है।

भ्रम: तनाव के कारण हकलाहट होती है?
सच: जैसा बताया गया है कि हकलाहट के लिए कई जटिल कारण जिम्मेदार होते हैं। तनाव कोई कारण नहीं है, लेकिन यह अवश्य कहा जा सकता है कि तनाव हकलाहट को और अधिक बढ़ाता है।

साभार: द स्टटरिंग फाउन्डेशन, अमेरिका
(मूल इंग्लिश पाठ के लिए इस लिंक पर जाएं ) English Text

Stammerers as sales Executive?

Sounds like a wild proposition. But we, the pws, often challenge the limits. Sometime we succeed, sometime we are richer by the experience. But the bottom line is- we will never know, what we are capable of, who we truly are - unless we do not go out and try. THIS knowledge, no therapist, no course can give to us as a gift. We have to earn it ourselves. Here is a wonderful story of human spirit overcoming huge difficulties. You will surely, see yourself in this true account from Africa:
http://www.observer.ug/lifestyle/42-entertainment/38329-stammering-lost-for-words

Sharing a video of a boy who stutters

Click here to watch


BTY this was the video shared by Hrithik Roshan on Twitter.

Jaipur SHG Meeting report

Hello friends
Today we had a fruitful SHG meeting in Jaipur. We were 6 members - Soumya, Chandraprakash, Omjee, Sunil, Abhinav and me (Ravi). Soumya, Chandraprakash and Omjee reached Central Park at exact 2 PM although it was quite hot today. I reached 20 minutes late, Sunil reached 30 minutes late and Abhinav 2 hours late.

Here is the sequence in which we had conducted our meeting,
Introduction
Open discussion on stammering
Answering questions related to stammering
Sunil explained about Vipassana meditation
Practice Vipassana for around 15 minutes
Each member explained 1 speech therapy technique
Phone calling activity
Extempore activity
Joke activity
Inspiration quote sharing activity

Here are some of the pics and link of my video of speech on extempore topic.

https://youtu.be/9WTtS_DTnzQ


Ravi Kant Sharma (PWS)
Jaipur 9461257111

Jaipur SHG meeting invitation

You all are invited to Jaipur SHG Meeting on 21st June.

Timings: 2PM to 5PM

Venue: Central Park, Gate no. 3

For any query contact

Ravi Kant Sharma

9461257111

Delhi SHG Report of 4th Indoor meeting

Delhi SHG Report ......soch rha hu blank chor do.....but chalo choti si report suna hi deta hu....... :) 

                            Meeting again took place in the same venue Natya Ballet Center, CP. First time Dixit Arora was the host with 15 members. Aakash, Dixit, Vishal, Rohit, Manish, Lavish, Shubham, Jagbir, Madhav, Himanshu, Asad, Atul, Asbhishek Shailendra, Jitender and Anjali.

Humare Host : Dixit Arora

Humari Team

aage bhi hai jarur read kariye....

Bangalore SHG Meeting Report: 15 June 2015

I was nice cool Sunday morning, I reached 10 mins late and found that our place(Regular hut) was occupied.  so we had to conduct meeting in another nearby hut. I was good change this new hut was bigger and good change for all of us.

First we all did loud paragraph reading, everyone read one page loudly.
then we thought of sharing out stammering experiences,practices and what is working and what is not working for us.Most of us were doing slow reading and slow speaking practice.For me doing rehearsal before some important event is also helping.Why we stammer less during prepared speech because we had done enough practice before delivering it.
Everyone shared shared their experiences and few incidents which were bothering them.
Last week Akash shared one issue with his colleague and we suggested him to
talk to him 1:1, Akash did same and issue is resolved, he was very happy.
few member are in process of getting married and there was big question that, weather we PWS should
tell upfront that We have some speech problem or should hide it,anyway He/She will come to know
after marriage. Is it cheating not to tell about problem before marriage ?

Ater that we took group photo and concluded the meeting.

Attendee.

Siddharth, Akash, Nishil, Ansuman(new member), Anshuman, Lohith, Jai, Ajay,Sharath,Tapan and Me(Rohit)

National Coordinator

Taking the SHG feedback SERIOUSLY (!), I announce JP as the Asst National Coordinator, who will replace me in 6 months to a year. We all know him, as one of the founders of TISA, of Pune SHG and as someone who has facilitated Communication workshops, NCs etc. etc.. list is long..
I am sure, you also know that in an open community like TISA, it is the SHGs and you as individuals, participants, volunteers - play a much bigger role than National Coordinator! Please continue playing your central and important role. National Coordinator is there to just facilitate flow of information and keep an oversight. Please help JP with that. Dont hesitate to drop him an email, if you have a bright idea or if you are facing some issues.
New readers, who may not know this "wonderful JP" can search/ browse old posts. One of his many posts, I have always enjoyed going back to, is this one. His Interview (part 1, part 2).
(NB: I am not going anywhere btw. No cave in Himalayas for me, I am afraid. But I do need some quiet time.) (Pic: JP getting feedback from a participant!)

2015 : Lessons from SHGs

We did an internal qualitative study of three SHGs – Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore. The objective was to consolidate learning from SHGs and share it back to SHGs, especially new ones. Here are the main lessons:

1. Continuity : Number of participants will NOT keep on growing up since stammering is a variable phenomena and pws do benefit from a variety of factors (besides SHG) in their life. They may participate for 6 months, improve and then move on. Old members get replaced by new ones. Sometime there is a GAP between old members leaving and new ones joining. During this period of discontinuity - organizational skills, structure and processes may get totally lost / disrupted. A new-comer may have to start all over again, from a scratch!

Pune SHG Report June 14, 2015

We had 5 members today: Gaurav, Amol, Sanjeet, Rupesh, and Pankaj. This is Pankaj's second meeting. The meeting started with a round of introduction in which everyone has to give a short introduction including hobbies too.  Pankaj is an engineering student. He loves trekking and horse riding. Next round we had a story telling activity. In which everyone has to speak one line and story will be formed. In next round everyone has to speak about how they are dealing with stammering in daily life. Everyone share their stories how they are dealing. Pankaj  also share his experiences with stammering. At last we had a round in which everyone has to speak about some specific topic Rupesh gave us some knowledge of Banking. I talked about the movie unstoppable. Gaurav talked about Rishikesh. Sanjeet talked about his new project and how he is handling it. Pankaj talked about his trekking experiences of forts near pune .Later we had some random chat and the meeting was over. (Writeup from Amol Karale).

Pune SHG
TISA

Crazy Boys club does it again...

Some of TISA gangsters did it right on a busy intersection; Dh-aniram and Ma-niram- the two Delhi police constables are still looking for them; If you see any of them, report to TISA control room:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yocnc_A3t8

Here is how music (Rap) can get a pws back to his feet... Check it out!
http://www.mtv.com/news/2182430/ed-sheeran-eminem-stutter/

http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/ed-sheerans-emotional-stutter-speech-i-couldnt-express-myself-in-the-right-way-but-being-weird-is-wonderful-293821 

And here is what Dehradun SHG coordinator (Mohit) has been doing all night- writing to editor!

 

Invitation for Jaipur SHG meeting

You are all invited to attend the Jaipur SHG meeting on 14th June, 2015
Venue: Central Park, Gate no. 3
Timings: 1PM to 4PM

For any query you can contact
Ravi Kant Sharma
+91-9461257111

7th June Bangalore

Hello All,
           Last Sunday was great in all cases.
We started by reading in the reverse that is last word first and last letter first.

Mansi told us about her PHD thesis viva. She also described about her experience at a Stammering seminar in Mumbai where Kids along with parents learned about stammering.
Akash shared some challenges he was facing in his workplace and the entire came to his rescuse. Within minutes he was again smiling and felt better after sharing anfd getting valuable suggestions.
He also aksed some tips about remaining motivated and time-management and again the witty and smart Pws pitched in gave nice tips to our hero.

Siddharta told us about cognitive behaviour therapy and how it can be used by maintaining a thought log.

Hari shared about his standard Third incident in his school and we tried best to assuage his emotions.

On a lighter note we conducted Oath-taking ceremony of Mansi and hence forth she will be called Dr. Mansi. Oath-taking was presided over by Dinesh . Mansi vowed to stay loyal to the SHG and say whatever she feels like without hesitation.


Atlast we gorged over Lauki ke Kofte brought by me by courtesy of my Cook Aruna mam.

Attendes:

Dinesh

Anupam 

Rohit 

Hari

Siddharta

Mansi 

Sharad 

Siddha 

Akash 

Anshuman

If you like to learn new technique "DUNKUN" then join Skype call (13/06/5015)

Hello Guys,

A new technique which is Dunkun. It will be demonstrate by Karthik. He learned from Nimhans hospital Bangalore.

Interested people please join the call date is 13/06/2015 (Saturday).

Timing: 10pm to 11pm

Akash Skype ID: akash_super
Vikas Skype ID : vikas.chauhan75

Thanks,
Akash

Special guest Harish

Hello Guys,

First I would like to thanks Harish. He joined the Skype call.
In today's Skype meeting I invited Harish who is from Goa. He is very active member of Tisa and Goa coordinator.

He tell us his full story and how he over come from all that situations. It was really inspiring. And he told about acceptance. How he accept his stammering.
After we had a question and answer round.

If you like to join Skype meeting then please add my or Vikas Skype ID, and send us request.

Timing: 10:00pm to 11:00pm (Indian standard time)

Akash Skype ID : akash_super1
Vikas Skype ID: vikas.chauhan75

Thanks,
Akash

Environment & events can change you!

(Received from Dnyanesh Kenkre, Goa)
I had gone to attend the YOUTH Seminar organized by Shri Ram Chandra Mission Meditation with around 500 people.

It was of 8 days..On the first day they showed one video clip and they told to speak on the topic which was showed on the video.

And it was a choice and no force at all to speak. Generally a person who is so shy....Forget about talking, even to show up his face to public can be a BIG challenge; same for one who speaks only sometimes, that too, only when he is very much forced to, by people.

Delhi SHG 4th Indoor Meeting at Natya Ballet Center on 14th June

Delhi SHG 4th Indoor Meeting cum small workshop 

Timing : 1:45 pm ( sharp) to 5:10 pm ( sharp)
Host : Arora Dixit
Co-Host : Akash Gupta 
Expected Member : 24
New Member : 4
Participants Seats status : full 

Guest Seats availability : 5

Focus : Real Life activities(Interview with real HR of TCS and Wipro) and many more activities) , Techniques foundation, Discussion on new Iceburg research and fun activities.

Important : Discussion after meeting about National Conference 2015-16

Guest member always welcome and don't worry we have a chair for you :) 

for any query ping Arora Dixit ( 9711162629 ) and Vishal Gupta (8447490753)

Thanks,

DELHI SHG TEAM

Friends : Opportunities Galore..!

The legend goes that a mother wanted to help her child who stutters. In her quest, she reached out to many more children who stammer, their parents and also SLPs. And thus, the idea of FRIENDS convention was born.

In 2015, a young man dreamt of replicating the idea of “Friends” in India. The Mumbai self-help group coordinator Dhruv Gupta, who was the one to dare to dream this, also dared to materialize it. And thus, the first Friends convention was held in Mumbai, on 23-24 May in the beautiful campus of Somaiya College.

Dehradun SHG Meet 7th June - Joy of Stammering

This was certainly one of the most exciting meeting till now.One of the 'eminent' personalities of Delhi SHG joined us here- Ashish. We had a 'veteran' from TISA- Sumit. Then there was our 'most entertaining' member of Doon SHG- Dayal. The 'most excited' fella was none other than- Mohit. Let us take you all on the ride of Stammer Express !!

We all decided to meet at the famous Gandhi Park in Dehradun at 5:00 pm. But, as usual, most of the members were late with and exception of Dayal. Dayal was there in a classic Cowboy hat. He was certainly an attraction. Then by 5:30, all the four members were there.

Our first Station was Introduction. We all introduced ourselves turn by turn. We were seated in a circle and the fella who was supposed to introduce himself, was told to stand 5 feet away. This was done one intentionally so that he could speak louder and that too with stammer. Other people saw this and therefore it was in  away a exercise for relieving stress as well.

Then, we discussed about issues like what are the causes of stammer in our respective cases. Fear, loneliness and the dogmas of society were the culprit in our views.

Dayal was interested in reading paragraphs from the book. This was indeed a good idea because this helps us in learning ways of communicating in effective way. Every member read two paragraphs and then summarized the paragraphs in their own language. This way, we tend to focus on what we read and explain rather than how we read.


After all these activities, there comes the 'BAAP' of activities which is none than 'Strangers Talk'. Well all the members were excited enough and the same time trembling with utmost fear. Meanwhile, Mohit forgot his helmet at the Juice stall. He ran there and secured his helmet.

We made two groups of two members each. Dayal and Ashish on on side, Sumit and Mohit in the other. Dayal and Ashish approached three strangers each and discussed about the issues of stammering and our organization TISA.

Let me rewind a little. There is an NGO in Dehradun- Making a Difference by Being the Difference. These guys were celebrating their 4th anniversary by launching a signature campaign for reviving Dehradun's dying streams and at the same time performing a street act. So when we were busy with our activities, they approached us for our support for their cause. We grabbed the opportunity and discussed our issue as well. So this was a kind of symbiotic relationship.

The other group, Sumit and Mohit approached a girl and the head of the organisation MAD. They asked them about their first reaction on seeing a stammerer. Then we discussed about TISA as well. We exchanged numbers and showed an interest in each others cause.


Sumit is a theatre artist as well. And as we discussed earlier, MAD organized a street play. Sumit bagged the role of Corrupt Politician ! He enacted the act very well with amazing communication techniques. He was loud and clear, proper body gestures. And we were certain that theatre is a great way to counter your stammer.

Atlast we clicked pictures of our group. Ashish is missing because he needed to go for some urgent commitment. We pledged to meet again next week for which Dayal will be the host. Till then, Haklao Magar Pyaar Se....

Testimony

Testimony By Kulwindar (Participant of March2015 workshop)

पिछली वर्क शॉप 27 से 29 मार्च तक हुई

मुझे नही पता था की Tisa क्या है
1 PWS ने मुझे पहली बार Tisa word  से रूबरू करवाया
24march को 1 PWS  का message आया :  tisa के grp me add ho.

मैंने सोचा कोई टाइपिंग mistake हो गयी होगी

क्योंकि मैंने तब तक Tisa word पहले कभी नही सुना था
तब उसने मुझे Tisa के बारे में बताया और workshop organisor  का no. दिया

मैने 25 को शाम को Workshop organiser  ko call किया और Tisa and wrk shop के बारे में पता किया

कैसे भी करके में हर्बर्ट पुर पहुँच गया

वो 3 दिन मेरी लाइफ के सबसे ज्यादा stress free थे।
पहले मैं सोचता था की सिर्फ मैं ही हकलाता हूँ।मैंने इतने ज्यादा stammerer पहले नही देखे थे।
तब बहुत ख़ुशी हुई की मैं अकेला नही हूँ जो हकलाता हूं।
वहां sachin sir से मिलके बहुत अच्छा लगा।

पहले मै सोचता था की एक हकला इन्सान ज़िन्दगी में कुछ नही कर सकता ।क्योंकि हम बोल ही नही सकते।हम अपने आप को represent ही नही कर सकते। तो क्या फायदा study करने का ,क्या फायदा मेहनत करने का।

KANPUR SHG AS ON 07.06.2015

Had a fun filled SHG session at Z square mall Yesterday. The meeting was attended by me , Shobhit and Rohit. Did Voluntary Stammering with the salesmen at Reliance Trends. Also chalked out plans and activities for acceptance of our stammering. 

Sir I SSSSSSStammer...

Hello friends
I've been a bit busy for the past few days and many incidents took place with me. Here is one...

2 weeks ago I qualified for SSC-CGL interview for which I went to a coaching for interview preparation. On Saturday I'd my first class and after giving lecture the teacher was telling us about soft-skills and communication skills. Everybody was asking their doubts related to that. I doubt came across my mind about my speech. I straight forward asked the teacher "Sir I SSSSSStammer" and his reaction was "It's not a big issue, My brother-in-law also stammers and to my knowledge it did not have any negative impact during the interview"
Although I knew that but why I told him is because in my school and college days I never had the courage to stand and tell the class that I Stammer. I just want to strengthen my Acceptance.
So guys don't hide, don't hesitate just speak out Loudly......YES I SSSSSSSSTAMMERRRRR.......

All the Best
Ravi Kant Sharma (PWS)
Jaipur +91-9461257111

जाग जाएगी उम्मीद

हाल ही में कलर्स चैनल पर शुरू हुए सीरियल थपकी, प्यार की के बारे में आज दैनिक भास्कर में एक रिव्यू प्रकाशित हुआ है। इसमें यह बताया गया है कि आखिर यह शो क्यों देखा जाए। पढ़ने के लिए लिंक पर जाएं।


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Lucknow Self Help Group Meet- 7th June, 2015

Lucknow SHG invites you for a self-help group meet on Sunday, 7th June, 2015 at 4 p.m.

Let's meet for an evening of heart-to-heart chat over books, coffee and Lucknow culture. And of course, stammering too!

Venue: Lucknow Diaries Cafe, 17/1, Madan Mohan Malviya, Near PK Bhawan, Adjacent to Pat-A-Cake, Hazratganj.

Tanveer
8953283183
talk2tanveer at gmail dot com

Using filler words before the troubled word is dishonesty of me

Sometimes, when my heart would be full of fear....I would use filler words before speaking the troubled word to avoid the anticipated horrible moment of stammering. I think, this praactice is dishonesty. This practice means I am denying that I am a stammerer. Such a practice will simply delay my recovery process.

And, I am well aware that sooner or later, I would need to confront all those horrible moments of stammering because there is no way of skipping these things. Simply, I can't deny the reality that sometimes, stammering is the way to speak for me. Ideally, I should accept this dishonesty as well that I am dishonest sometimes and I shouldn't condemn myself. But, it is not happening. Such a moment of dishonesty makes me feel bad.

My motto- TO SPEAK EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO SPEAK TO ANYONE IN THIS WORLD.

I don't know, when I will achieve this stage.

Experience of Air Force Interview

Hello friends
Last week I went to Dehradun for my AFSB (Air Force Selection Board) interview. My interview was scheduled to be from 25th May. I reached Dehradun the evening before with my father and brothers.

On the morning of 25th I reached MCO at Dehradun Railway station. We were taken to the academy by bus. After giving instructions about the interview our phase 1 of testing started. Phase 1 consists of 2 basic test - psychological test and picture perception and discussion test (PPDT). Psychological test is a basic test of mental ability. After this we were taken to a hall for PPDT. We were shown a blurred picture on which we have to write a story. In the picture I perceived a group of people providing some medical help to the injured. I thought of linking it to the Nepal Earthquake as it is a recent incident that took place. Then we were taken to a testing hall for narration and discussion. My chance was second and as soon the first candidate started his narration my heart beat starting running like bullet train (even more than that...hahahha). But as suggested by Sachin Sir I tried to focus on my breathing and inhale and exhale long breath. This made things easy and when my turn came I started loudly and very soon that bullet train became bullock-cart...hahaha. Then we had a discussion on the story. I spoke thrice. This finished our phase 1 testing.

We then had our lunch. During lunch we were talking about the test. I asked a guy who was in my group about my narration. He told me that my narration was quite good. We started conversation. During the conversion I told him that I stammer and he was shocked at this. He didn't agree to accept it...but happily that is true. Another guy told me that my story was good and unique. While talking to other candidates I came to know that many are from my home city Jaipur. Candidates were eagerly waiting for result although I was quite from inside as my aim was not to get selected and I didn't get selected too. But my motive was to have a learning experience and I think this should be the motive of a PWS.

Ravi Kant Sharma (PWS)
Jaipur +91-9461257111

Theater Chalo!

Hi friends,

Its been almost two years since i started my journey in theatre. Its still a part-time involvement but sometimes it takes more than a full time.

Even though i admit that it has no magical cure for stammering which i actually believed to be when i joined theatre but still it is something incredible!! something that we must try in our life.  Playing some other character in an imaginary situation is so so challenging and the best part is the character changes with the next play. So you keep getting new challenges. Other benefit which i see is helping you improve your level of confidence. The ability to speak up in front of an audience. The other benefit is on your voice, pronunciation- Enunciation - Breathing right way - vocal exercises, all of it together helps you improve your communication. Overall i can say that It cannot really cure stammering but its not the only thing bothering you, more you are in the moment when you are acting, you will see it fading away eventually...

About the play;
This time my role is of an antagonist. Do come watch me perform. Its just after your office timings. The play is in Hindi and titled as "Shagaaf". Here is the overall detail of tomorrow's event:

Saarthak Productions presents:

Tales Of Existence - A Collection Of 2 One Act Plays in Hindi & English

 

The plays to be performed are Shagaaf and Outside of which the synopsis are as below.

SHAGAAF

Written and Directed by Deevas Gupta

Language: Hindi

"Shagaaf" is a play about one's struggle with inner desires and demons. The protagonist is suffering from a psychological disorder where he is in a state of constant paranoia and is unable to trust even his near ones. He has created an imaginary persona of himself and tries to resolve his own fears and illusions through it. It's an exploration into the basic questions of life, where the answers lies within.

OUTSIDE

Written and directed by Shaurya Singh

Language: English

“Outside” is a one act play in the genre of Theatre of the Absurd. It explores the human condition of being trapped. Outside tells the story of five people - Jim, Tina, Samuel, Claire and Edgar who find themselves in an unknown place and have to find out why they are there and if there is a way out. Will they make it out? Or are they doomed to be stuck forever?

DETAILS

Each play will be 40-50 minutes each. Total duration of the show will be around 1 hr 45 minutes. This will also include a 10 minutes break after the first One Act.

Children below 16 years of age are not allowed.

Date:     3rd June, 2015

Venue:  Rangashankara, 36/2, 8th Cross, 2nd Phase, J P Nagar, Bangalore 560078

Time:    7:30 PM

Tickets can be booked at:

http://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/tales-of-existence-a-collection-of-2-one-act-plays/ET00030962

https://in.explara.com/e/saarthak-presents-tales-of-existence--a-collection-of-2-one-act-plays

Regards,

Animesh

Going against the mind!!

Some days you stammer more than usual and your mind would ask you speak less. Your mind would tell you- Look man, today you are stammering like hell. You are making craziest faces every time you go into a block. Every time you are trying to win over these blocks, they beat you like anything making your ass swollen red like a monkey's bum. So, don't you have the common sense. For today, you are going to speak as less as possible. Every thing will be fine by tomorrow and then you can speak as much as you want. 

And, in most of the cases, we obliged.

But, can we do next time a little different. Next time, when you have a bad day in terms of speech, BE OUTSPOKEN. Wear the mask of an OUTSPOKEN man forcefully. Keep on talking. Make all those crazy faces. make all those failed attempts of speech. And...and....ACCEPT THOSE CRAZY FACES AND THOSE FAILED ATTEMPTS OF SPEECH WHEN YOU JUST CAN'T GET THE WORDS OUT OF YOUR BLOODY MOUTH. That can be the moment of TRUE ACCEPTANCE. 

Sunday.10 am. Sharp !

Ceiling.Happy.Sad.Badminton.Seven.Meeting.SHG.Sunday.Travel.Lunch.Play.Masti.Sleep.Ten.

Well , to solve your doubts , this isnt a class 4 child writing its handwriting homework but these are the disorganised thoughts that flash in my scattered mind on every Sunday morning !!

Every day is an ‘ok ok’ day for me but I wake up on Sunday with full enthusiasm. REASON - You all know it’s the meetup day with our folks of SHG.

 Sunday sharp 10 am , Cubbon park !  ...... Now I know , Dinesh might exclaim WHAT! HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON TIME TO SHG !!. Well , let me not worry about answering that now !

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This Sunday , as usual I played badminton with my friends but dear(?!) Akash and Nishil didn’t turn up although they had promised to do so. After playing for an hour , I left for the meeting and I could see only 3 groups of 2 people speaking with themselves in our usual spot.

Just think ,... everytime I come to shg , there is a group of 10-15 people sitting in a circle. But I was surprised and taken aback to see 3 groups of 2 people standing far away from each other and speaking to themselves for a long time. Anyone would think there is something amiss.


But later i got to know that it was the "Introduce the other person " round. This is where one person would introduce another person, unlike everytime , where we introduce ourselves !

So , Akash and Rohit went first, then Nishil and lohith introduced each other. Dinesh and reuben introduction gave us some startling truths( about our dear dinesh). Then it was my turn and I was given the job of introducing Pramod ( He missed the SHG on that day ) . After this , since Tapan joined us all last , he told us the things he knows about everyone in the group.

Takeaways from this round ! 
1) We learn more about the other person.
2) We learn to introduce others and give some more work to our brain.
3) Surprisingly , some of us introduced others better than the way they would introduce themselves !! ;)


Then the next round was a new one rather than the usual table topics , speech etc. We were told to make back to back ( to back ... ) calls to someone enquiring anything of our choice and getting the best rates out of them.

Just dial came to our rescue and after we enquired about one thing , calls started pouring on our mobiles. One of the group member got so fed up that he didn’t even stop to ask their names and was jumping to get the quotes. ( Sorry for the over-exaggeration )

Some enquired about hotel buffet rates , some hotel lodging rates and others the car of our choice. We spoke continuously for half an hour or more ,that people walking through the park got surprised seeing 8 people speaking at a time on phone. (... facing different directions and highly engrossed in talk ). It was a sight to watch !

Later we spoke about what we enquired about , what their response was and what was the least quote we could get. Finally it was a good experience and a lesson on how to save money by negotiating.
Thinking about that now , I feel that it was ‘Father’ Dinesh’s trick to get us thinking about quotes and to forget stammering. We were so involved in asking prices and speaking to different people that i don’t think anyone cared if they  stuttered or not. 

Yes , isnt it everyones experience that when we are engrossed in something , we forget everything including "the s t a m m e r i n g "

After meet: Five of us went for lunch in a nearby hotel , occasion being AKASHs birthday. We also visited nearby Gurudwara.


PS : I am still getting calls to come and test drive Mahindra e2o electric car, thanks to SHG .  :D

Delhi SHG 2nd Indoor Meeting Report

Meeting was awesome there were 18 member Amit, Aakash, Aakashdeep, Ashish, Abhishek, Abhay, Dixit, Lavish, Manish, Madhav, Lavish, Premdeep Rohit, Shailendra, Sumit, Shubham, Vivek, Vishal.

Facilitator : Vishal & Rohit

Evaluater Team : Amit dixit, Akashdeep and Jagbir Singh

Time Keeper : Dixit

Photographer : Ashish & Jagbir

It was nice meeting with completely structured way and Everyone has done a great job with all the activities.  

Venue was awesome hopefully we shall have again meeting there. 

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New experiment in Indian Television - थपकी ... प्यार की

हाल ही में कलर्स टीवी पर एक नया शो थपकी ... प्यार की शुरू हुआ है। थपकी इस शो का केन्द्रीय पात्र है। इस सीरियल थपकी का निर्माण एमओएल प्रोडक्शंस द्वारा किया जा रहा है।

यह सीरियल कलर्स चैनल पर सोमवार से शनिवार तक शाम 7 बजे प्रसारित हो रहा है। सीरियल में टीवाी कलाकार जिज्ञासा सिंह, शक्ति सिंह, जया भट्टाचार्य, शिवानी तोमर, पूजा साहू आदि प्रमुख किरदारों में हैं। यह सीरियल एक ऐसी लड़की की यात्रा है जो महत्वाकांक्षी और धुन की पक्की है। वो अपनी ताकत को जानती है और उसे पूरा भरोसा है कि वह अपने मजबूत इरादों के दम पर दुनिया का सामना कर पाएगी।