News@Hyderabad chapter on 27 March

Hello all,
   We were around 7 people for the meetup
Eshwar,Govind,Surya,Ramu,Shiva Sai,Shiva Reddy,Anjaneyulu. As me and Surya entered the park we found Eshwar and Govind, who are waiting for other people. We found a cool place and were about start the meeting mean while Shiva Sai,Shiva Reddy and Anjaneyulu had joined us.                    

Patna Bihar SHG Meeting Report 27 March

Hello Guys,

This is Mohit kumar reporting from Patna, Bihar SHG. We were three members- Me, Krishna and Prashant. The meeting venue is Gandhi Maidan at 4PM. Were were right on time. We started our meeting with the formal introduction to each other.

The following activities we performed-

• Breathing exercises
• Talking with slow speech
• Debate on various issues like politics, vijay mallaya, present situation of india etc.

हकलाने वाले लोगों से कैसे बातचीत करें?

मलयालम हास्य फिल्म Su.. Su... Sudhi Vathmeekam में एक रोचक दृश्य है. मुख्य अभिनेता सुधी एक दुकान में जाकर अंडा (मलयालम में कोझीमुट्टा) खरीदने की कोशिश करता है, लेकिन अंत में गोभी लेना पड़ता है. यह दृश्य हकलाने वाले व्यक्तिओं की समस्याओं को अच्छी तरह से दर्शकों को परिचित करवाता है. दृश्य में दुकानदार जल्दी में है, और कहता है कि तुम क्या चाहते हो? अभिनेता बोलने के लिए बहुत संघर्ष करता है, तभी उसके पास खड़ी महिला हंसने लगती है. वह फिर से बोलने की भरसक कोशिश करता है और अब दुकानदार अपनी बेचैनी दिखता है. सुधी इतने सारे प्रयासों के बाद भी “कोझीमुट्टा” नहीं बोल पाता. आखिर में दुकानदार सुधी की मदद करने का फैसला करता है. और कहता है- क्या तुम गोभी मांग रहे हो? सुधी सोचता है की अब बहुत हो गया और गोभी खरीद लेता है. 

Delhi SHG Meeting Report of 27 March 2016

Deal All TISA Members and Fellow Readers

Delhi SHG Meeting on 27 March 2016

General Details

The meeting was held at Jantar Mantar in midst of sunny environment with cool shade. The meeting started at 11:30 am (Although the Host Dixit was on time at 11 am). The meeting was attended by Dixit, Vikas, Anshul, Suraj, Atul and Shailender.

Activities

1. Introduction Round

The meeting started with introduction round where everybody gave their introductions. Vikas and Dixit used a new technique of telling about what happened in the past week along with their normal introduction.

2. Impromtu Speaking

After Introduction round, we moved to Impromtu Speaking or Table Topic session where each participant has to speak between 2 to 3 mins on topic given to him by fellow participants. The host gave introduction of every speaker with a very good use of pure Hindi. The topics varied from E-commerce industry, MNC Culture, Virat- Anushka Chemistry, to getting married to a mermaid. Everybody speak very well especially Atul for his body language, Vikas for his humor, Dixit for his on the spot thinknig, Suraj for being too much logical, Anshul for confidence and Shailender for being easy on stage.

Bangalore SHG meeting Report(27-Mar-2016)

The meeting which was scheduled to start at 10 AM but as it is in our genes, we started at 10.15 a.m .There was a good turnout of people. The strength was about around 14- 15. 
The meeting started with the extempore session . I was the table topic master. People were to speak on some thoughtful and interesting topics like "Stitch in time saves nine", "Travelling the world", etc . 
After that the people who came late for the meeting were asked to dance as a part of punishment on a lighter note. Nandu showed some really class dancing moves whereas all others were just following him.

TISA Hyderabad Chapter meeting on 27th March 2016

Hello Friends, You are welcome to THE INDIAN STAMMERING ASSOCIATION Self Help Group meetings.These meetings will make you know what stammering is about and how we can control our speech patterns in day to day life.Here We Stammer at Ease.It is proved that if we stammer with easiness then stammering can be dissolved from speech.We use many techniques which could help us in clearing blocks in speech.

Here we list our challenges and conquer them in group tasks, So you wanna conquer challenges and taste the confidence ? Tomorrows main agenda is voluntary stuttering.

News happened in TISA Hyderabad chapter on 20th March, 2016

Meeting report by Ramu, We are 11 members for the meetup. Our main agenda was Voluntary Stuttering in a shopping mall.

    We had 3 more new faces VAMSI,SHIVA SAI,NITHISH in the meeting. Along with them RAJESH,CHINNI NAIK,GANESH,BHASKAR, RAMU,RAMMOHAN were also joined.
    A brief explanation about the causes of stammering, myths of stammering, how can it be controlled was given by Rajesh for the sake of new people. After that we went with a formal introduction round and then  we discussed about breathing exercises and done for few minutes. And then we went for exciting activity voluntary stammering. To do that activity we went to the near by mall. A small demo was given by Rajesh for all members and then we divided into  two groups and went to different stores. After doing for

Patna Bihar SHG Meeting Report 20 March

Hello friends,

The meeting was as per the schedule. We met at Barik Ground, Danapur right at 4.30 pm. There were total 4 members Amitabh, Mohit, Suraj and Prashant (new member). The weather was a slight hot, but it botched by our passion of SHG meet

The meeting began with an Introduction round, where we all introduce ourselves with an experience of stammering being affected our lives. Prashant is a new guy so we focused more on him. He is presently preparing for the competitive exams. He is a shayri love guy and presented some deep and great shayri related to politics and happiness. We also thanked him with a loud round of a clause. 

Delhi SHG meeting report of 20th March ( in hindi )

नमस्कार सबका,

मै विशाल गुप्ता, दिल्ली स्वयं सहायता समूह का सदस्य, 

इस बार हम १२ सदस्य थे मीटिंग में, हमने सेंट्रल पार्क दिल्ली में  अपनी मीटिंग करी, जैसे की अब गर्मी आ चुकी है लेकिन फिर भी हमने एक छावनी वाली जगह चुनी और अपनी मीटिंग को शुरू किया.

इस बार हमारे  सह-होस्ट  दक्ष कपूर थे, जिन्होंने बखूबी अपने हुनर को परिचय दिया, मीटिंग एक नए सिरे से शुरू हुई  

मेरा नाम  वि-वि-वि-विशाल है क्युकी अदिखतर आपने देखा होगा की हमे अपना नाम बोलने में बहुत fear  होता है  - इस खूबसूरत एक्टिविटी को दक्ष ने करवाया इसके तत्पश्चात हमने इंट्रोडक्शन राउंड रखा जो थोड़ा हटकर था क्युकी इस बार आपको अपने आप को इनत्रोदुस नही करना था बल्कि आपको अपने गुड़ व अवगुंड को बताना था इसका मतलब हकलाने के साथ साथ आपको अपने आप को भी स्वीकार करना था

Bangalore SHG Meeting:March 20th, 2016

It was yet another sunny Sunday morning at Cubbon Park... Dinesh Sir as usual arrived well before 10 a.m, was waiting for everyone to join. In the mean time until our delegates arrived the early birds gathered close to the small hut over the damp grass and had a reading session of the book “The Power Of Now”-Eckhart Tolle.

The introduction round rolled out next. Dinesh, Sairam, Pramod, Bharath, Manoj, Mohit, Mansi, Prathiba, Me(Janani), along with the first timers Sunny,Janardhan and Nandu joined in for the meet.

Up next we shared our views on ‘How stuttering has taken a toll on our lives and the various techniques we use to get through the relapse phase’. The newbie’s had a lot to share about their stuttering and their expectations from the SHG. Also we had contradictory opinions on how to overcome relapse.. Some people preferred psychological methods like self acceptance and spiritual techniques, while few others preferred physical activities like exercising and breathing techniques. Both the methods are equally special in their own way and it depends on how a person takes it.

The group somehow felt that the activities conducted in the past few months were monotonous and hence everyone were asked to propose their ideas for a structured agenda for the next SHG meet.
It was decided that every week a new person takes the responsibility of coordinating the meet. A list of activities was prepared for the next SHG meet. It was more like corporatizing the SHG meet, where it was decided that everyone has to take part in all the activities proposed.. be it prepared speech, GD, extempore, skit.., and everyone will be evaluated based on their performance..

It is quite a tedious task for anyone to wake up on a Sunday morning and make it to the SHG, but at the end of the day I feel that the day is worth spent. I have been a part of TISA SHG Bangalore for a month now and I’ve learnt that it’s not just fluency in your speech that matters, it is self acceptance of being a PWS that matters the most. I used to stutter, I stutter and I will continue to do so.. but I have learnt to accept and respect myself for who I am. Once you have accepted yourself for who you are..there is nothing in this world that can stop you from achieving wonders.

Janani

अभी तो मैं चलना सीख रहा हूं।

Mumbai SHG Meet 20 th March 2016

 
I was witnessing number of attendants of shg meeting falling down, it mad me worried about mumbai shg meetings. So i decided to go for a meeting myself and to understand why number of attendants were falling down. On 13th march sunday i went to our regular shg meetings. There were 4 attendants including me. I asked our host about the cause of low attendance. He made me realize that it was getting difficult and enervating for 2 to 3 persons to handle shg meetings as they were busy in their own lives and were waiting for attendants to take the responsibilities. Our host gaurav and rest of the attendants started to think about how can we improve strength of our shg. Solution was simple and straightforward attendants and even other members of shg should share a responsibility and make the things smoother and simpler. So i decided i will contribute toward mumbai shg. Gaurav encouraged me to become the next shg meeting's host. He also made me realize about the responsibilities of a host as every attendant would be coming to meeting has kept some hours aside for attending a meeting.

I was now a host of next shg meeting which was on 20^th march. I had three objectives in front of me. Increasing the strength of shg, making shg meet funny which could make attendants feel relaxed and forget about their daily struggle with stammering and to tighten bonds between attendants.

I planned activities accordingly. On 20^th march. This time there were total 9 attendants First activity was monty python's skit ( I want to report a burglary  ). It was a comedy skit. I just got its dialogues printed and divided attendants into 2 groups accordingly to perform a skit. Which was one of the funny activities we had on 20^th march.

Next activity was a little different. I had heard of some speech or listening disorders like some people can listen to only higher pitch voices others only lower some can listen to only slower speed voices others only fast ones. I added one more imaginary disorder to the list where person can listen to other only if the other guy stammers. I divided those disorders into 5 numbers (1 to 5 each). Then I asked attendants to choose from these 5 numbers and act as if they are having those corresponding listening disorders. With attendants suggestions activity was modified. Then we started passing message across each other. Attendant needed to convey his or her message to other person by guessing which listening disorder other person is having. In other words attendant needed to do some variations in his or her voice in order to convey a message to other person. No one except person itself knew which listening disorder he or she is having.

After this we started sharing rare knowledge that each of us has. After this we had an activity where we formed pairs and sheet having 30 questions was passed on to each attendant. Attendants could choose to ask questions out of this question set or from question set to their partner. Those 30 questions were framed in order to make the friendship bond between conversing persons stronger. Last activity was a memory game which was suggested by one of the attendants 'shrinivas' which made this shg meet more enjoyable and funny.

Each and every activity that was planned on 20^th march had helped us to achieve those 3 objectives in one or the other way.

If attendants start to take a responsibility and realize that hosting could hone their leadership and communication skills as well. It could help them and shg meets as well.

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Delhi SHG Meeting Report of 13th March

This week Shg meeting was grand success. The best part was that nobody was in hurry and gave their full participation to the last minute. Meeting was hosted by one of the most jovial member of our group- Amit dixit, assisted by Devapreeta. 

A Therapy Called "Courage"

Zubin delivering a speech in one of the Goa SHG meets

Zubin is a young PWS from Goa, works in Chennai. Though he is not in Goa, he makes it a point to stay in touch with the Goa SHG through the electronic means. He inspires everyone with his courage. I would like to share this post that he recently shared with us on Whatsapp...

Are the present SHG therapy effective to the modern day challenges

Enough has been written, said and talked about stammering,so I would chose to skip that with regards to stammering and how it affects us in worst possible ways.
However its very important to note that,that since Communication is something we chose to do about

Bangalore SHG 13th March '16 : Friends forever and not mere survivors

Today was an exceptional meeting in Bangalore for TISA . It was lager than life and much larger than just stammering per se . It was no longer a bunch of people who had issues in expressing but
a gang of friends who were all out pore their hearts out and live for the day. There was such infectious environment of sharing and support that for a moment it seemed that we were in a happiness or a lifestyle workshop rather than being in a Stammering support group.

I would like for represent the report in a different manner like with some poetry  and bottom approach .

News@ Hyderabad chapter on 13-03-2016:



   Meeting held at Jalagam Vengal  rao park. We were 12 people, Chinni naik, Eshwar, Ramu, Surya, Narasimha, Ramchander, Hanmanth Reddy, Arjun Singh, Sandeep, Shiva Reddy, Asif, Rammohan for today's meet up.
                 We started the meeting with a inquiry activity where each us were inquired on whether they are practicing activities on daily basis or not,If yes which kind of activities and their results. Then it followed by meditation round for 5 minutes.

Delhi SHG Meeting at Central Park on 13th March

Delhi SHG Meeting #2016

Host : Amit & Devapreeta
Date : 13th March
Timing : 11:30 am (Sharp)
Venue : Cental Park, Infront of Rajiv Chowk Metro station gate no 6

for any query call me @  9654176670(amit dixit) or mail me at vishal.gupta67@gmail.com.

Note : There is no fees for joining meeting so feel free to come and start becoming your own self therapist.

Agenda : 

Invitation for Tisa Hyderabad Chapter Meeting on 13 March

Invitation for Tisa Hyderabad Chapter Meeting on 13 March

Hello Friends, You are welcome to THE INDIAN STAMMERING ASSOCIATION Self Help Group meetings.These meetings will make you know what stammering is about and how we can control our speech patterns in day to day life.Here We Stammer at Ease.It is proved that if we stammer with easiness then stammering can be dissolved from speech.We use many techniques which help us in clearing blocks in speech.

Here we list our challenges and conquer them in group tasks, So you wanna conquer challenges? Then come on !
We have new job roles in TISA Hyderabad :)
To make all members feel more responsible we started the roles below and thought to hold the role for 2 months and then we shuffle the roles.
1) Time Management Head Coordinator - Manikumar
2) Public Relation Head Coordinator - Teja
3) Creative Head Coordinator - Ramu
4) Inspirational Head Coordinator - Fahad
5) Prepared Speeches Head Coordinator - Arun
6) Reporting Media Head Coordinator - Santhosh
7) Quality Check Head Coordinator - Mauzzam
Members who were absent last week will be assigned roles this week :)

 Few Activities in Meetings are:
1. Meditation
2. Breathing exercises and Techniques practicing.
3. Formal Introduction of participants in a comfortable phase.
4. Anxiety Control Round
5. Prepared Speeches
6. Fun Activities like Jokes Narration, Extempore, Crazy Questions, Loud speaking, Group Discussion, Role plays and many more.

Venue and Timings:
Sunday - 9:00 AM till 01:00 PM
Jalagam Vengal Rao Park, Banjara Hills Road no-1, Hyderabad.

Together We Step Up :) Together We Succeed :)
Contact below members for further details.
Rajesh 96 76 82 0007    email id: rajesh.jaca"at"gmail"dot"com
Ramesh 9885112812     email id: rameshbabu_123@yahoo.com
Ramu   8143344240       email id: hyd.rams93"at"gmail"dot"com
Vijay     9985650423       email id:  nvijaybabu1@gmail.com

News@ Hyderabad chapter on 06-03-2016

   We were around 12 people this time.We got two more new faces, Sandeep and Makesh in the group. We enquired new people about their stammering history,cause and experiences,after giving a short and brief introduction about TISA for the sake of new people and then we went for introduction round. It followed by reading activity by using bouncing technique. Then a inspiring speech was given by Mr. Prasad.After that we split the group into groups and had roleplay round. At 1:00pm we signed off..

   

I am not able to find improvement ? Tell me how I can see the improvement ? Please

I have been doing practice since long time... I try everything...I do bouncing, I do slow rate of speaking, I do prolongation and somehow I am accepting myself but still when situation comes in my way, I feel less confident and eventually I am not able to use the technique and on other hand, if i am able to speak then also I don't find such changes or improvement.

Answer : Its not a new things first of all, so take a deep breathe and "Jhat se acha feel karo"

How to observe an improvement : Few days back, I was talking to my Delhi SHG fellow member, and he asked the same question, "sir, most of time, when I go through in situation and after implementing things, I  find myself in a way where I can't able to feel Good, worthy or satisfied.

Best use of my time?

Today, Dayal, a young friend, came over to Herbertpur and we went for some khana peena at -mind you- Divine Restaurant! Yes, that is the name of this nice little eating place near my home. Just opened up. He asked me: Should I continue my one hour practice? He was talking about his one hour slow reading practice at home.

After finishing the Chicken pulao, I said: You will benefit a lot more by talking to strangers every day, even if you do it just for five minutes. But these strangers must be tough kind of people to talk to. Everyday talking to a new vegetable seller will not help!

We both laughed. Then, I said: And someday you must talk to your boss, or the girl you have been looking at with great interest. Right? And right now, why dont you thank these people sitting at the reception for the great food?

Dayal was game and he took up the challenge very well- good eye contact, smile, relaxed bouncing... After all these years, I dont know whether stammerers are really more intelligent than others- or not. But I know one thing: You have got to be truly intelligent to step out of stammering mindset. Because this mindset, like a Rootkit virus- knows a billion ways of stopping you, deflecting you, from doing what really helps: conquering your fears. You could continue reading aloud year after year, without ever confronting these deep hidden fears..  If you have made up your mind to deal with these fears, once for all, come to Delhi for 2nd and 3rd April, for Inami Dangal..
(PS: Sorry for the poor AV sync of the video above)

How to interact with people with stammering

There is a scene in Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam where the protagonist is trying to buy egg (Kozhimutta in Malayalam), but ends up in buying cauliflower. This scene is a very good representation of the problems faced by stammerers. The shopkeeper is in a hurry and asks him what he wants. He struggles and a lady standing near him laughs. He struggles again and the shopkeeper shows his impatience. This compounds his problems and it becomes almost impossible for him to say Kozhimutta. In the end the shopkeeper decides to help him by completing his word and asks him whether he is asking for cauliflower. He thinks enough is enough and decides to buy cauliflower!

If you are thinking what all need to be taken care of while interacting with a stammerer, this scene gives details of what all should not be done! Recently I read somewhere that a person, who is dumb, is usually treated with much dignity, but a less severe problem of stammering, in comparison with dumbness, is usually ridiculed. Most of the time the people who laugh at stammerers do not understand how much it affects the self esteem of the person. He is struggling to convey his thoughts and when he faces these situations he goes into a shell and dreads facing the world. Please give them the same respect that you give others.
 

Please be patient while interacting with a stammerer. Please listen to him and maintain normal eye contact. Do not allow your expressions, words or acts convey the message that you are becoming impatient. Let him take his own time, but never advise him to slow down or take a deep breath. All these will only aggravate the situation. If the situation becomes friendly, he also will become relaxed and speak better.
 

In some cases you might get a feeling that you should help the stammerer by completing his words or sentences. Please don’t do that. It will give him a feeling that he failed in conveying his ideas and will affect his confidence. Let him finish the sentence and if you couldn’t understand what he told, please ask him to repeat. It is much better than supplying words. In some cases, in order to escape from the situation, he might accept the word supplied by you, even if it was not what he meant! That is exactly what happened in this scene. The shopkeeper was impatient and he decidied to buy whatever he suggested.

 

Please treat stammering just like any other disability. Please give them some space. They will also become comfortable with the situations and lead a normal and dignified life

(Originally posted at http://sudheendranavittathur.blogspot.in/2016/03/how-to-interact-with-people-with.html)

हम दूसरों की नक़ल क्यों करें?

प्रसिद्ध दार्शनिक बर्नार्ड रसेल ने एक खूबसूरत बात कही है – “कई लोग नाकाम होते हैं, क्योंकि वे दूसरों की नक़ल करते हैं, जबकि जिंदगी की परीक्षा में हर व्यक्ति को अलग प्रश्न पत्र मिलता है.”

आज हम लोग दूसरों की नक़ल करने की दौड़ में काफी आगे निकलते जा रहे हैं, खुद को भुलाकर. जब बात हकलाहट की करें तो हमारे सामने सिर्फ एक ही ख्वाहिश, एक सपना होता है – दूसरों की तरह धाराप्रवाह बोलने का कौशल हासिल करना.

Patna Bihar SHG Meeting Report 6 March

Hello Everyone,

There is another meeting happened in Patna. We were three members- Me, Suraj and Virendra (new member). We were right on time and meeting started at right 4.30pm. As virendra was a new member, so me and suraj explained about TISA and its meeting over every state. 

Virendra was married person but was very low due to stammering issues which he faced in life. Suraj has taught some basic rule of life, such as life is inside you, not outside. We are so blessed that we have such a beautiful life. Instead of feeling happy, we always blame our stammering for the misery. Everyone has got some problem, but it depends on us how much we can give power to that problem. 

Such lessons gave virendra a rays of hope. He also visited Aamer to roopsingh rathore for the speech therapy and invested about Rs 30000 but the result was zero. We can’t blame such therapist as they have a some big degree and they teach what he feel is good. Virendra understand that its our duty and we should take personal responsibility of our life.

We have given him three basic rule-

• Accept you are a stammer.
• Ignore what other people say and thinks.
• Face your fear which is very important to manage your stammering
• Be happy and often smile.

Virendra was quite happy meeting us and vow us to remain continue with the next meeting. We were dispersed  by taking some awesome pics.

Thank you TISA for this platform and thanks to all for reading.

Haklahat ko lekar badalti soch....

Hello mere pyare bhaiyo. .aapko ek vaakya batata hu jo mere sath hua 4,5 din pehle mere ghar plumber ka kaam chal raha tha or wo plumber jis worker ko mere ghar kaam pe laga k gaya tha wo bhai haklata tha to usey bhaiyo kaam ki thodi samaj nahi thi wo thodi thodi der baad jata plumber ko bula k laata to maine uas plumber ko bola apne worker ko ek ph lede tujhse kuch puchna ho to puch lega aage se wo plumber haste hue bolta ki bhaiya kya karega ye ph lekar ias say bola to jata nahi phir kya tha dosto mere ander ka hakla bhi jaag gaya maine kaha bhai main haklata hu main atak atak k bolta hu or hazaaro bande haklate h to kya iska matlab ye hua hum haklane wale apne paas ph he na rakhe tum log haklane walo ko pagal samajte ho kya to bhai logo wo plumber ki bolti band ho gayi sharminda sa ho k bolta nhi nhi aisi koi baat nhi h bhut bande haklate h main to majak kar tha ye wo matlab usko koi jawab nahi aaya..par dosto mujhe maja aa gaya uska muh band karke..dhanyawad

Posted by : Sandeep Raja
                     9891884542

Zubaan..

Guys, read this interview, to understand the personal connection..
Let us make a good movie on stammering, a big success too, by watching it in theater- may be as a group- wherever we can...
If you have seen it, please write a review here..
http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/I-Still-Stammer-When-I-Speak-Sometimes/2016/03/03/article3306978.ece

And check this too:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-practicing-yoga-helps-with-my-stutter_b_9332208.html?section=india

Patna, Bihar SHG Meeting Invitation 6 March 2016

Hi Guys,

Over a long time, the Patna SHG meeting is going to schedule. We really missed the SHG meeting, due to time problem we are unable to schedule it.

The meeting will be held at Eco park at around 4pm. So interested people can join us for the same.

There are also a couple of our stammer friends is going to join us. So it will be an awesome meeting with lots of fun, talking and exercises. Our agenda will be decided on the spot.

If you have any query about reaching the venue, do call us on-

Suraj- Surajcdeo85@gmail.com, 09835017356

Mohit- Mohit04298@gmail.com, 07277478087

अनुवाद : अचानक बुरे दौर की वापसी...

मैं पिछले 6-7 महीनों से तीसा के एक स्वयं सहायता समूह का सदस्य था. बैंगलोर के स्वयं सहायता समूह में मुझे अपने बोलने की छमता को और अधिक निखारने का मौका मिला, जिसके बारे में कभी कल्पना भी नहीं किया था. दिसंबर 2016 में जीवन का पहला भाषण देने का सौभाग्य प्राप्त हुआ. लगभग 20 लोगों के सामने एक कविता पाठ करते हुए मैं आत्मविशवास से भर उठा. (एक बार इस कविता के लिए मुझे प्रथम पुरस्कार मिला था.) बैठक के दौरान आत्मविश्वास के साथ प्रशन किया और पूछे गए सवालों का जवाब दिया. कुछ समय बाद इतनी सारी अच्छी चीजों के बाद भी ऐसा लगा की सब कुछ ख़त्म हो गया. मैं पहले की स्थिति में दोबारा आ गया, जब मैं खूब हकलाता था.

DELHI GRAND SHG MEETING  28 - FEBRUARY - 2016

The Delhi SHG has constantly been aiming to better itself and introduce new and innovative activities. It recently organized a ‘Grand SHG’. Members from outside Delhi were also encouraged to attend it.  Ravi Jagga, our IT guru, managed to promote the event well and in the process got confirmations from about 4-5 new members. However, only one new member turned up. The total attendance was about 25.

The meeting was hosted by me, Maadhav Anand Kumar, and Vikas Ranga. The meeting began with a rousing speech by Vikas which inspired people and had them in splits. His speech had elements that every stutterer could instantly relate too and his activist-like tone gave it a humorous quality. We had earlier thought of focussing the meeting on the new members and making it like an introduction to TISA and what we do here. But because of the conditions ( only 1 new member being present) we had to think on our feet and make adjustments. Luckily we had Lalit Sir, Sikander Sir and Mohammed Tahir amongst us. We hosted a Q and A session with them, where all those present could ask any questions they wished to them.  We also got hear the personal stories of each of these members about what challenges they faced and what helped them change.. We also had sessions where we took feedback from people about the SHG meetings and their experience about the communication workshops. This was especially beneficial for those who are relatively new in our SHG.

Our group meeting caught the attention of outsiders as well. While some just gazed at us curiously, there was one person who wished to be a part of the meeting. He said he saw a group of people sharing their experiences and feelings openly and this is what attracted him. It was only later when we told him ourselves that he realised we were all stammerers! He listened intently and was enjoying himself.

We broke for lunch at about 2:15. Though we had planned to assemble back by 2:45, only about half had returned by 3:00. They played a game that Sachin sir had taught us and got to hear more stories from Lalit sir and left. Connaught Place is a expensive place for roti sabzi eaters, So other group to find good food options walk upto very far as most are sick they only want roti sabzi and upto 04 PM other group reached and other group do activities in Central Park upto 05:15 PM like experience sharing etc and also we arranged home tea also which we all enjoyed specially Amit Dixit ji after food in Central Park couple of times. Even when other group reached Central Park at 04 PM the main gate is too far so we all tried jumping 5 feet iron sharp fencing. Starting maximum denied to jumped but when one jumped then all other jumped one by one.

Maadhav