Showing posts with label Humor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Humor. Show all posts

March 16, 2014

Holi Greetings!

TISA wishes Holi greetings to everyone! We hope and pray that we become a community of IPWS who are willing to learn from each other, who are excited to share what has worked for us and who are open to diveristy of opinions, view points and life-experinces. I share some interesting news items from around the world and finally. also a humor piece written by me for Himalayan Desk as a "Holi special".. Enjoy!
http://www.philly.com/philly/health/topics/HealthDay685685_20140314_Do_Job_Hunters_Who_Stutter_Face_Bias_.html

http://www.west-info.eu/stammer-a-source-of-discrimination-at-work/

http://www.wbtv.com/story/24947706/good-news-the-courage-to-speak

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2014/mar/15/groups-offer-support-for-those-who-stutter/

http://www.insidenova.com/news/fairfax/rep-wolf-asks-for-support-of-those-who-stutter/article_28d14428-244e-569b-8f91-8574d9a9a9bc.html

http://himalayandesk.wordpress.com/2014/03/16/ramnarayan-a-country-philosopher/

Bura na mano Holi hai...

April 23, 2013

Some more fun..

Ishan shares a funny moment... Pramendra and Amit do an interesting role play- sharing the funny problems of real life situations. BTW, TISA does not operate any airlines.. not yet!
I wish I could have spent more time in one to one counselling sessions with everyone. I tried it with some participants. So, you are welcome to get in touch through emails and let us continue our discussion, which just began in those three days. As I said, it is a long journey and 3 day workshop was only to give you a start, a bearing. Attend local SHG. Start one, if there is none in your town. Keep in touch with others and pick up whatever is of your particular need and interest. Above all, remember "communication" is of more meaning than fluency...
All the best, friends!

April 7, 2013

Take a break..

Someone has put together ALL the stammering moments from Woody Allen movies.. Effect is hilarious. Watch at your own risk!

June 30, 2011

On The Lighter Side

Humor is something that no one can have enough of.And if you are anything like me,a person with a good sense of humor would also attract you a lot.No one likes to talk to a person who gets upset at the slightest thing.I personally cant be good friends with a person who is serious all the time and cant take a joke the healthy way.this is evident from the fact that all my friends just wait for an opportunity to make fun of each other.(Though they have never made fun of my stutter probably due to my discomfort on this topic.)

Most of you would be thinking that I have gone crazy as i am supporting the idea of making fun of my stammering where on one hand we have filed a case on Golmaal 3 for the same reason.Well I strictly oppose humor which is derogatory to anyone.What Golmaal 3 did was derogatory for the stuttering community.

The saying humor is the best medicine applies to stuttering as well.Think about it.How relaxed you would feel while giving a speech if you started with an opener like"i know I am supposed to give a 4 minute speech but I only prepared a 2 minute one as I expect my stutter to fill in the rest."This one-liner solves 3 purposes-"You break the tension within.You innocently acknowledge that you stutter.you put the audience in a relaxed state of mind.

Also there are various funny situations in your everyday life arising because of your stutter.The following link gives tons of such real life incidents.I had a good time reading all of them last night and I promise you will enjoy them too.http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/humor.html

I also want to share 2 such incidents of mine-
1)A night before the exam,I went to the college market to buy something.When I started to say the name,I blocked very very severely and started jerking my head and shaking my whole body in an effort to get the word out.After giving me the item the shopkeeper said"I cant believe you are drunk even during exams.Try to not to drink alcohol atleast during examinations"I smiled and said"i will keep that in mind"

2)Once me and my friend were going somewhere in his car and I was giving directions.Now at a junction i thought I had to turn left so I started stammering L-L-L but then I realized we actually had to go right.So what came out was L-L-L- Right.My friend replied"Dude !!!! Atleast stammer Grammatically"It was the first time I just couldnt control my laughter and seeing me laugh my friend also started laughing uncontrollably.He had to stop the car as we just couldnt control ourselves."

What I believe is that humor is acceptance i action and that too an advanced stage of acceptance.Laughing at your own stammer takes guts but once you do it,you experience a feeling like never before.

November 18, 2010

Just Heard..

That an association of "normal" people is livid and is planning to slam TISA with a law-suit:

"This upstart of TISA is violating our inalienable human right to laugh at stammerers and mute people! What do they mean? If we cant laugh at stammerers, mute, blind, deaf people, what is left to laugh at??"

A particular movie production house is gleefully rubbing their hands together and planning Golmaal 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 to the series of "n" for "n" number of Deepawalis in India and wherever Indian diaspora may be. Overseas rights have already been negotiated.

The association also have plans of launching a national political party, with aims to come to power through alliance with other like minded regional parties (Parties which want to laugh at regional complexions, accents, dress, customs and food etc.). Once in power, it plans to bring in necessary constitutional amendments. Right to laugh at disabilities will be enshrined among the core principles of Indian constitution.

The spokesperson of the association said: We will start a revolution of sorts. Everyone will be laughing and mocking everyone else. Total & bindaas democracy. There will be mirth and merriment in the air. Tourism will have a record growth of more than 15%. Foreigners who cant mock people back at home, will flock to India. There will be special "mocking malls" in all the big and small cities. People (and children) with any kind of disability or difference will be on display. A global change will come. Other nations will join and laugh at India. Indians will laugh at each other. This constant static of merriment emanating from earth, into outer space will attract even aliens. They too will come, join and laugh and mock..

Regarding movies, the spokesperson was quite clear: movies like Tare Zamin Par, Guzaarish etc. will be banned, because they spoil the taste of growing children. Movie like Golmaal 3 will receive state support and will be nominated for Oscars. There will be subsidised screening of movies like Golmaal 3 in the slums and other lagging regions- so that they catch up with rest of the country. Censor board will be dismantled. In a perfect democracy, where creativity is guaranteed full expression, what need is there for censor? The only censor board would be the "box office". Whichever movie does good collection at box office will be nominated for Filmfare awards; and if they break records at box office by mocking disabled people- all the better: they will be nominated for Oscars.

People who stammer and are currently in wrong professions like doctors, nurses, teachers, IT, Engineering, Law, Administration, Defense etc. - will be relocated and retrained for the role they were truly born for: Public entertainment!! They will be accommodated in Bollywood, Ramleela committee, theater, Television ("mocking breaks" at prime time!) etc. They will provide much needed break from the tedium of daily life in a Shining India of 21st century.

Some one in a spirit of pure fun, will then, paraphrase the famous poet:
Where the mind is led downwards by unbridled freedom and 'creativity', into ever-sequeling Golmaal of cinematic brilliance & values..
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake...

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Friends, no offense meant to anyone! This idea of writing a funny and imaginary piece came to me as I was browsing comments in various forum! Because some comments sounded like this: Dont tinker with our right to laugh at stammering! Dont tinker with our right to make films which laugh at stammering and mute people- because this is creativity, pure entertainment, simple fun etc.. I just took these lines a little further. Sorry, if it offends anyone..but I am trying to make a point. A difficult one. Hope it is clear.