IIT Mumbai First meet takes off..

First self help meet at IIT Mumbai on 19th October 2014! Organised by Kamal and conducted by Dhruv- and helped tremendously by Mumbai SHG and all the participants. If you are a young student looking for answers, insights and friends, get in touch and join the next meet: kamal.yadav@gmail.com OR dhruvg05@gmail.com

Mumbai CommWS report

(At last, here is the report for Mumbai Communication workshop. Friends, read it twice. It is worth it. Thanks a lot to Jahnavi from all of us! Editor)

Sir tells me "Janahvi ,call up madam and tell her to come at 10 am tomorrow.".I start thinking in my mind its easy I have to just say "Madam, Sir said tomorrow come by 10 am.". I practice it a couple of times, I call and the phone rings, in those three rings my anxiety shoots up, I'm palpitating and finally what I say is "Hello, Madam mhanje sir bolle ki tumhi na(pause) sir bolle ki (pause) d..d...d...d..daha wajta ya udya". Madam asked me with a little frustration that why was I so confused. I said " I STAMMER " rather clearly this time and all she said was "OK".

Nothing new about the incidence the same embarrassment, depression, frustration and self worth hitting a new high low again. But that day something changed, like someone I truly admire says "It is not about time it is about priorities." That very night a get a call from one of the TISA members talking about a weekend workshop and I instantly felt like a kid in a candy shop looking at something he wanted for a long time but just dint realize until he sees it. I bunked my classes and decided to attend the workshop.

Mumbai Miracle

Hi All,

Today's Mumbai SHG meet was organised at Neptune mall, Bhandup and we had four attendees for the day: Ameya, Wasim, Mustafa and myself.

Minutes of the meeting - Seven Islands SHG

Venue: Five Gardens, Wadala

Time: 6 May, 2012 from 3.00 to 6.00 PM

Attendees: Shyam, Amey, Ravindra, Laukik, Gaurav, Gulshan (New member) and Benett

Regrets: Ritesh, Romi, Mustafa

Activities and Discussions:

1. We started off the meeting with Breathing exercises. We focused on the based principles of breathing as taught in Brahmavidya. Next we performed 2 cycles of Pranayam. 

Before we proceeded to the next task, we made it clear that all feedback given needs to be taken in a positive way inorder to improve our speech.

2. Gaurav shared the slow reading technique that he uses in daily Skype calls with the group. We all then practised a round of passage reading slowly with this technique. 

3. Next we did a round of Tongue Twisters

4.  Inorder to lighten the mood, we played Dumb Charades. The objective was to help people take centre stage, make eye contact with the group and communicate non verbally. 

Romi from Mumbai

Hello Friends - My name is Romi n m frm Mumbai. Yestrday I met Ravi* and Navin*.
Ravi wants to be an actor but he is very scared of stuttering. He is nli 22 n he is working in a BPO. Ravi has visited many speech therapists n loves wasting his money on the therapy. Yesterday i taught him speech techniques like Bouncing, Prolongation, Voluntary stuttering, Pausin n breathing techniques. After following d techniques i felt, he is very gud in maintaining eye contact but jerks a lot while speaking. He is always smiling but only wid stutterers.

On the other hand Navin is suffering a lot from stammering. He is only 20 n in sybcom. What I felt abt him- he is very determined 2 work hard. He wants to do MBA but bcuz of stammering wants 2 quit it. My advice 2 him is that if u follow d speech techniques wid proper advice n determination ul find a big change in u n life wil go 4 a toss.

According to me Stammering takes place in d mind n comes out in words. Whn v go 4 job interviews v r not confident enough 2 give our best and our prime focus is that I must not stutter- n in that process v do stutter a lot! If u stammer, then stammer wid confidence. Accept it. Dont run. We shuld b lucky 2 have a girlfriend liks stammering.The difference between stammering n ppl is tht ppl might come n go but stammering will always b der 2 support u n wil give u d courage 2 improve yourself. Instead of cursing your stammering you should work on it and motivate yourself in each n every way. V al gt 1 chance in life so v shuld nt waste tht opportunity n shuld accept it gracefully. Life is short so enjoi every phase of it.Stammering has taught me d meaning of life n has given me d strength of being patient n helpin oders.
"Haklao magar pyar se".

(* Pseudonys to ensure privacy of these new members. Ed.)

Romi came to TISA (Dehradun) 2 yrs ago. He learned to help himself and in the true spirit of TISA, began counseling other PWS, back in Mumbai- as a true service to humanity in need. If you are in Mumbai, feel free to contact him.

http://t-tisa.blogspot.com/2011/03/bravo-romi-pa-ji.html
http://t-tisa.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-came-i-spoke-i-conquered.html

Mumbai - the city of opportunity!

Hey guys (and gals) in Mumbai- For God's sake, please, please, please get in touch with this sincere soul trying to start self help initiative in Mumbai:
rohan1808@gmail.com
You will be earning a lot of Punya and Sawab (thawab). BTW.

My Experiences with Therapists

Friends i m here again to share my experience with Therapists

I have taken 2 times therapy in Gwalior(MP) for 4 months with the same therapist(at that time he was the only one in Gwalior) and that time i was very fluent.But after some time i felt again stammering problem(i Accept: i was also lazy with my practices) .i talked with my therapist & he said if you feel problem with certain characters just skip them.i followed what he said but after some time i felt that there was something wrong(Mein apni prblems se Bhag Raha tha).how can you skip what you want to say or KAB TAK.
I tried every thing to cure my stammering & after some time i read about S.A. the famous therapist from Delhi.He was the only hope for me.i called him from Gwalior & he said come to Delhi.

i was searching job at that time(had failed in 8 interviews because of my stammering) .i went to Delhi & met mr. S.A.when i entered in his clinic the receptionist charged 400 Rs as consultancy fee.At the first impression i felt he was a very polite person.he asked everything about myself.i was very impressed with him.But at the end whatever he said i really shocked.
He Said ..............................................
"Give me Rs 25,000 /- Cash(not cheque) & i will cure you definitely .Its like one year Theka "
and i said Sir can i pay in 2 installments because i dont have 25000/- at this time.He said noooooo jab paise ho tab aajana.i will cure you.

with my experience i want to say beware from this kind of Therapists.they are doing pure Business.they know a Stammerer can do everything to cure,But friends we can only cure with our self confidence & hardworking. la vie est pleine de plaisir................ enjoy :)

Best of luck

TISA Mumbai SHG meets

Dear Friends,

TISA Mumbai Chapter is going to conduct its next meeting on Sunday 22 Nov 2009 at 9:30a.m. Kindly find the meeting details given below,
etails given below,

Date:22 Nov 2009
Time:9:30 a.m.
Venue:III Floor,Niwara Chambers,
Raghoba Shankar Road,
Chendani Koliwada,Thane(W).
Contact:
Ajit Potdar:9930066424
potdarajit@gmail.com

TISA Mumbai meets after a gap..

After a long break we were able to conduct a meeting.Now onwards Mumbai will meet on 2nd and 4th Sundays at 9:30 a.m.

Mumbai get together was attended by four members ,

1)Ajit Potdar

2) Ankush Pedambkar.

3)Raj Samal

4)Vikas Bindal

This meeting was different from our previous meetings in many aspects.First time the Mumbai meet was held indoor unlike our previous meetings which was held in open spaces.

1) Meeting was started off by breathing exercises,neck rotation exercises,meditation.This helps us to relax ourself and it was clearly reflected in members speech.

2) In the second round members were asked to read the paragraph from a book using speech techniques.

3) In the last round members asked open questions to each other on various topics like sports,politics.Here the member has to answer a question for which he is not prepaired.

4) Members give review on other members speech. It will help us to improve our speech techniques.

5) Members present in the meeting decided to meet every 2^nd and 4^th Sunday now onwards.

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Thanks & Regards,
Ajit Potdar,
99300 66424,
potdarajit@gmail.com.

Mumbai meets

Dear Friends,

TISA Mumbai Chapter is going to conduct its next meeting on Sunday 08 Nov 2009 at 9:30a.m. Kindly find the meeting details given below,
etails given below,

Date:8 Nov 2009
Time:9:30 a.m.
Venue:III Floor,Niwara Chambers,
Raghoba Shankar Road,
Chendani Koliwada,Thane(W).
Contact:
Ajit Potdar:9930066424
potdarajit@gmail.com

Mumbai Meeting

This is to inform all of you that SHG session in Mumbai have been conducted today. Just wanted to show share some of the glimpses of the meeting.

As I was the new member in the meeting, there were a total of 4 people.

1. Myself (Prakash)
2. Ajit
3. Bhaskar (one of the inspiring person)
4. Vikas

We have started the session in a garden with our introductions. We called each one of us, next, to share their opinion about what stammering meant to each one of us....so that we could have some picture/ concept about stammering in each of our mind.

Ajit will soon contact you with some more details......

Regards,
Prakash

Mumbai meets..

Dear Friends,
TISA Mumbai Chapter is going to conduct its next get together. The details of the get together follow:

Venue :Baji Prabhu Udyan,
Veer Savarkar Road,
Near Shivaji Park,
Dadar(W),Mumbai.

Date :28 June 2009; Time : 6.00 p.m.

Regards,
Vikas Bindal
Mob. No: +91 9769992475
E. Mail: vikasb.gmay08@spjain.org ; bindal.v@gmail.com

Thanks DNA and thanks Mumbai Chapter

Thank you Ajit, for sharing this! Absolutely heart warming!

Mumbai meets

Dear Friends,
Kindly find the details of the next meeting given below,

Venue:Shivaji Park,Dadar
Date :24 May 2009
Time :6:30 p.m.

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Thanks & Regards,
Ajit Potdar,
9930066424,
TISA-Mumbai.

Problems are opportunities..

Dear Friends,
A meeting has been arranged with a reporter from a DNA newspaper on 30 April at 6:00 p.m. at Shivaji Park.A story will be published in Saturday's Edition.TISA-Mumbai invites all its members for this media meeting.

Note:A request can be made to the journalist for a anonymity.

Thanks & Regards,
Ajit Potdar,
TISA-Mumbai Member,
9930066424

Mumbai meet..

Dear Friends,

As per the schedule,TISA Mumbai meeting was conducted on 26 April at 9:30 a.m.And I am happy to tell you that VB joined us for this meeting.He has completed his MBA from Singapore.He shared his experiences,ideas about stammering with us.Besides us, A was also present at the meeting.Hope to see more members in the next meeting.

Note:Ali Yavar Jung Hospital at Bandra has started Group therapy for PWS.If any body wants more information kindly contact me.

Regards,

Ajit Potdar

TISA-Mumbai Member,

9930066424,

(ED: Welcome to VB and A on behalf of TISA!! And congrats to Ajit!

TISA Mumbai Meets

Shyam Sundaram : 9892018162

Naman Mirchandani +91 9619801462

Gulshan Pardesi +91 9819482643

Mumbai meets

Mumbai Chapter is conducting its fourth meeting on 22 Feb. Kindly find the details below,

Date:22 Feb 2009
Time:9:30 a.m.
Day:Sunday
Venue:Newly Renovated Parks,
Near Chaityaboomi,
Shivaji Park,Dadar(W).

Note:Kindly be on time as park closes at 11:00 a.m.

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Thanks & Regards,
Ajit Potdar

Mumbai Meet

Ajit from Mumbai wants to thank members for making the Mumbai Chapters 3rd meeting a success. Mumbai Chapter wants to thank Dr. Akash Acharya for sharing his time with us. It was a very fruitful meeting in many ways for every body. New topics were discussed. Old topics were rediscovered. Results or advantage of these kinds of meeting to oneself cannot be measured in metrics but somewhere deep inside they do help you to understand oneself.

RAJ SAMAL also wrote:
Thnx friends ,
It was very nice to meet you all on last day , came to know many things which will help me a lot to improve my stammering.
Hope to meet you very soon...

TISA thanks Dr Akaash and all other participants..

TISA Mumbai meet - 1st Feb

TISA Mumbai chapter's 3rd meeting is going to be conducted on 1st Feb at Vashi (New Mumbai) at 5:00 p.m. Dr Aakash Acharya is going to attend this meeting. Be there, ask your questions, share your thoughts and make it a big success.
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Thanks & Regards,
Ajit Potdar
99300 66424