Canada, Dehradun and Stammer Conversations !!

Now this is something different. Dr Sachin calls me and says that we have a group of Canadians and there is supposed to be an interaction between them and Dehradun SHG. Was there any excitement- OBVIOUSLY !!

So here we were at Samagra, Dehradun to meet our guests. We had a group of 4 students from MacMaster University, Toronto, Canada. There were Rachel, Annecy, Esha and Arjun aka AJ !! From Dehradun SHG there were- Dr Sachin, Dinesh, Ashish, Dayal, Gaurav, Gaurav Sajwan, Vilas, Vikas from Delhi, Subhash and Mohit.

Dehradun SHG Meeting at Gandhi Park on 10th April

Dehradun SHG Meeting #2016

Host : Sachin Srivastava

Date : 10th April

Timing : 2 pm

Venue : Gandhi park

We were 7 people, Ravinder singh,Vipul Aarsh,Vivek puri,Shivang mehta,Gaurav sajvan,Suraj and Sachin sir.

This time we had 3 new members.Shivang from Pune,Vivek from hoshiarpur  and suraj from jollygrant.

TISA Dehradun SHG Meeting- 21st February, 2016

Hey everyone! Hope you all are doing well. This Sunday, TISA Dehradun SHG organized the communication meet at Gandhi Park in Dehradun.

Total No of participants- 10

Name of the participants- Ashish, Dinesh Kumar Soni, Dinesh Kumar, Laxman, Harmeet, Jasmeet, Akash, Mohit, Chandra Mohan, Ujjwal (non-stammerer).

As usual, most of the members were late! From next time, we have to be more punctual otherwise it ruins all the plans. Anyways, we had 4 new members in this meet. Akash, Dinesh Kumar, Laxman and Jasmeet.

We started with the introductions. Everyone introduced themselves with an amazing stutter and clutter !! They told their name, occupation, address and phone numbers. And as usual, we had uninvited guests as well who are always welcomed to provide that deadly glare !!

In this meet, we planned to had mock interviews of the participants. For this special task, we had a special guest. Mr Ujjwal Aggarwal from Group Flyway Enterprises, a job consultancy firm based in Dehradun, came specially to conduct the interviews. In the panel, we had Mr Ujjwal and Mr Dinesh Kumar Soni, Senior Economic Investigator.

According to the "candidates" they had the actual experience of an interview and it really gave them the required exposure. At the end, Mr Ujjwal and Mr Dinesh gave their valuable suggestions to the candidates.

Then we had a 3 member role play activity. Surprisingly, this went very well. This is because most of the members were new, so we thought it might be little difficult for them. But they were so comfortable among themselves, that they performed outstandingly.

Harmeet and Jasmeet, SINGH Brothers left early as they had their business meeting arranged, Mr Ujjwal left early as he had a business appointment.

There were other things in the agenda as well but due to time constraint, it could not be completed. For the next time, we will be having a time keeper and hopefully, we will move indoor for the further meetings.

Till then, Good bye and have fun !! Haklao Magar Pyaar Se...



TISA DEHRADUN
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Email- dehradunshg@gmail.com

Communication Workshop 2016 in Dehradun, 24th Jan- 26th Jan, 2016

Comm WS Report 
Media: Times of India, Daily Pioneer, Amazing Pics (Thank you, Ashish Lakra)
Day 1: About 20 participants. Many from Delhi. One from Vijaywada. One from Makrana, Rajasthan. One from Jaunpur. A senior couple (Dhruv's parents) from Punjab. After a little intro and a little conceptual background, participants were requested to conduct mutual "stammering Interviews". Then, they went to local market for practicing the skills with strangers - also had lunch.

We gathered again at SR ashram by 3 pm. The scripts for role plays were distributed. Participants quickly went thru the scripts and assigned roles to their members. Some energizers. Some free flowing discussions - about stammering, its nature, why this or that.. We ended by 5 pm. But how can you end the ongoing discussions among pws..? Never.
So, many participants went to FRI, to carry on..

Day 2: We began at 9.30 am. Four participants (Vikas, Mohit, Ashish, Vishal) were sent off to MCF to interview the team there. Rest of us went to Gandhi Park in the heart of the city. Mrs Kathuria spoke to the person I/C of District Information Departments' pandal in the park; As a result she got us the mike, stage and the entire venue for free (you see, why we should be involving our parents in our struggles and missions..?).

We did role plays, to cheering audience. Some ex-tempore stuff, songs, Dr APJ speech by Abhay etc etc. We concluded with an on the spot role play: A funny Scene from a moving local bus. Mohit was the conductor in the great hurry. All the pws were the passengers. Buying the ticket was the crux of the play. We all had LOTS of fun.. We ended with slogan- Haklao magar Pyar se.. to which audience also joined.

Two hours later, the scene changed: we were at FRI. The vast lawns. With a mighty backdrop of a huge Victorian building.. We again staged some plays; feedback round- some fun, Ravi Teja did a Rajnikant act (mind it) - and then we returned to SR Ashram for more of unstructured discussion.. till cold and hunger made it impossible to stand and talk..

Day 3
The day began at 9.30 am with some informal feedback and discussion. Pramod ji gave a very nice Republic day speech, followed by the group singing Indian national anthem.

Shyam Sundar ji gave us a good presentation about marble industry. Ravi Teja gave a thought provoking talk about the recent suicide by a Research scholar at Hyderabad.

Random topics were given from a bowl full of small slips. Abhay did time-keeping. Outside under the trees, an interview panel was organised, consisting of Mrs Kathuria, Mr Fakhruddin Sheikh and Ms Indira Ramesh. Most interviewee did feel the heat but also enjoyed it. It was a good learning experience.

Madhav had a little stomach upset. Others were having un-ending discussions. Delhi group had planned to have the next communication workshop in Delhi - sometime in April. Some participants had plans of visiting Mussoorie (dont worry about the cold!).



Two new participants had come from Dehradun itself. They were quite impressed by our show at Gandhi park, in the heart of the town. They were advised to keep in touch with local SHG through Whatsapp. They too had their chance of giving ex-tempore presentations. At one point, we had a very interesting discussion about: In an arranged marriage, should the boy tell the girl about stammering in advance? (we will share the answer in the next workshop!!). We dispersed at 2 pm after group photo shoot. We hope to start a unit in TISA, dealing with families of PWS, with help from Dhruv's parents..

Dehradun SHG Meeting-- 23rd August, 2015 and 30th August, 2015

Whenever I come here to share our experiences at Dehradun SHG Meet, I am always excited! This is because each and every week I meet new PWS, get to know their experiences and each time I learn something new.

"Learning is an everlasting process!"

DEHRADUN SHG MEET 23rd AUGUST, 2015

So on 23rd August, 2015 we had two new members added to Dehradun SHG (I'm very happy !!). Mr Dinesh Kumar Soni, our macho man of Allahabad and Mr Shubham Khanduri, a 3rd year B Tech student from Dehradun. Other than these two, Ashish, Parvez and Mohit were present.

As usual, we started with the introductions. Dinesh told us about his education, work, family, stammering experiences. Similar was the case with Shubham. Both were pretty much excited and this was true as they were present in the next meet as well !!

Then we had an activity which I hope everyone enjoyed, This was a 2 people role play activity. Here, two people performed an act on a given situation. Shubham and Ashish did a fantastic job of playing the characters of a customer and a vegetable vendor respectively. Parvez and Dinesh pulled the act perfectly of a driving license seeker and a corrupt government employee. The way Dinesh did the act, it seemed as if he is certainly a corrupt officer !! (Sadly, this is not true !!) Mohit had to go solo as there was no partner in crime ! He scolded the students for not performing upto the expectations of their Kathak teacher.

Then everyone was asked to voluntarily stutter on their name, address and phone numbers. The facial expressions, undoubtedly, were the best I have ever seen !!

Then we had and intellectual discussion on the topic of SMART CITIES. And I must admit that the points put up by all the participants were really good. Some of the points were -

• Cleanliness of the city
• Cleaner fuels for Public transport. Upgrading the public transport.
• Inclusion of Metros and Mono Rails.
• Setting up of Technological parks, wi fi connections, making paper work digital.
• Setting up of ITI for training youths in various skills. 
• Proper layout of city roads, drainage pattern.
• Curb on the enroachment of lands and forests.

The last round was about the National Conference awareness which was discussed by our veteran member, Ashish Lakra. PWS were urged to particpate in National Conference which will change their perspective of living the life. 

The last round was supposed to be the Strangers Talk, but sadly, the rains were not in our control !!

But we came to know that Mr Dinesh is an awesome poet and therefore we decided not  to bid good bye before we listen to some beautiful kavitaayen. Dinesh wrote these poems taking inspiration from his own life. It was nice to hear some great lines from a talented poet.

DEHRADUN SHG MEET 30th AUGUST, 2015

On 30th August, we met again as we all are men of words ( I hope so !!). This time again we had a new PWS from Kotdwar, Uttarakhand- Gaurav Dhulia, working as a deputy manager in SKF India. Dinesh, Shubham, Ashish and Mohit were there as well.

We again started with the introductions as a ritual !! But Ashish was late due to personal reasons. We gave our introductions and narrated a funny incident or any incident from our lives. It was good to know that none of the PWS considered stammering as their disability. They all have a positive approach towards life and that's better than worrying about stammering.

Then we had a round of Tongue Twister activity. Every participant recited a tongue twister as it was given and then again using the feared letter as a substitute. Dinesh used A while Shubham used H. 

After Tongue Twister, we had a round of BUM Game where at a particular number and its multiple ,we had to say bum. For example, if we select 4, so it owuld be like this-- 1,2,3, BUM, 5,6,7, BUM,9,10,11,BUM,13,1 BUM, 15, BUM and so on. The person who defaults, was thrown out !!

Then we finally decided to have Strangers Talk. This was fun. We decided to ask people about their Top 5 Eating Joints in Dehradun. Some answered the questions really well, some just didn't care, some were not aware about the place, some girls thought we were being cheesy !! But at the end of the conversation we made sure that we tell them about our organization TISA and its activities.

So this was all about the meetings and we took a pledge of meeting next week without failure. In fact, we are considering about going to Herbertpur. This will serve two purposes- SHG Meet and meeting Sachin Sir as well !! Well before I put a stamp on this, I need to talk to Sachin Sir. Till then, be happy and Haklao Magar Pyaar Se...