Giving back

Sometime in 2008, I shared this funny piece about my stammering on Stuttering home page. I visited it again today and was able to recall "special" emotions I felt at that time- five years ago! I was nervous; My mind constantly bickered: Are you not going too far? What if so and so read it? What if they questioned you about it in your next professional assignment? Interview? etc. etc.

Slow Pace, Loud voice

“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, 
but in rising up every time we fail.” 

Registrations Open: TISA National Conference on 4, 5 and 6 October in Delhi

Important updates :
 1. Last Date for registrations is 15th August 2013. We will do bookings and planning only for the number of people registered by this date so that we can efficiently use the hard earned money of the participants. So the chances for "on-the-spot" registrations are close to NIL. We request people to please cooperate and make life a bit easier for the organizers!
           If you need any kind of financial assisstance do send an email to info(at_the_rate)stammer.in


 2. Tentative Agenda : stammer.in/publications/TentAgendaNC2013.pdf
Mind you- this is TENTATIVE! You can change it by emailing us, what you would like to talk about. Since time is short and speakers are many, we are having group presentations: so choose a partner and topic- and let us know at the EARLIEST! Dont feel SHY! Not just presentation- it can be other formats too: Sing, dance, share joke, small role play, mimicry..anything you love to do. We will try to accommodate it in one of the two parallel streams. Hurry up please!

News at TISA Hyderabad Chapter meetup - 28th July

We were 8 members for the meetup.
1.Govind 2.Siva(new) 3.Neeraj 4.Ramu 5.Mahesh 6.Rajesh 7.Mahipal 8.Santhosh.
Did you ever realized the magic of Syllable by Syllable style speaking ?
Syllable style speaking will make you speak slow automatically because the phonation in syllable style will make us go slow in its very approach!
The slow speaking which we think we shall follow will confuse you on below aspects
1)How many words we shall speak for an unit of time.
2)Where shall we give breaks in speech.
3)Anxiety or keeping awareness on where to take pauses.
So for all these answers stick to Syllable style the very approach will make your speech slow down and attain great confidence !

संवाद के लिए आमंत्रण

द इण्डियन स्टैमरिंग एसोसिएशन (टीसा ) के न्यूजलेटर संवाद का आगामी अंक अक्टूबर 2013 में प्रकाशित होगा।

इस अंक में प्रकाशन के लिए आपकी रचनाएं सादर आमंत्रित हैं। आपके विचार, अनुभव, रोचक घटनाएं, कविता, कहानी, प्रेरणादायक प्रसंग आदि हिन्दी या इंग्लिश में 20 अगस्त 2013 तक हमें ई-मेल करें।

सम्पर्क -   info@stammer.in

महिला डाक्टर का आशीष अविस्मरणीय बन गया . . . !

बात अगस्त 2000 की है। मैं भोपाल में पढ़ता था। 12वीं कक्षा में। एक बार स्कूल से आने के बाद मुझे तेज बुखार आया। अपने घर में काम करने वाले सहायक के साथ मैं पास के सरकारी अस्पपाल पर गया। शाम के समय एक महिला डाक्टर ड्यूटी पर थीं। उन्होंने मेरी समस्या सुनकर पर्ची पर दवाईयां लिखीं। कमरे से वापस आते समय डाक्टर ने मेरे सिर पर हाथ रखकर आशीष दिया।

Invitation for TISA Hyderabad SHG meetup - 28July 2013

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.

This week main Agenda - Prepared Speeches by members.

NC2013:Three Reasons

JP asked me to share three reasons for coming to NC 2013. I am honestly sharing MY reasons. Please dont judge me too harshly..
Just laugh, dance and enjoy..
Statutory warning: Taking this video seriously is injurious to health!
Many Thanks to Herbertpur SHG! Especially Vineet and Vaibhav! Dont bother about leaving a comment: Just face the camera and tell YOUR three reasons..

TISA to be Registered as TRUST

Dear All,

It is hereby informed that efforts are going on to register our TISA as "PUBLIC TRUST". A name has to be chosen for our trust. Hence members are hereby requested to suggest name for our trust. The best and appropriate name will be selected by the core team and will be announced in the forthcoming National Conference  at New Delhi. 

चुनौतीपूर्ण समय में हकलाहट पर नियंत्रण!

हम सब अक्सर एक सामान्य रूटीन में अपना जीवन व्यतीत करते है। सुबह से लेकर रात तक हमारी दिनचर्या हर दिन एक समान रहती है। क्या कभी आपने इससे बाहर निकलकर अपनी स्पीच पर आए प्रभाव पर गौर किया है? क्या आपको यह अहसास हुआ कि मुश्किल या चुनौतीपूर्ण हालातों में आपकी स्पीच डगमगा जाती है? आप उस पर नियंत्रण नहीं रख पाते है!

हममें से अधिकतर हकलाने वाले साथियों ने जरूर ऐसी परिस्थितियों का सामना किया होगा या आज भी करते होंगे। जरा सोचिए कि, आपके परिवार में कोई बड़ा सामाजिक समारोह जैसे शादी है और सारी जिम्मेदारी आप पर है। ऐसे समय में दूसरे लोगों से बार-बार बातचीत करना, हर व्यवस्था समय पर होने की चिंता! ऐसे में स्पीच को नियंत्रित रखकर बातचीत करना क्या संभव हो पाएगा? आप संभवतः सबकुछ भूलकर अपनी बात जल्दी कहने की कोशिश करेंगे।

Put-up with the rain..

(Write-up by Nishil)

Venue: Madiwala  Timeline:20-7-2013     14.00 PM - 17.00 PM

The meetup was scheduled at 14.00 ,the turn up looked bleak. The rain had picked up pace further lowering the hopes of people coming.  

It was not long before the numbers began swelling. People came one by one drenched in rain, a sense of fulfillment emancipated from each one as they had made it for yet another bright chapter in Bangalore SHG.

Visit to ISI: NC updates

UPDATE - ALL rooms at ISI are booked. For those who have still not booked their accomodation, please contact Abhishek - 9873492722  OR Sikandar - 9810654407 for alternate options. Since the venue is easily accessible by Metro, you don't need to worry if you are not staying at ISI.

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Abhishek and I went to ISI yesterday afternoon to check the conference room and other facilities at ISI. Even though we have used ISI in the past, both of us wanted to have a second look.

1. The conference room looks great and it is booked already!

2. About the accommodation. They have neat and tidy rooms with AC (They do charge Rs 1000 EXTRA. Yes, Extra. That means add Rs 1000 to your daily rent). But AC won't be necessary for most people considering the first week of October, weather is quite pleasant in Delhi. Their rates are very economical considering the location.



a. Double bed rooms (NON AC) - Rs 660 (single occupancy) ; Rs 880(Double occupancy)
 b.  Dormitory (NON AC) - Rs 385 per bed.

Even though, they have this condition of full advance payment of the rent, their rooms are booked very quickly. Here is the list of cancellation charges -
1. Less than 24 hours(1 day) - 100% of the total unutilised facilities.
2. Less than 48 hours(2 days) - 50% of the total unutilised facilities.
3. Less than 48 & 72 hours (2-3 days) - 25% of the total unutilised facilities.
4. Between 4 to 7 days - 20% of the total unutilised facilities.
5. Above than 7 days - 10% of the total unutilised facilities.

Checkin Time - 12 noon
Checkout Time - Before 12 noon

It is my sincere request to all the participants to book their accommodation NOW if you plan to stay at ISI. If your plans change, you can always cancel it. You can either book you accomodation directly bu contacting ISI(http://www.isidelhi.org.in/ Ph no -011-49534190) or contact  Lalit(09911566740, lalit.pandey99 [at] gmail.com ) from Delhi SHG.

News at Hyderabad SHG Meetup 21 July 2013

Scientists say that the reasons for stammering are not exactly known as of now but if we see the patterns in all the research papers we see the probable reasons mentioned would have common list like improper breathing patterns, fear of stammering and of course the buzz word "Stammering  Genes" :)

Should PWS inhale by mouth ?

Some speech therapist recommend to PWS -"Inhale from mouth instead of nose". 

even i was also recommended it by a speech therapist, who proclaimed himself ex-stammerer, but he still stammers . I did it for many years (and i was not useful in stammering also). It is wrong habit of breathing, even harmful for health .

as many of diseases to which civilized man is subjected, are caused by mouth breathing as by mouth breathing, we are bypassing the organs which are protective to dust, impurities, germs and cold air .

 if one inhale by Nose, these impurities are stopped and retained by sieves and mucous membrane of nostrils and thrown out by sneezing.  But by Mouth breathing, these impurities directly reach in lungs without filtration, cold air harm vocal cords.  so Nostril breathing is better then mouth breathing.

Speaking against the motion..

Atul came at 5 pm today. We went to our dojo- the OPD hall. For the sake of debate practice, I asked Atul to speak against the motion: "The current government is totally responsible for the recent tragedy in Uttarakhand".