"My life is based on a true story!"

This might sound a little funny, trite. Isn't that obvious? How can you live an imaginary life? Well, if you ask Eckhart Tolle, he will tell you that not every life is based on true story! In fact many of us live a life based on a fiction...

As we grow up, society hands us colorful trinkets, out of which we fashion an image, a self identity, a conceptual reality – of who we think we are, of who we think we can be, should be- or even allowed to be. Rest of life we spend in living out this conceptual story, my story, my hardships, my victory and defeats. There are though rare moments of truth- when we discover that the fiction in our head does not match up with our 'reality'. What follows is a major shift in life, often reflecting in our work, relationships, creativity and in our ability to be at peace with ourselves and world.

TISA shares following true stories to generate better attitudes and awareness in society. All the stories have been contributed by real, authentic people who stammer, or stammered in past. 'Kamla's story' is a construction based on lives of real women who stammer.

1. My stuttering life (Mr Mani Maran, Chennai)
2. Common men, Uncommon lives (Mr M K Peerbhai, Mumbai)
3. My Battle against words (Mr Harish Usgaonkar, Goa)
4. I talk, pray and serve everyday (Rev Edward Moses, Dehradun)
5. Kamla's Story (A woman's Case study, Uttarkashi)
6. Sssachin and Tago (Dr Satyendra Srivastava, Dehradun)
7. Sssstammering and my life (Mr Sudheendra A., Banglore)
8. Wont give up! (Mr Romi Arora, Mumbai)
9. My life, My struggles (Mr Manohar Mikkili, Pune)
10. Want to change? (Mr Balasubramanian, Madurai)
11. Confessions of Unni (Unni Krishnan from Malgudi)

Videos

We have put up some 'amateur' but authentic videos too, to observe ISAD; Check them out and feel free to put your questions or comments in the discussion forum as above. Someone from TISA will certainly respond in 24 hours. If you register at the website, it will be good, so that we can let you know, whenever we organise some important event in the country.

Children talk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoPlaNABcHY
What is stammering?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbJPKxui8ow

JP's Interveiw
Part 1/3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNHQ1kgbkLA
Part 2/3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz4N72I8GgY
Part 3/3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq5RrPTARfY

Tarun's Interview

Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU-Dsqjw-0k

Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FljvwT9CzJo

Nitin's Interveiw

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Many thanks to the contributors- for taking the courage and time. We also thank Dr Judith. We got this idea from her annual on line conference!