Club No. 858173

Division C, District 82

Mission of

Toastmasters To provide a mutually

supportive and positive

learning environment

in which every individ-

ual

member has the

opportunity

to develop oral

communication

and leadership skills,

which in turn foster

self-confidence

January 2011

Its my first newsletter and it seems to be very exciting.. its been a little tough but a great experience . January is so used to usher in a new year that we forget that the club has got a new Executive Committee that has taken charge this very month. I will begin with congratulating the new EC and hope we gel together as team. In this issue Immediate past Club President Malkiat passes the baton to Club President Vi-kas kumar, who shares his plans for the club, Anurag Butoliya talks about the race of his life, Akhil Sood finds answers to his monster question. Don’t miss the poem by Sir Rudyard Kipling. In the ‘Hyde Park’ section we invited some thoughts on discussing the last minute backouts. Read about Himanshu Sharma and Vaibhav Vashishtha, the latest additions to our family in Know thy toastmasters. . Hope you have a good time reading it.

The Editor’s Note

Newsletter of the JPKU Toastmasters Club, New

Delhi

Vol. 5, Issue 1; January 2011 Images

January 2011 2 CONTENTS

Passing the guard Page 3

The outgoing president hands over the charge of the club to

his successor Vikas and his team

—Malkiat Bindra and Vikas Kumar

Know Thy Toastmaster Page 9

and 10

Let’s get to know the latest addition to our family

Himanshu Sharma and Vaibhav Vashishtha

The Hyde Park Page 11 Handling Backouts

Vikas Malik,

Sanchit Aggarwal

Akhil Sood

Best of the Month Page 13

Find out our star performers week by week.

Meeting Theme Of The Month Page 7

and 8

Toastmasters of the month and meeting themes

-Vikas Kumar

-Sanchit Aggarwal

-Sameep Taneja

Club Contact Details Page 14 Acknowledgments Page 15

RACE PAGE 4

-Anurag Batoliya

The Beginning Page 8

A poem by Sir Rudyard Kipling

The monster question PAGE 5

-Akhil Sood

News and announcements

Page 6

3 PASSING THE GUARD January 2011

If you live through your life, you will not realize the things

which have changed. But, if u give a thought, ponder upon the

things which matter, you might realize a lot has changed with-

out much attention. All you did was your duty, took some help

from others, saw your friends stand next to you and wallah! It‘s

all done.. Something similar happened when I was in charge of

the club from July'10. There were DCP goals, concern for the

quality of the club, concerns for other things regarding the club.

Piece by piece, meeting by meeting, month by month, all was

sorted just like that.

Our term did not have many EC members left by the end of the term. But, those who

were there, made sure there was nothing that they could not handle. They made sure

that no one could notice that it was mere few who were handling the job of 7 fully

trained officials. Yes, they were not trained in some specific aspect of the job, but no

one could tell the difference. These are those people who excel in their life and fulfill

their dreams and turn them into reality. They surely made my job very easy. I'll miss

the time I spent with these true leaders.

Isn't that why we are here in the first place? Isn't learning and excelling the first ob-

jective of joining Toastmasters? I have full confidence in the new EC and I am sure

they will take our club to new heights. I was asked to write this down for the Newslet-

ter and I was not sure of what I would write. But when I got to write it down, all of it

is coming naturally from the heart. This is the impact the club and its people have had

on me. I'll surely miss them all....

Before I say goodbye, I would like to say "All the Best" to the new EC and to Vikas

Kr. Malik in particular who has to lead the pack of 7 prominent leaders having differ-

ent responsibilities of their own.

Malkiat Bindra

Immediate Past President - JPKU Toastmasters Club

Standing on the brink of a bright new beginning

I can feel the fresh new breeze coming to me

And I long to set myself free....

I wish this year 2011 brings new joys to your life.

First of all, I would like to congratulate the newly appointed EC

members – Akhil Sood ( VP - Education), Shraddha Nakra (VP -

Membership), Shreeja Kumar (VP - Public Relations), Vinay

Jain (Treasurer), Sameep Taneja (Secretary) and Sanchit Aggar-

wal (Sergeant at arms) for being selected as the Executive Committee. I would like to

thank the Selection committee of our club which has shown their trust in this team. It is

this team's hard work, skills and perseverance which will help our club to reach newer

heights.

Serving a club with tradition of achievements is a matter of pride and it is my privilege to

be given charge of this "Always Ahead" club. It is said that to be at the top is easier than

staying at the top. Continuous improvement with the ability to reinvent is the utmost re-

quirement of sustained success. Last Executive Committee in their term has set the

achievement bar at a new high. JPKU Toastmasters Club has already achieved the coveted

"President's Distinguished Club" Award. Congratulations to all members and EC team for

the same. Now, it‘s our duty to follow the path laid down by our predecessors and then go

beyond what has already been achieved.

For fellow EC members, my message is to take guidance from our predecessors and strive

our best to reach the standards set and then go past them. For members of club, my mes-

sage is to be present and participate. The quality of the club, its meetings is defined by the

quality of its members and for that members need to participate in all the activities of the

club.

I wish you all the success and many new beginnings in your life.

Vikas Kumar

President - JPKU Toastmasters Club

4 RACE-Anurag Batoliya January 2011

Quit , Give up !

You are beaten

There is just too much against you now,

This time you can‘t succeed !

And as I started to hang my head,

In front of a familiar face.

My downright thoughts were broken,

By the memory of a race.

Hopes refilled my broken will;

And I recalled that scene,

For just the thought of that small race

rejuvenates my will.

A children‘s race, young boy, young man

Excitement sure , but also;

Fear it wasn‘t hard to tell.

And all they lined up; So full of hope

Each thought, to win that race.

Tightly rehearsed , and if not that;

At least take the second place.

And fathers watched , on side on bench;

Each cheering for his son

Each boy hoped , to show his father,

That he might be the one.

The whistle blew, and off they went

Young hearts , hopes of fire;

To win, to be the hero;

Was each young boy‘s desire

One boy in particular;

Whose dad was in the crowd,

Was running near the lead and thought ;

―My dad would be so proud‖

But as they spread across the field;

Into the shallow depths

The little boy who thought to win , lost a

step & slipped

Trying hard to watch himself;

His hands flew out ;

Hearing the cheer of the crowd ;

He fell flat on his face.

So down he fell , and with him the hope;

He couldn‘t win it now !

Depressed sad , He only wished to disappear somehow;

But as he fell, his dad stood up

& showed his anxious face, to boy so clearly said

―Get up and win the race‖

He quickly rose, said no damage is done;

Behind a bit , that‘s all !

Ran with his mind and might ;

To make up for his fall.

So anxious to restore himself;

To catch up and to win;

His mind went faster than his legs , He slipped,

And fell again

He wished he had quit;

With only one disgrace

Hopeless as a runner and said;

I shouldn‘t try to race!

In the cheering crowd, he found his father‘s face

That steady look said again

―Get up , & win the race‖

So up he jumped to try again

Ten meters behind the last;

If I have to gain those meters ‗

I have to run really fast

Exerting everything he had;

Trying so hard to catch the lead

He slipped and fell again

Seconds past , he lay there silently

A tear dropped from his eye

There is no use of running,

I am out , why try

He thought to rise and disappear,

All hopes had fade away

So far behind , so slipped

So fallen, A loser all the way.

―I have lost the race, he said‖

I‘ll have to live with my disgrace

And then he thought about his dad,

Who soon He‘ll have to face.

―Get up ― An echo sounded low

Take your place

You are not meant for failure

Get up ,and win the race

He rose up again

You haven‘t lost it all

For winning is more than this

To rise each time you fall

So up he rose, to run once more

With a new commit

He resolved

―winners loose , but at least he

wouldn‘t quit!‖

That was the inner call

So far behind, He ran

For the quest to win

Three times he had fallen, stum-

bling

Three times he had risen again

So far behind , so hooked to win

He still ran to the end

They cheered the winner,

As he crossed the line

High and proud

No falling, no disgrace

The fallen boy crossed the line,

Last place

The crowd gave him a greater cheer

For finishing the race

And even though , he came in last

Low and head bowed

He would have thought ,

He should have won the race

To listen to the crowd,

To walk away with grace.

And to his dad, he sadly said

―I didn‘t do too well today‖

―To me you won‖, his father said

You rose each time you fell

And now when the things seem dark

And hard , difficulties right in the mid-

dle of the face

The memory of that little boy , helps

me in my race.

With all the life is like a race

With ups and downs

And some utter disgrace

To win , just remember that boys call;

To rise each time you fall.

Rise each time, you fall

Anurag Batoliya

5 The monster-Akhil Sood January 2011

Amidst our busy lives, forever occupied by our routine engagements, only a few of us dare to change the boredom of routine

and undergo a paradigm of shift by doing something creative to break the otherwise monotonous schedule. The ones who begin

are perpetually greeted by a perennial question, Do I belong here?

The question has been so rampant that it has even invaded our daily routine lives as well and very often we find ourselves put-

ting the same question and giving a shot to finding answers. It could be a new group of friends, just acquired, and the moment

you see one in the group, going deeper and further than you expected, in pops the question. I always used to wonder…

Is it my fear of insecurity that is giving a rebirth to this question every now and then? Is it the lack of time that I can devote to

the newly shaping ideas in my brains? Or is it my rising levels of hatred and demotivation which leads me to hang my boots?

I managed to get the best education that I could have but nothing in respect to answering these questions. I felt dissatisfaction

after spending 3 years in college, 2 years of corporate life, countering all the hardships, teachers, bosses, assignments, exams,

project, love and sometime friends too, and yet not sure if I belonged there, I would have certainly added a few new dimensions

to my achievements had I been assured that I belonged there.

Where do I get that assurance from? It sounds similar to insurance but its not as easily available in the market. Inspite of my

willingness to pay a price, I couldn‘t locate a single vendor but eventually i got the assurance I longed for. It was after I left my

job, when I visited my college and a cup of tea with the Principal and a discussion where she wanted the alumni to mentor the

students. Yes, I had my reservations but the persistent faith ended my quest.

Its not about money or profit or motive. Its about society, If you belong to the society, you can adapt and fit into every atom of

that compound. To fit into that big compound, all you need is to think about it. The social responsibilities are not meant for the

text book and their sole purpose is not to fetch you some marks in your exams. They are needed for that eternal satisfaction. Ini-

tiate doing something and you will feel the belongingness. I belonged to my college, It wasn‘t a fluke that i went in there. The

same holds true for you. You belong here….

Akhil Sood

6 News and Announcements January 2011

The new Executive Committee has taken charge for the term January to

June 2011. Please contact them for any issues you face.

Vaibhav Vashishtha is the newest member to join JPKU Toastmaster and

has delivered his Icebreaker with a aplomb.

Vice President (Education) Akhil Sood has completed his Competent

Communication Manual.

JPKU Toastmaster is going to organize its International Speech Contest

and Tabletopics Contest on February 19, 2011. To participate in the inter-

national speech contest, a member has to complete his 6 speeches. Please

try and get your 6 speeches done by the contest date. The EC is willing to

help. Please communicate your willingness.

On February 5, 2011, The Delhi Advanced Toastmasters Club is organiz-

ing a special meeting. It will include three special sessions including

Magic Moments by Deepak Menon. As guests, you will be charged Rs.

200 for attending the meeting.

MEETING THEMEs OF THE MONTH 7 January 2011

8th January was the first meeting of JPKU Toast-

masters Club of year 2011. This time of the year is

the time of resolutions, time of starting afresh on

the journey of life. It is also the time when we can

again have a fresh view at everything that we have

been doing. Toastmaster gives us opportunity to

communicate in a more effective way. It is the plat-

form where we can learn from our peers, from mentors, from our manu-

als, practice, rectify our mistakes and in the process could be ready for

the future ahead. And as we are starting in this New Year, it is our duty

to renew our pledge, our commitment to our club, to ourselves as mem-

bers.

First meeting of 2011 has a couple of firsts. New executive committee

took charge of their responsibilities and pledged their commitment for

the betterment of the club and its members. Area C2 Governor con-

ducted this ceremony. Dr. Ritu also presented a session about leadership

manuals and the different roles/modules that must be fulfilled for ad-

vanced leadership awards. It was very beneficial for members who

want to complete their ALB and ALS in the coming months. Club will

conduct its International Speech and Table Topics shortly and to make

member aware of the same a special Mock Table Topics Session was

conducted. It gave a very clear picture of all the judging criteria and ac-

tual proceedings of a table topics contest.

-Vikas Kumar

The first time‖; it took me 2 days to come with this theme. Being

a very non-creative person, I had no idea what I was going to

speak on my first attempt as a toastmaster. I also realised that San-

chit Gupta is the first time Table Topics master. Just then, an idea

hit me. Why not talk about the first time? Why don‘t I remind

everyone that there is something called first time of everything we

ever did or of everything we‘ll ever do? Some may be worth re-

membering and some will be washed away with time.

When we start our lives, everything is special, well at that time whatever we do is spe-

cial only for our parents because we are too dumb to understand anything. As we start

growing old, we also start enjoying small events in our life such as going to school for

the first time or making a friend for the first time, but all this is lost when we become

adults. Everything becomes planned and we start indulging only in those activities

which are in some way ―profitable‖ to us. We don‘t start anything new just because

we want to experience something new.

Time will not stop; you will never cease to grow old until you are here. Why not make

use of this time? Why not learn something only for fun? You can either spend your life

by doing stuff which you regularly do or have plans to do, or you can just pack your

bags and go on a holiday to the place where you have always wanted to go but were

unable to because of ―lack of time‖. Or you can start learning guitar, which you have

always wanted to learn in school but now you think that you are too old to learn.

Start something, let there be endless first time experiences in your life, and if you

think you have done enough just think about this question ―When was the last time I

did something for the first time?

-Sanchit Aggarwal

MEETING THEMEs OF THE MONTH contd.. 8

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January 2011

Creativity is the process of bringing something new to life- real or

imaginary. It is the art of combining things things to create something

that was never thought before. Creativity is also changing your or oth-

ers perception. Creativity is a skill that can be practiced and is not just

an inspiration that strikes the gifted ones. There are opportunities to

practice creativity in every aspect of our life and at any time.

There are several books that equips us with tools to build creativity. I

consider Edward de Bono as a leading authority on creativity and an-

other British author Tony Buzan is also a great writer who offers prac-

tical tools and trainings on creativity and innovation. There are of

course various other authors who study innovation especially in the

context of Business.

Companies who adopt an innovation culture are leading in their fields

and would continue to do so. The culture of innovation that is required

in business also encompasses execution otherwise no value can be de-

rived from it. Google and 3M are well known companies which are

built on innovative products and services.

We need innovation at Government Policy and institutional level to

succeed to add value at every level and reduce our dependence on

other countries since cost arbitrage will get evened out soon

Surpetition is a new term coined by Edward de Bono which he de-

scribes as ―seeking above‖ or creating your own race. It means creat-

ing new ―value monopolies.‖

Sameep Taneja

It was not part of their blood,

It came to them very late

With long arrears to make good,

When the English began to hate.

They were not easily moved,

They were icy-willing to wait

Till every count should be proved,

Ere the English began to hate.

Their voices were even and low,

Their eyes were level and straight.

There was neither sign nor show,

When the English began to hate.

The Beginning by Rudyard Kipling

It was not preached to the crowd,

It was not taught by the State.

No man spoke it aloud,

When the English began to hate.

It was not suddenly bred,

It will not swiftly abate,

Through the chill years ahead,

When Time shall count from the date

That the English began to hate.

January 2011 KNOW THY TOASTMASTER 9

Himanshu Sharma is a pass out from Heritage School , Vasant Kunj. He is currently pursuing Bsc(Hons) at Institute of learning and Management

(IILM), Lodhi Road from university of Brad fort UK

Let‘s get to know more about him..

Q1: How did you come to know about toastmasters and how has the journey been so far? I came to know about toastmasters club through one of my school friend. The journey has been full of excite-ment and thrill .The Tabletopics are surely extravagant.

Q2:What are the goals you have set for yourself be-fore joining toastmasters? I feel the need for overall personality development, spe-cially in the spheres of public speaking and enhancing my confidence levels which are the essence of being a truely satisfied person. . Q3: What are the things that generate passion out of you? I am very passionate about gymming and just love football. I was in the school team as well. There is not a single Manchester united match which I have missed. Q4: Any suggestions for the Toastmaster meeting in general and for fellow toastmasters? I feel that I'm very lucky to have joined toastmasters as it is a great platform for over all development. It not only

enhances speaking skills but also leadership skills. I feel it should happen at least twice a week.

January 2011 KNOW THY TOASTMASTER 10

Q1: How did you come to know about toastmasters and

how do you react now ? A friend of mine is a member of Newdelhi ToastMaster club and he

suggested me to join Toast Master. I listen to him as a mentor so de-

cided to try it. Now I believe that Toaste master is an ultimate place to

improve public speaking skills, leadership skills and especially for me

it is a nice platform to come out of my routine life style and interact

with some intellectual people.

Q2:What is Vaibhav passionate about? It is a difficult question for me. I am passionate about solving

engineering problems. It doesn‘t mean that I am a studious

kind of person, it only implies that I enjoy brain storming.

Currently I am solving problems of Computational fluid dy-

namics.

Q3: What are the goals you want to achieve through toast-

masters?

I want to improve my knowledge of English, want to be a com-

petent speaker, a competent leader and want to have friends

from different kind of professions and having varied interests.

Q4: Any suggestions for the Toastmaster meeting in general and for fellow toastmas-ters? I like the way we conduct our meetings. It is quite formal and

disciplined. Especially I like current format of table topics

very much. My suggestion is to have less number of speakers

(for prepared speech) we should go for multiple rounds of ta-

ble topic speeches.

Vaibhav Vashishtha was born and brought up in Dausa, Rajasthan. He did his schooling from different schools of Dausa, Jaipur and Kota. He graduated

in Mechanical Engineering from IET Lucknow and pursued his M.Tech from IIT Bombay in Aerospace Propulsion. I worked as an Assistant Professor

of Fluid Mechanics in KIIT University, Bhubaneswar for 8 months and then in Sharda University, Greater Noida for 8 months. Currently I am working

as project associate in Mechanical Department of IIT Delhi. Lets get personal with him...

January 2011 THE HYDE PARK- Topic 11

The Hyde Park in London is famous for its Speakers’ Corner, which allows anyone and everyone to speak on a topic for as long as they can unless the police finds it offensive, and the Hyde Park police has had a history of being offended very rarely even on sensitive issues. As a salutation to the freedom of expression, we bring Hyde Park from Lon-don to our newsletter, and invite everyone to publish their comments on a certain topic, which for this month is: “Handling last minute backouts “

Last minutes are the worst thing which can

happen before the meeting, Especially if

the Toastmaster, or the General Evaluator or

Tabletopic Master backs out. This can be

avoided by assigning these roles at least a

week back and confirming the role players

in the middle of the week again.

Sanchit Aggarwal

Ready Back up speakers

All role players shall be asked to inform

about their absence at least 2 days before.

We should be ready with some alternate

plans, such as videos, movie or book review

or something to ensure that meeting experi-

ence is enriching.

Vikas Kumar

Backouts are something that can‘t be

evaded as there are individual priorities

but I feel backouts wont hurt as much if

we have good presence at the meetings

so that we can assign roles in time.

Akhil Sood

A new session if there is only

one speaker.-----‗Speak up

your mind ― Special recogni-

tion for these impromptu

speakers

Each member should

be encouraged to aim at one

speech in a fortnight.

Sangeeta Malik

January 2011 BEST OF THE MONTH 12

Here come

the

results!!!

15th January : Ritu Arora 22th January: : Akhil Sood 29th January: Vaibhav Vashishtha

15th January: Ritu Arora & Vinay Jain 22th January: Aneesh Jain

15th January: Ritu Arora 22th January: Aneesh Jain

Here come

the

results!!!

January 2011 CLUB CONTACT DETAILS 13

Our Executive Committee

Vikas Kumar: President

vikask.malik@gmail.com

Akhil Sood: Vice President, Education

skhil.aood@gmail.com

Shraddha Nakra: Vice President, Membership

Shraddha.nakra@gmail.com

Shreeja Kumar: Vice President, Public Relations

shreeja91@hotmail.com

Sameep Taneja Secretary

sameeptaneja@gmail.com

Vinay Jain: Treasurer

toastmaster.vinay@gmail.com

Sanchit Aggarwal: Sergeant-at-arms

sanchit31@gmail.com

Venue of Meetings

Vivekananda Vihar, Opposite J.P., Kapur & Uberai, Chartered

Accountants, LGF C-4/5 Safdarjung Development Area,

New Delhi—110016.

Time of Meetings

Every Saturday, 12:30 p.m.

Whom to Contact

For all queries, please contact:

Vikas Kumar: +91 9560690622 :;vikask.malik@gmail.com

Shreeja Kumar:+919717675613 ; shreeja91@hotmail.com

Akhil Sood: +91 9810820409; skhil.aood@gmail.com

Shraddha Nakra: +91 9899010 702 shraddha.nakra@gmail.com

Sanchit Aggarwal +91 9810906089; sanchit31@gmail.com

January 2011 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 14

Club No. 858173

Division C, District 82

Always Ahead…!

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without intimating the JPKU Toastmasters Club. All enquiries

and requests should be directed to the club‘s public relations

committee at jpkunews@gmail.com.

With this, I come to the end of my first issue of newsletter for

the club. It feels great to contribute to JPKU Toastmasters. I will

like to thank Malkiat, Anurag Vikas, Sanchit ,Akhil, Himanshu,

Vaibhav & Sameep for their in time contributions and making

this a success.

Images is published on the last day of the month. All contribu-tors are requested to send in their entries to shreeja91@hotmail.com by the 25th of the month.

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