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Club No. 858173Division C, District 82

Mission of

Toastmasters To provide a mutually supportive and positivelearning environment

in which every individual

member has theopportunity

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 thatthe club has got a new Executive Committee that has taken charge this very month. I willbegin 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 hislife, Akhil Sood finds answers to his monster question. Dont miss the poem by Sir RudyardKipling. In the Hyde Park section we invited some thoughts on discussing the last minutebackouts. Read about Himanshu Sharma and Vaibhav Vashishtha, the latest additions toour family in Know thy toastmasters. .

Hope you have a good time reading it.

The Editors Note

Newsletter of the JPKU Toastmasters Club, NewDelhi

Vol. 5, Issue 1; January 2011

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January 2012 CONTENTS

Passing the guard Page 3

The outgoing president hands over the charge of the club tohis successor Vikas and his team

Malkiat Bindra and Vikas Kumar

Know Thy Toastmaster Page 9and 10

Lets 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 7and 8Toastmasters 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 PA-Akhil Sood

News and announcements Page 6


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3 PASSING THE GUARD January 201If you live through your life, you will not realize the thingswhich have changed. But, if u give a thought, ponder upon thethings which matter, you might realize a lot has changed with-out much attention. All you did was your duty, took some helpfrom others, saw your friends stand next to you and wallah! Itsall done.. Something similar happened when I was in charge of the club from July'10. There were DCP goals, concern for thequality of the club, concerns for other things regarding the club.Piece by piece, meeting by meeting, month by month, all wassorted just like that.

Our term did not have many EC members left by the end of the term. But, those whowere there, made sure there was nothing that they could not handle. They made surethat no one could notice that it was mere few who were handling the job of 7 fullytrained officials. Yes, they were not trained in some specific aspect of the job, but noone could tell the difference. These are those people who excel in their life and fulfilltheir dreams and turn them into reality. They surely made my job very easy. I'll missthe 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 surethey 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 itis coming naturally from the heart. This is the impact the club and its people have hadon 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 VikasKr. Malik in particular who has to lead the pack of 7 prominent leaders having differ-ent responsibilities of their own.

Malkiat BindraImmediate Past President - JPKU Toastmasters Club

Standing on the brink of a bright new beginningI can feel the fresh new breeze coming to meAnd 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 ECmembers Akhil Sood ( VP - Education), Shraddha Nakra (VP -Membership), Shreeja Kumar (VP - Public Relations), VinayJain (Treasurer), Sameep Taneja (Secretary) and Sanchit Aggar-wal (Sergeant at arms) for being selected as the Executive Committee. I would likthank the Selection committee of our club which has shown their trust in this team. Ithis team's hard work, skills and perseverance which will help our club to reach neheights.

Serving a club with tradition of achievements is a matter of pride and it is my privileg be given charge of this "Always Ahead" club. It is said that to be at the top is easier t

staying at the top. Continuous improvement with the ability to reinvent is the utmost quirement of sustained success. Last Executive Committee in their term has setachievement bar at a new high. JPKU Toastmasters Club has already achieved the cove"President's Distinguished Club" Award. Congratulations to all members and EC teamthe same. Now, its our duty to follow the path laid down by our predecessors and then

beyond what has already been achieved.

For fellow EC members, my message is to take guidance from our predecessors and stour best to reach the standards set and then go past them. For members of club, my msage is to be present and participate. The quality of the club, its meetings is defined byquality of its members and for that members need to participate in all the activities of club.

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

Vikas Kumar President - JPKU Toastmasters Club


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4 RACE-Anurag Batoliya January 201Quit , Give up !

You are beatenThere is just too much against you now,This time you cant 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 racerejuvenates my will.

A childrens race, young boy, young man Excitement sure , but also;Fear it wasnt hard to tell.

And all they lined up; So full of hopeEach 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 sonEach boy hoped , to show his father,That he might be the one.

The whistle blew, and off they wentYoung hearts , hopes of fire;To win, to be the hero;Was each young boys 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 depthsThe 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 couldnt 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 saidGet up and win the race

He quickly rose, said no damage is done;Behind a bit , thats 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 disgraceHopeless as a runner and said;I shouldnt try to race!

In the cheering crowd, he found his fathers face That steady look said againGet up , & win the race

So up he jumped to try againTen 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 silentlyA tear dropped from his eyeThere is no use of running,I am out , why try

He thought to rise and disappear,All hopes had fade awaySo far behind , so slippedSo fallen, A loser all the way.

I have lost the race, he said Ill have to live with my disgrace And then he thought about his dad,Who soon Hell have to face.

Get up An echo sounded low Take your placeYou are not meant for failureGet up ,and win the race

He rose up againYou havent lost it allFor winning is more than thisTo rise each time you fall

So up he rose, to run once moreWith a new commitHe resolvedwinners loose , but at least hewouldnt quit! That was the inner call

So far behind, He ranFor the quest to win

Three times he had fallen, stum- blingThree times he had risen again

So far behind , so hooked to winHe still ran to the endThey cheered the winner,As he crossed the lineHigh and proud

No falling, no disgrace

The fallen boy crossed the line,Last placeThe crowd gave him a greater cheer For finishing the race

And even though , he came in lastLow and head bowedHe would have thought ,He should have won the raceTo listen to the crowd,To walk away with grace.

And to his dad, he sadly said

I didnt 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 faceThe memory of that little boy , helpsme in my race.

With all the life is like a raceWith ups and downsAnd some utter disgrace

To win , just remember that boys call;To rise each time you fall.Rise each time, you fall

Anurag Batoliya


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5 The monster-Akhil Sood January 201

Amidst our busy lives, forever occupied by our routine engagements, only a few of us dare to change the boredom of routineand undergo a paradigm of shift by doing something creative to break the otherwise monotonous schedule. The ones who beginare 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 momentyou 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 d evote tothe 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 dissatisfactionafter 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 dimensionsto 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 mywillingness to pay a price, I couldnt 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 thestudents. 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 thetext 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 wasnt a fluke that i went in there. Thesame holds true for you. You belong here.

Akhil Sood


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6 News and Announcements January 201

The new Executive Committee has taken charge for the term January toJune 2011. Please contact them for any issues you face.

Vaibhav Vashishtha is the newest member to join JPKU Toastmaster andhas delivered his Icebreaker with a aplomb.

Vice President (Education) Akhil Sood has completed his CompetentCommunication Manual.

JPKU Toastmaster is going to organize its International Speech Contestand Tabletopics Contest on February 19, 2011. To participate in the inter-national speech contest, a member has to complete his 6 speeches. Pleasetry and get your 6 speeches done by the contest date. The EC is willing tohelp. 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 includingMagic Moments by Deepak Menon. As guests, you will be charged Rs.200 for attending the meeting.


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MEETING THEMEs OF THE MONTH7 January 2

8th January was the first meeting of JPKU Toast-masters Club of year 2011. This time of the year isthe time of resolutions, time of starting afresh onthe journey of life. It is also the time when we canagain have a fresh view at everything that we have

been doing. Toastmaster gives us opportunity tocommunicate 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 dutyto renew our pledge, our commitment to our club, to ourselves as mem-

bers.

First meeting of 2011 has a couple of firsts. New executive committeetook 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 leadershipmanuals and the different roles/modules that must be fulfilled for ad-vanced leadership awards. It was very beneficial for members whowant to complete their ALB and ALS in the coming months. Club willconduct its International Speech and Table Topics shortly and to makemember aware of the same a special Mock Table Topics Session wasconducted. 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. Beinga very non-creative person, I had no idea what I was going tospeak 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 dont I remindeveryone that there is something called first time of everything weever did or of everything well 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 startgrowing 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 becomeadults. Everything becomes planned and we start indulging only in those activitieswhich are in some way profitable to us. We dont start anything new just becausewe want to experience something new.Time will not stop; you will never cease to grow old until you are here. Why not makeuse 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 wereunable to because of lack of time. Or you can start learning guitar, which you havealways 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 youthink you have done enough just think about this question When was the last time Idid something for the first time?

-Sanchit Aggarwal


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MEETING THEMEs OF THE MONTH contd..8

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January 2

Creativity is the process of bringing something new to life- real or imaginary. It is the art of combining things things to create somethingthat was never thought before. Creativity is also changing your or oth-ers perception. Creativity is a skill that can be practiced and is not justan 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. Iconsider 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 thecontext of Business.

Companies who adopt an innovation culture are leading in their fieldsand would continue to do so. The culture of innovation that is requiredin 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 tosucceed to add value at every level and reduce our dependence onother 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 c reat-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,


The Beginning by Rudyard Kipling

It was not preached to the crowd,

It was not taught by the State.

No man spoke it aloud,


It was not suddenly bred,

It will not swiftly abate,

Through the chill years ahead,

When Time shall count from the

That the English began to hate


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January 2011KNOW THY TOASTMASTER9Himanshu 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 Lets get to know more about him..

Q1 : How did you come to know about toastmastersand 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 enhancingmy confidence levels which are the essence of being atruely satisfied person..Q3: What are the things that generate passion out of you? I am very passionate about gymming and just lovefootball. I was in the school team as well.

There is not a single Manchester united match which Ihave missed.

Q4 : Any suggestions for the Toastmaster meeting ingeneral and for fellow toastmasters?I feel that I'm very lucky to have joined toastmasters as itis a great platform for over all development. It not only

enhances speaking skills but also leadershipskills. I feel it should happen at least twice aweek.


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January 2011KNOW THY TOASTMASTER10

Q1 : How did you come to know about toastmasters andhow do you react now ?A friend of mine is a member of Newdelhi ToastMaster club and hesuggested 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 toimprove public speaking skills, leadership skills and especially for meit is a nice platform to come out of my routine life style and interactwith some intellectual people.

Q2:What is Vaibhav passionate about?It is a difficult question for me. I am passionate about solvingengineering problems. It doesnt mean that I am a studiouskind 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 friendsfrom 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 anddisciplined. Especially I like current format of table topicsvery 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 graduatedin 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 workingas project associate in Mechanical Department of IIT Delhi. Lets get personal with him...


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January 20THE HYDE PARK- Topic11The 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 un less the police finds it offenand 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 canhappen before the meeting, Especially if the Toastmaster, or the General Evaluator or Tabletopic Master backs out. This can beavoided by assigning these roles at least aweek back and confirming the role playersin the middle of the week again.

Sanchit Aggarwal

Ready Back up speakers

All role players shall be asked to informabout their absence at least 2 days before.

We should be ready with some alternate plans, such as videos, movie or book reviewor something to ensure that meeting experi-

ence is enriching.

Vikas Kumar

Backouts are something that cant be

evaded as there are individual priorities but I feel backouts wont hurt as much if we have good presence at the meetingsso that we can assign roles in time.

Akhil Sood

A new session if there is onlyone speaker.----- Speak upyour mind Special recogni-

tion for these impromptuspeakers

Each member should be encouraged to aim at onespeech in a fortnight.

Sangeeta Malik
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speakers%27_Cornerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speakers%27_Cornerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speakers%27_Corner


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January 2BEST OF THE MONTH12Here come

theresults!!!

15th January : Ritu Arora22th January: : Akhil Sood29th January: Vaibhav Vashishtha

15th January: Ritu Arora & Vinay Jain

22th January: Aneesh Jain

15th January: Ritu Arora22th January: Aneesh Jain

Here comethe

results!!!


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January 2011LUB CONTACT DETAILS13

Our Executive CommitteeVikas Kumar: President

[email protected]

Akhil Sood: Vice President, Education

[email protected]

Shraddha Nakra: Vice President, Membership

[email protected]

Shreeja Kumar: Vice President, Public Relations

[email protected]

Sameep Taneja Secretary

[email protected]

Vinay Jain: Treasurer

[email protected]

Sanchit Aggarwal: [email protected]

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 ContactFor all queries, please contact:

Vikas Kumar: +91 9560690622 :; [email protected] Kumar:+ 919717675613 ; [email protected] Akhil Sood : +91 9810820409; [email protected]

Shraddha Nakra : +91 9899010 702 [email protected] Aggarwal +91 9810906089; [email protected]
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January 20ACKNOWLEDGMENTS14

Club No. 858173

Division C, District 82

Always Ahead!

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No part of this newsletter maybe printed or reproducewithout intimating the JPKU Toastmasters Club. All enquiriesand requests should be directed to the clubs public relationscommittee at [email protected] .

With this, I come to the end of my first issue of newsletter fthe club. It feels great to contribute to JPKU Toastmasters. I wlike to thank Malkiat, Anurag Vikas, Sanchit ,Akhil, HimanshVaibhav & Sameep for their in time contributions and makithis a success.

Images is published on the last day of the month. All contribu-tors are requested to send in their entries [email protected] by the 25th of the month.

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