India, Feb. 8 -- The fear of public speaking is an established fear, right up there in the top 10 list. Centuries of attempts by humankind to deliver discourses that impact the audience in the desired way have usually not succeeded, to put it mildly.

Some people start off by being nervous wrecks while some speakers take to the stage like the proverbial ducks to water. I have seen many a speaker up close, who has had to overcome years of trepidation and anxiety. Not an easy task, to be able to espouse a cause eloquently before an audience.

The size of the gathering also matters to most speakers. While they're comfortable speaking before a score of people, they start sweating when the numbers are in their hundreds. But this is quite a nat...