Kathalaya Impact Series How did you first associate with Kathalaya? In 2011, my cousin saw an Kathalaya advertisement in the Hindu newspaper. We wanted to enquire about and do the course. She was in Madurai and I was in Bangalore. I just dropped into the office and enquired about the team. It was nice meeting…

A myth or a sacred story holds much significance for a people and their culture. It is the lived belief system, a way of veneration. When a performing artist and international storyteller as proficient as Deepa Kiran performs the Ganges story – all one can do is stand up in applause. This story is performed…

Could you talk about postmodernism and the theory behind your book? The books are not very postmodern to start with. But they do become more and more postmodern as we progress. In college, I teach postmodernism. But I don’t just teach postmodernism I live postmodernism, I follow postmodernism. I am situated within the postmodern praxis.…

Interview with Professor Dr. Abdul Mohammed Ali Jinnah Could you talk about your background? I am a Professor. I teach in Jamal Mohammad College in Tiruchirappalli. It is a minority institution. Here, I would share stories with my students. Dr. Priya motivated me and said this is great storytelling. She said we should put the…

The background to your book Vritrahan? This project was super under scrutiny, with people saying you are doing another rewrite, another myth retelling. There is a whole genre of myth rewrites. People couldn’t understand what that book could be. It was not something to gratify my own hubris. In youtube, you find a host of…

About your background? My background in education is a Masters in English Literature. Before that I did a Bachelors in Nutrition. Since 2000, I have been in the field of English Language Teaching. I have been teaching English in different schools. And I started using stories and storytelling for English Language Teaching. My background to…

In the book Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari notes that traditional civilizations spoke the language of stories and narratives and coded their knowledge in this form. He also notes that since the scientific revolution, the language of Sapiens has shifted to Mathematical Formule. All contemporary systems of knowledge use the language of mathematics. This story Musical…

Of some of the treasures Youtube has to offer, there is the storytelling channel of Deepa Kiran. And within this channel you can find this gem of a story – How a young poor girl became a snake doctor. Deepa Kiran starts us on the storytelling journey with a musical introduction. A custodian of the…