Narendra Modi said, “where there is a soul, there is a story” and stressed that the lost art of storytelling needs to be brought to the fore.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Mann Ki Baat address said the recent troubles had brought families close.
“Where there is a soul, there is a story” Mr. Modi said, stressing the lost art of storytelling needs to be brought to the fore.
“During my travels, I used to meet with kids. I used to ask them for stories, they would say that they would tell jokes instead. That used to astound me, we have a settled tradition of storytelling and Katha in our society,” he said. “Nowadays science fiction is also popular.”
He mentioned Amar Vyas who has started a gaatha website. “Vaishali Vyavahare Deshpande in Marathi, Vidya Raghavan of Chennai, Kathalaya and the Indian Storytelling Network are popularising storytelling and forming…