Jan 28 2023 to Jan 28 2023 5:30 p.m.

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Where

Goethe-Institut Bangalore

716, Chinmaya Mission Hospital Rd, First Stage, Defence Colony, Indiranagar 560038

Event Description

We are delighted to present The Story of Storytellers an evening of Storytelling Performance and Panel Discussion by well-known Storytellers Geeta Ramanujam, Roopa Pai and Vikram Sridhar followed by a Panel Discussion with Shinie Antony.

About the performers/speakers:

Geeta Ramanujam wears many hats. Besides being an internationally renowned storyteller, Geeta is a Master Trainer, Educator Academician, Author, and Administrator. She is the pioneer of the storytelling evolution in India. She is the Executive Director and Founder of Kathalaya Trust and Kathalaya’s International Academy of Storytelling, which completes 25 years of its legacy this year. She was recently recognised by the Prime Minister in the Mann ke Baat Programme.

Vikram Sridhar is a Performance Storyteller & Theatre Practitioner combining his various interests and work over 20+ years in Theatre, Conservation and Social Work. His stories, performances and workshops for children and adults are rooted in Heritage, Ecology and Folklore, deeply inspired by various communities of the soil. Based in Chennai and Bangalore, he has travelled the country extensively with his Desi way of Storytelling.

Shinie Antony has written short-story books Barefoot and Pregnant, The Orphanage For Words, and novels The Girl Who Couldn't Love and When Mira Went Forth and Multiplied. She has compiled the anthologies Why We Don’t Talk, An Unsuitable Woman and Boo. Co-founder of the Bangalore Literature Festival and director of the Bengaluru Poetry Festival, her story A Dog’s Death won the Commonwealth Short Story Asia prize in 2002.

Event details: Storytelling Performance by Geeta Ramanujam, Roopa Pai and Vikram Sridhar | 5.30 p.m. – 6.30 p.m.

Panel Discussion: The Story of Storytellers' Story | Participants: Geeta Ramanujam, Roopa Pai and Vikram Sridhar with Shinie Antony | 6.30 p.m. – 7.30 p.m.