“This session is the first of a six-part storytelling workshop. It analyses how animals step into human spaces through these folklores. Even when we are angry, animals are used as connotations in our oral space. This workshop will look at the impact that flora and fauna has on humans and, once we are aware of it, we will create narratives surrounding ethology,” Sridhar explains. Although Indian folktales have always been associated with children, adults have a greater connection to them. The storyteller says, “The word ‘Jataka’ means stories of The Buddha, and they play an ingraining part in Buddhism, while the word anima denotes  a human quality  given to certain animals. So, The Panchatantra, which is one of the most published and oldest literature in the world, talks about human qualities in the form of nature. These are very spiritual stories that we have passed on to children exclusively because somewhere adults lost their meaning.”

Vikram Sridhar

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Sridhar mentions that these tales allow humans to talk about human behaviours while being apolitical. “Humans are nature. We do share behavioural similarities with the animal kingdom. Sometimes, we are lazy like a sloth or angry like a tiger. So, when we look at these animal stories, we can relate and compare without going into specifications of caste, creed or gender; are we like a hare or are we the tortoise?” Sridhar hopes that these stories will bring back the lost art of looking to nature for inspiration, since we tend to forget that literature comes from nature itself. 

On: February 12; 11 am 
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Cost: Rs 499