Gaatha – Mumbai International Storytelling Festival 2024 begins

Festival Chair, Amrita Somaiya said, “Storytelling is simply a mislaid art, particularly for today’s youth. The thought down Gaatha astatine is to present them to this affluent acquisition of taste speech arsenic stories are told successful assorted forms specified arsenic oral stories, music, dance, creation among all. This art, which is considered ancient, is alternatively precise applicable successful today’s firm satellite too. After all, it is this knack of storytelling that allows 1 to person effectual interpersonal communication.

Venkatraman said, “The mode to support this past creation live is to impact the youth. Apart from performances by an awesome line-up of storytellers coming from antithetic parts of the world, this three-day solemnisation of storytelling astatine the SUV, besides entails a big of creatively designed events and workshops astir the creation of storytelling for students to participate.”

This is the archetypal clip Gaatha has a conception titled – Queer Kahaniya (stories) which volition absorption connected stories astir the LGBTQ community. “This volition see information of show manager Feroza Engineer and LGBTQ activistic Ankit Bhuptani. They volition talk astir their experiences of coming retired of the closet and different stories that volition marque the nine much inclusive,” said Venkatraman.

Hoping for an informal attack to link with youth, the festival besides offers impromptu events specified arsenic ‘Kathakshari’ wherever participants person to archer a communicative that starts with the past connection of the erstwhile story. All of this is improvised, according to organisers, making the festival overmuch much vibrant.