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storytelling

  • In Telangana, an ancient storytelling tradition is helping the police fight fake news on WhatsApp

    In Telangana, an ancient storytelling tradition is helping the police fight fake news on WhatsApp

    Vishwaveer Singh
    · Jan 05, 2019 · 11:30 am
  • If dastangoi survives today in India, it’s partly because of this historic place in Uttar Pradesh

    If dastangoi survives today in India, it’s partly because of this historic place in Uttar Pradesh

    Tarana Khan
    · Aug 11, 2018 · 11:30 am
  • Against storytelling: This essay might destroy all your ideas about the value of the story in a book

    Against storytelling: This essay might destroy all your ideas about the value of the story in a book

    Nayani Goyal
    · Mar 31, 2018 · 05:30 pm
  • Technology isn’t just helping children read stories, it can also make them active storytellers

    Technology isn’t just helping children read stories, it can also make them active storytellers

    Tanvi Domadia
    · Mar 24, 2018 · 05:30 pm
  • Photos: The tragic tale of Vietnamese heroine Kieu, from the epic poem ‘Kim Van Kieu’

    Photos: The tragic tale of Vietnamese heroine Kieu, from the epic poem ‘Kim Van Kieu’

    Sud Chonchirdsin
    · Dec 04, 2017 · 09:30 pm
  • Seven illustrators and hundreds of writers are crafting this story one line at a time

    Seven illustrators and hundreds of writers are crafting this story one line at a time

    Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
    · Aug 21, 2017 · 02:30 pm
  • Why films can be philosophical and how philosophy can learn from film

    Why films can be philosophical and how philosophy can learn from film

    Costica Bradatan
    · Jul 11, 2017 · 09:30 pm
  • What happened when a medieval Urdu text was performed in a craft beer pub in Mumbai

    What happened when a medieval Urdu text was performed in a craft beer pub in Mumbai

    Urmi Chanda-Vaz
    · Mar 01, 2017 · 11:30 am
  • How a Japanese deity of good fortune is linked to Hindu god Shiva

    How a Japanese deity of good fortune is linked to Hindu god Shiva

    Yasuyo Ohtsuka
    · Nov 16, 2016 · 07:30 pm
  • These illustrated Persian fables owe their origin to India's Panchatantra

    These illustrated Persian fables owe their origin to India's Panchatantra

    Ursula Sims-Williams
    · Nov 11, 2016 · 08:30 pm
  • Many parents won’t read their children scary stories. Perhaps they shouldn’t be blamed

    Many parents won’t read their children scary stories. Perhaps they shouldn’t be blamed

    Kiera Vaclavik, The Conversation
    · Sep 04, 2016 · 05:30 am