Breathing life into words

There is a Jewish saying — God made man because he loves stories. And man has been telling stories from time immemorial. There are no cultures or societies without stories — tales of love, tragedies, escapades and heroic deeds.

“Dastangoi, the art of storytelling is a compound of two Persian words ‘dastan’ and ‘goi’, which means to tell a dastan (story). Dastans were epics, often oral in nature, which were recited or read aloud,” says Mahmood Farooqui, the man who’s been responsible for reviving this lost art, which can be traced back to the 16th century.

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