I am glad to share with you my journey. The year was 1989 and a 13 year old, wrote in her diary “I’d like to share stories with the world” and 3 decades later it turns out that she is travelling across the world and sharing stories! What began as the seed of a dream, grew into a bud in 1997: audio-storytelling in All India Radio and is blossoming as international storytelling even as 2019 even as 2019 peek-a-boos at the horizon.
From sharing ‘The butterfly story’ at a children’s camp in a little known town in India, to performing ‘Stories of Scotland- and India’s friendship’ at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh with a Scottish storyteller. The meandering flow with its twists and turns is a fascinating story in itself.
All along, as an educationalist I have been fortunate to explore opportunities of marrying 'Storytelling' and 'Its Pedagogical Possibilities' especially in English Language Teaching. With hundreds of performances and workshops, 15,000 teachers and 1 lakh children, it seems as though it was just yesterday that a teenager had penned down her wish to share stories.
I am thankful for living my dreams. And I am equally aware that there is a long way ahead: learning, sharing and growing together.
Stories and rhymes, music and movement, love and laughter fill me with energy. And I hope to touch more lives and be touched with this joyful engagement.
TED and other platforms have also helped me reach out to many more. If you’d like to stay connected with me and my work and know about upcoming performances, workshops and other developments, I invite to reach out through the medium of your choice:
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/over2deepakiran/
You Tube https://www.youtube.com/user/storytellerdeepa
Email – [email protected]
Instagram – https://instagram.com/over2storyteller?utm_source=ig_profile_share&igshid=1bbwaajov8y0f
Blog - http://over2deepakiran.blogspot.com/ (Being revived)
As we seek possibilities of exploring the world together……I thank you and wish you best.
From sharing ‘The butterfly story’ at a children’s camp in a little known town in India, to performing ‘Stories of Scotland- and India’s friendship’ at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh with a Scottish storyteller. The meandering flow with its twists and turns is a fascinating story in itself.
All along, as an educationalist I have been fortunate to explore opportunities of marrying 'Storytelling' and 'Its Pedagogical Possibilities' especially in English Language Teaching. With hundreds of performances and workshops, 15,000 teachers and 1 lakh children, it seems as though it was just yesterday that a teenager had penned down her wish to share stories.
I am thankful for living my dreams. And I am equally aware that there is a long way ahead: learning, sharing and growing together.
Stories and rhymes, music and movement, love and laughter fill me with energy. And I hope to touch more lives and be touched with this joyful engagement.
TED and other platforms have also helped me reach out to many more. If you’d like to stay connected with me and my work and know about upcoming performances, workshops and other developments, I invite to reach out through the medium of your choice:
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/over2deepakiran/
You Tube https://www.youtube.com/user/storytellerdeepa
Email – [email protected]
Instagram – https://instagram.com/over2storyteller?utm_source=ig_profile_share&igshid=1bbwaajov8y0f
Blog - http://over2deepakiran.blogspot.com/ (Being revived)
As we seek possibilities of exploring the world together……I thank you and wish you best.
Deepa Kiran