September 26, 2023

2 thoughts on “THE ART OF INDIAN STORYTELLING

  1. Interesting history of Indian storytelling. As a Westerner, I see some parallels in the use of stories to impart moral teachings. Jesus’ parables are one example, many of our children’ s fairytales are another. We rely less on speaking or singing the stories, although in both Ancient Greece and Rome, it was not uncommon for philosophers to express their ideas through poetry. The classic Greek plays of Sophocles, Aeschylus and others are also examples. In our modern times, dramatic expression of moral issues occurs in both plays, such as Death of a Salesman or Doubt, and in musicals, such as Rent. I, myself, write science fiction that wrestles with moral and philosophical issues in a dramatic, fictional setting. The mind seems to accept ideas presented narratively more easily than either scientifically or mathematically, and storytelling, defined broadly, as it is in this article may be a pan-civilization phenomena that has been with humans for centuries.

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