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Storytellers (and other Story Experts) 1) S.W. Alvin. 3) Anusha
Ramasamy. 4) Asha
Sampath. 5) H.
Banumathy (Banu). 7) Daniel
Joseph. 8) Debjani
Bhaduri. 9) Divya
Anand. 11) Geetha
Kailasam. 12) Geethanjali
Javed. 13) Indu
Divya. 14) Kanagadurga
Ramesh (Kanaga). 16) Kavitha
Thyagarajan. 18) Manjula
Karthikeyan. 20) Meenakshi
Vivek. 21) Mohan
Krishnan. 22) Mubeen
Irshad. 23) Nazrin M.
24) Mee.
Pandiarajan. 25) Periya
Nayaki. 26) Pooja Giri. 27) Pretigaya
Haran. 28) Priti
Sudarsan. 30) Priya
Palanikumar. 31) Radha
Balaraman. 32) Ramya
Arivazhagan. 33) Renu Meera. 34) Renu Narayan. 35)
Sabapathy
Narayanan (Saba). 37) Samatha
Sharma. 39) Selina
Joseph. 42) Shyama
Sridharan. 44) Sridevi
Srinivasan. 47) Sudha
Umashanker. 48) Suriya
Lakshmi. 49) Tharani
Rathnam. 50) Uma Jairam. 51) Vasugi
Ram Manohar. 52) Vithya
Dhanaraj. 53) Zarin
M.
S.W. Alvin. Alvin is
a Storyteller and Creativity Trainer.
He seeks to deliver Peace, Joy, and Goodness through stories, and also
to help individuals discover the knowledge of their true selves, and identify
their inborn potentials. Alvin's Storytelling and Training
Company is Regina Pacis - Zone of
Confidence. Regina Pacis
trains Teachers regarding Storytelling, Communication, and Personality
Development. Alvin also teaches Spoken
English classes for students and professionals. Alvin has developed a 2-week Personality
Development module called "LIKES" (Life Inspiring Knowledge
Enriching Stories) for people of the age group 12 to 17 years. If you might be interested to have this
module in your institution, please contact Alvin. Member, Chennai Storytellers. Contact
info alvinansa@gmail.com 2 Ambujavalli N. (Ambuja). Ambuja
loves to dance, sing, listen, talk, imagine, act, narrate, create, write, and
spread healthy happiness. Her search
for an avenue to nurture all her ‘loves’ found an answer when she stumbled
upon the fantastic art of storytelling.
Training from Dr Eric Miller of the World Storytelling Institute
polished her skills and helped her to discover the storyteller and trainer in
her. She found her ‘Calling’! Questions answered! Passion identified! That’s the story of how an IT
professional with a decade of experience in the field became a storyteller
with the primary mission of spreading healthy happiness! Ambuja performs at various schools and
social gatherings. Her
S-camps at Ramapuram are packages of stories, slokas, public speaking and
theatre. A stern believer in knowledge
sharing, she conducts workshops for children and adults on storytelling,
public speaking, and related skills. Ambuja's storytelling has been broadcast
by All India Radio. She has been
featured in DD Podhigai TV's "Illakkiya Durbar" program, and was
interviewed for this station's national "Kaalai Thendral"
("Morning Breeze") program in its "Nam Virundhinar" (Our
Guest) segment -- a recording of the live telecast of this interview is here. Languages: Thamizh and English. Member, Chennai Storytellers. Member, Springboard Tales. Contact
info ambujavalli@gmail.com 99625
27135 Facebook,
Ambujavalli N 3 Anusha
Ramasamy. Anusha is passionate about telling stories to
children. She believes stories and
storytelling can be used 1) to teach children good moral values, 2) to help shape children's minds, and 3) to encourage children to develop reading
and writing habits. Anusha is the founder and director of Once
Upon a Time. She conducts
storytelling sessions on weekends in Ashok Nagar and Royapettah. Her summer camp storytelling sessions this
past April and May were very popular.
A photo of Anusha telling a story is here. Anusha also holds a Masters degree in
Psychology. Contact info 93447 79430 anushram@yahoo.com Facebook, Anusha
Ramasamy's Once Upon a Time . Asha is a
Storyteller, and is the founder-director of Tale Spin. She gives storytelling performances
covering a wide range of themes, to suit all occasions and age groups.
She also leads and arranges Storytelling Workshops (potentially featuring
multiple trainers) on various aspects of storytelling. Member, Chennai Storytellers. Banumathy
is the founder-director of Fables N Tales in
Perumalagaram (near Tiruverkadu). She is a Storyteller and
Trainer. She gives storytelling performances for all
occasions. One
thing Banumathy does is tell stories to children (3 years and older), lead
them in related activities, and train them in storytelling. Three places and times she does this are: A)
Saturdays, 10:30am to 12 Noon, in Tiruverkadu. B)
Saturdays, 4pm to 5:30pm, in Anna
Nagar. C)
Sundays, 10am to 11am, in Tiruverkadu. Details
are here. Member, Chennai Storytellers. Contact
info 80560
50606 banumathy81@gmail.com Facebook,
Fables N Tales 6 Bhuvana works with storytelling in a number of
ways. She is a storytelling Trainer
and Coach for parents, teachers, and other professionals -- helping them to
develop their own storytelling, and also helping them to conduct storytelling
activities with children. She designs
theme-based Storytelling Camps for children on topics such as Environment
Conservation, and Life Skills. A photo
of Bhuvana in a Storytelling discussion session with children is here.
In addition, Bhuvana is the founder-director of Let's
Talk, a counselling organisation.
Bhuvana is a Psychologist and an Arts-based Therapy Practitioner. When working with children, she uses
Storytelling and other arts as therapeutic tools. Contact
info 98407 74659 bhuvanabg07@gmail.com Daniel Joseph. Daniel
uses Storytelling to teach English language.
He is a certified TESOL instructor.
Together with his wife, Christina Joseph, he directs Virginia Language
Training (VLT), which is based in Pallavaram (just south of
Chennai airport). VLT, formerly known as VATD (Virginia
Academy of Training and Development), provides English Language training to a
number of schools, including Shikshaa Matriculation Hr. Sec. School, in
Hasthinapuram (near Chromepet), St. Stephen's and St. Sebastain's in
Pallavaram, CSI Bains School in Kodingaiyur, CSI Ewarts Annanagar, and more
schools all over Tamilnadu. VLT has conducted English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction for over 50,000
students, using innovative and creative fun-filled activities such as
Storytelling, Theatre, Mime, Puppetry, and Arts and Crafts, to help children
develop their language abilities. Two
excellent Storytelling and Language trainers -- Maria Lincoln and Sabatina
Cornielle -- contribute to the strength of the VLT team. Recently we have added even more
Storytellers to our team. Virginia Language Training is now
conducting Online Classes for children all over the world, providing programs
in Storytelling to Learn English, Moral
Values, Good Behaviour, and about Different Cultures for young people in
India, USA, Canada, and Brazil. Contact
info 88258
79393, 99406 13580 danygetsit@gmail.com Pallavaram,
Chennai - 43 Facebook, Virginia
Language Training 8 Debjani Bhaduri. Debjani
enjoys telling stories, and also giving instruction in Storytelling, to
people of all ages. She brings a lot
of humor and fun to her Storytelling work. Debjani is a post-graduate in English
literature. She has taught in a college
in Bangalore; and in Bala Vidya Mandir, Gandhinagar, Chennai. Currently she is conducting phonics classes
for children in Besant Nagar and Thiruvanmiyur. She also teaches communication skills and
story-theatre classes for teenagers and adults in Adyar and Thiruvanmiyur. Member, Chennai Storytellers. Contact
info 98402
76914 debjani_bhaduri@rediffmail.com Facebook,
Debjani Bhaduri 9 Divya Anand. Divya
finds great passion in her craft as a storyteller for young children. She has been in the IT industry for a
while, along side which she has also been doing voice overs for promos,
corporate videos, documentaries, and the like. So the power of voice and
expressive speech found a natural meandering into the world of storytelling,
which one can apply to entertain as well as to educate. Voice, action, fun, and more give flight to
the characters and bring the story alive.
Her stories entertain, and in the process also cultivate the need and
sense to be grounded with healthy beliefs and value systems for oneself. A photo of Divya is here. Member, Chennai Storytellers. Contact
info 98404
26260 dhivyaanand1110@gmail.com Divya's
website is here. 10 Eric is a
Scholar, Trainer, Storyteller, Story Writer, and Psychological
Counsellor. He co-founded and directs
the World Storytelling Institute,
the Chennai
Storytelling Festival, and the Storytelling
Therapy Association of India. He facilitates the Chennai
Storytelling Association, and is a co-facilitator of the Indian Storytelling Network. Eric conducts Storytelling (and
Storytelling-related) Workshops for adults and teenagers -- in-person and via
videoconference -- and helps to provide Storytellers for any occasion (in
Tamil, English, and other languages). He is also the Assistant Director
of the East West Center for Counselling and Training
and the Indian
Institute of Psychodrama. Eric is on staff as Psychological
Counsellor at Apollo Hospitals (Apollo Clinic, T Nagar, Chennai), https://askapollo.com/doctors/psychologist/chennai/dr-eric-miller
. He also sees clients directly, via Zoom and
in the roof-top garden at his office in Mylapore, Chennai. In this work, he utilises methods of
Storytelling Therapy. Regarding Videoconferencing: Eric has been working with Storytelling
and Videoconferencing since the early 1990s (almost 30 years ago). Links to 19 Storytelling-related
Videoconferences he has
co-facilitated are here. In 2017, Eric guest-edited "Ways
Storytellers are Using Audio- and Videoconferencing for Training, Discussion,
and Performance" -- a 12-page section of the USA National Storytelling Network's Storytelling Magazine. Member, Chennai Storytellers. eric@storytellinginstitute.org Geetha Kailasam. Geetha is
a Storyteller and Writer. She conducts
Storytelling and Theatre classes for children and adults, especially in Besant
Nagar. Geetha is is also a Certified Accountant
by qualification, and passionately teaches Accounts and Commerce to students
in the 11th and 12th Standards. Contact
info 99529
57031 geetha33@gmail.com 12 Geethanjali Javed. Geethanjali
directs the Spotlight Academy, through which she trains children in soft
skills using storytelling as one of the tools. She conducts summer camps for children in
the Academy. For many years, Geethanjali was a
teacher. She has a PG in English
Literature. She has studied
storytelling with Eric Miller (director, World Storytelling Institute) in
Chennai, and with Sherin Mathews in Mumbai. Geethanjali also trains teachers,
regarding ways to use storytelling to enhance children's English-language
speaking skills. She tells stories in
schools, libraries, NGOs, and social gatherings. She tries to inspire people by telling
personal stories which they could relate to regardless of religion, language,
ethnicity, etc. A person who always believes in countries
without borders, Geethanjali considers herself as an ambassador of peace. A photo of Geethanjali is here. Member, Chennai Storytellers. Contact
info 73583
25036 geethanjalijaved.gj@gmail.com 13 Indu Divya. Indu is a
professional storyteller, trainer and content developer. She believes deeply in the magic of storytelling
as a medium to engage with people.
Personal-experience storytelling is the type of storytelling she most
enjoys and considers her forte. She
has trained under Jeeva Raghunath.
Indu has conducted storytelling workshops and has staged public performances
for children. Indu is now focusing on engaging with
adult audiences through her storytelling.
She has recently founded The
Narrative, a company providing training/coaching
and content development services.
Storytelling is at the core of all the services offered by The
Narrative: In addition to regular workshops, The
Narrative organises Live Themed Personal Storytelling Sessions for mature
audiences, once a month. Member, Chennai Storytellers. Contact
info 98407
12328 indu.divya.247@gmail.com Facebook,
The
Narrative 14 Kanagadurga Ramesh (Kanaga). Kanaga is
the founder-director of the Storytelling organisation, Alabanza. She is a teacher by profession, and has
worked with children in the classroom for many years. She is a certified trainer of Montessori
kindergarten teachers. She is also a language instructor,
regarding the Spanish language especially.
She has attended an English Language Course at the British Council,
and has passed the "Test of English as a Foreign Language Exam"
(TOEFL). Kanaga is an experienced storyteller and
mono-dramatist. She is an
enthusiastic, creative, and imaginative person, and is well able to use her
acting skills to express feelings. She
has attended a "Seven-session Storytelling Workshop" and a
"Workshop on Storytelling for Personality Development" at the World
Storytelling Institute. Kanaga can combine, in customised
workshops, instruction / training in languages and other subjects (including
storytelling and mono-drama) -- for children, teens, and adults. Member, Chennai Storytellers. Contact
info 99625
72169 cvkanagadurga14@gmail.com 15 Member, Chennai Storytellers. 16 Kavitha Thyagarajan. Kavitha
is a storyteller and founder of Once Upon a Time ... Tells a Tale. She enjoys telling interactive stories to
young children between the ages of 3 and 10 years. She has given storytelling performances in
many activity centres, such as Chennai Hippocampus, Oyster Kids, and Kart
Wheel; at Odyssey book store; and for some leading schools. She includes art and craft work in her
sessions. Kavitha conducts regular storytelling
sessions at her space in RA Puram - Kavitha's Storytelling Space ! Member, Chennai Storytellers. Contact
info 99400
36390. kaviswe@gmail.com Facebook,
Once Upon a Time
... Tells a Tale Lavanya Srinivas. Lavanya
is a Storyteller, Trainer, Author, and Translator. She is the founder-director of Katha Kamamishu, A
World of Stories. As a Soft-skills
Trainer, Lavanya is certified by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University,
Hyderabad. She conducts Activity-based Storytelling Workshops for
children and adults, in Classrooms, Colleges, and Corporate settings. She uses Storytelling as a powerful tool
for Effective Communication, Ensuring Employability, and Enriching Human
Lives; for Enabling Personal Success, Self Confidence, and Self Expression;
for Language Learning and Cross-cultural Trainings; and for helping people to
develop Creativity in general, as well as in fields such as Music, Dance,
Literature, and Advertising and Branding.
Her Storytelling Workshops are educational, enriching, entertaining,
and empowering. Member, Chennai Storytellers. Contact
info 98844
72301 laavanyasrinivas@gmail.com www.kathaakamamishu.blogspot.in Additional
info about Katha Kamamishu is here. 18 Manjula Karthikeyan. Manjula
is a Software Developer turned Storyteller.
She enjoys telling stories to children. She is inspired by the various storytelling
sessions she has attended in the USA.
She includes singing, puppetry, and arts and crafts, along with
storytelling. She conducts
storytelling sessions at her space in Jains Green Acres Apartment, in
Pallavaram. She also conducts
storytelling for special occasions.
Manjula focuses on improving the morals, speech, communication, and
social skills of children via storytelling.
She is a graduate of a seven-session storytelling workshop for adults
conducted by Eric Miller, Director, World Storytelling Institute. Contact
info 97907
27987 manju_bkse@yahoo.co.in 19 K. Mashuda Muthi. Mashuda is
the director of The
Meticulous Master.
She aims at using Storytelling to water the garden of young
minds. Mashuda's areas of expertise
include, 1)
Storytelling for Children (aged 3-15 years): Fun and Learning. 2)
Specialized Storytelling Workshops for Children. a) Teaching Language Skills. b) Overcoming Stage Fear. c) Public Speaking. d) Teaching Manners and Etiquette. 3)
Teacher Training: Using Storytelling for, a) Teaching Various Academic Subjects. b) Teaching Communication Skills. 4)
Preparing Modules for the above-mentioned Workshops, or as per requirement. Member, Chennai Storytellers. Contact
info 98401
12193. 86108 39508. mashuthi@gmail.com Facebook,
The
Meticulous Master 20 Meenakshi Vivek. Telling
stories can have a lot to do with strengthening relationships, and this can
especially be the case with mothers and their children. This is how Meenakshi is spreading the joy
of storytelling through her venture, Samvad. In her earlier avatar, Meenakshi worked
with software code but now after being a full time mother, she is happy
telling stories. She is very
passionate about the stories she tells -- and when she gets time, writes
also. She enjoys telling stories to
children, teenagers, and adults alike.
Photos of Storyteller Meenakshi are here and here. Contact
info 89394
82922 meenakshi.vivek18@gmail.com 21 Mohan Krishnan. Mohan is a
Banker turned Storyteller. He was a
senior official with the Reserve Bank of India. After his retirement he has taken up
storytelling. Mohan has founded and directs Kadhai Kadhaiyaam,
a group based in south Chennai that provides Storytelling performances and
training for children, teenagers, and adults. Mohan is an accomplished Human Resource
trainer, and uses storytelling techniques to train people in soft skills, and
communication regarding products and services, especially in software and
financial services companies. He also
utilises storytelling techniques for coaching and mentoring. Using storytelling techniques for
recruitment, and performance appraisals, are innovative concepts he has
introduced. Mohan conducts regular storytelling
sessions from Indian epics, folklore and history for inculcating values, and
for motivation and inspiration. He conducts storytelling workshops for
teachers, Human Resource professionals, parents, grandparents and young
adults. Mohan is fluent in four languages
(Tamil, Hindi, Bengali and English).
He often includes singing in storytelling. Immersive and experiential storytelling are
techniques he has developed. His performances,
talks, and workshops synergise elements of entertainment and
teaching-and-learning. Member, Chennai Storytellers. Contact
info 98403
22236 mohan2002@live.com 22 Mubeen Irshad. Mubeen is
a very passionate Storyteller. She has
told stories at “Storython 2016” (an 8-hour storytelling event), Anna
Library, Accenture, and at various other events. She regularly conducts storytelling
performance-and-training sessions for children at Swarna Sudarshan Hall, in
Kovilambakkam, Chennai. She also
conducted these sessions at other locations. In 2016, she gave storytelling
training to approximately 500 children.
Mubeen releases free audio stories
through Whats App every week through her own brand, Story Carpet. She has
penned positive rhymes for children: these rhymes have been heard more than
400k times on YouTube within a span of 6 months. She has also penned 30 Rebus stories for children
which are also on YouTube. She has
published a number of articles in an International acclaimed Magazine. She underwent storytelling training in
the World Storytelling Institute with Dr Eric Miller. She is a blogger, public speaker, Emcee,
and an ardent Toastmaster. She is also
a health geek: you can find her in the yoga studio every day. Mubeen’s primary mission is to infuse
positive ripples in the minds of young children through stories. She offers customised classes on Creative
Writing, Public Speaking, and Storytelling, for Schools, Colleges, and
Corporates. Member, Chennai Storytellers. Contact
info SMS/Call/Whats
app: 96770 70837 Website, www.storycarpet.com Blog, http://thepositiveripples.blogspot.in Facebook,
Story Carpet 23 Nazrin M. Nazrin, a
B.E. (Bachelor of Engineering) graduate, is a dynamic and enthusiastic
person. She is certified as a
"Professional Storyteller" by the World Storytelling Institute
(based in Chennai). She is also a
motivational speaker, has undergone various other Storytelling Workshops, and
holds a diploma in Fine Arts. Nazrin has a strong belief that
Storytelling could help one to become increasingly self-motivated,
independent, and able to achieve one’s goals.
She believes Storytelling could help everyone, irrespective of
age, 1) To
follow one’s own passion, irrespective of hurdles one might come across. 2) To
become more confident. 3) To
boost one’s morale. 4) To
feel, and connect with, a common humanity. Nazrin customizes sessions of
Storytelling, Storytelling-related activities, and Coaching in Storytelling,
according to the age group and occasion.
Contact
info 98844
17134 nazrinrashid22@gmail.com 24 Mee. Pandiarajan. Pandiarajan (MBA, CFA) has worked in the
banking and IT industries for many years.
Pandiarajan took to storytelling in 2011, in both Tamil and
English. He has received training from
the World Storytelling Institute in Chennai, and has studied with Laura Simms
in New York City and Chennai. He is
also an orator, and was an actor in his school days. Since
2011, he has been conducting storytelling training for children and
adults. He has worked with charitable
organizations such as Udhavum Ullangal P Charitable Trust. He visits Angan-wadis (Creches), Hospitals,
Homes for Children, Schools, etc, to tell stories and to conduct storytelling
events. Member, Chennai Storytellers. Contact info 99401 08716 mepraja@gmail.com 25 Periya Nayaki. Periya Nayaki
is a Transpersonal Storyteller, Trainer, and Psychologist. She believes all that is needed for people
to live to their complete potential is within them, right here and right now! Periya Nayaki uses stories as a tool to
create loving environments with respective personal spaces where the
individuals (be they children, youth, or adults) are allowed to explore their
higher selves and manifest greater possibilities. She uses metaphors, mythology, folklore, movies,
day-to-day events, and personal experiences for stories. Periya Nayaki conducts customized
workshops and trainings based on individual requirements in personal
settings, and in the virtual space as well.
She has worked with many students, teachers, and parents over the
years and has learned one sure thing: If love cannot nothing else can and
sometimes silence is the best untold story! Contact
info 99652
23119 nayaki@gmail.com 26 Pooja Giri. Pooja
combines passion for storytelling, with creativity and entertainment. She engages audience attention with
participative narratives, and often intersperses her presentations with
interesting activities that enhance listener involvement. Pooja has a rich repertoire of tales and
fables from ancient lands of oral tradition such as Africa, China, India,
Turkey, Indonesia, and Ukraine. She
also composes, and writes and tells her own stories. Pooja has performed in schools, at book
stores and birthday parties, and for informal groups. She is the founder-director of Thangam
Talkies. She conducts regular programmes at The Storytelling
Studio, R A Puram, Chennai. Pooja conductied a Storytelling Session
for Children on Saturday 6 June 2015 at Starmark in Phoenix Mall
(Velachery). The event poster is here. Member, Chennai Storytellers. Contact
info 97910
81117 poojagiri@yahoo.com Facebook,
Thangam
Talkies 27 Pretigaya Haran. Pretigaya Haran is a Storyteller and a Trainer of
Public Speaking, Communication, and Drama.
She conducts weekly Storytelling-theatre workshops for children at
iSpark, Goplapuram, in association with the World Storytelling
Institute. She also conducts weekly
Story sessions and Public Speaking classes for middle school children in a
school in Chennai.
Pretigaya has had the joy of sharing stories at numerous venues,
including Schools (Baal Niketan, and Sherwood Hall); Libraries (Anna
Centenary Library, and Just Books); Children’s Centres (Buzy Bee, iSpark, Nutshell
Kids, and Saaransh); and a Spoken English Centre (Communiqua).
Pretigaya also leads Storytelling workshops for adults who use
Storytelling as a tool to teach school curriculum, behavioural aspects, and
values and morals, to children. She
has conducted Teacher-training workshops in schools such as Terapanthi Jain
Vidyalaya, KRM Public School, Kalgi Matriculation School, and Sherwood Hall
Senior Secondary School. She has also
conducted Storytelling workshops for college students and adults in the
Chennai Storytelling Festival. Pretigaya has trained children in Speech
and Drama at Chennai branches of the Helen O'Grady Drama Academy for over 3
years. She is very keen on drama. She
has performed in English, Hindi, Urdu, and Gujarati, in plays in
London. For two consecutive years she has performed in the annual
"Living Satues of Marina Beach Heritage Walk", an event in Madras
Week. Here is a collage of photos of her performing
Kannagi (in English) on 23 August 2015. Pretigaya writes
and direct skits for children. She has
been sharing Jain stories with young children at the Vepery branch of Jain
Sanskaar Vatika, an All India School on Jain studies. She also directs the annual day play for
them. Pretigaya started Story Sack,
Everything Stories in March 2017 to formally give her work a
name. She is also part of a project
called Springboard Tales,
wherein a team of storytellers share monthly, theme-based story videos,
available for purchase at their website. Member, Chennai Storytellers. Contact info 80560 51247 pretigaya@yahoo.co.uk Facebook,
Story Sack,
Everything Stories 28 Priti Sudarsan. Priti is a
Storyteller who uses theatre activities to help children improve their
communication abilities. She has
received training in Storytelling from Geeta Ramanujam, and has received
training in Storytelling and Theatre Games from Ms Poppy. She has also participated in the
"Kathai Kalatta (Under the Aalamaram) International Storytelling
Festival" in Chennai (August 2014), where she learned a lot from the
workshops and was a part of the organising team. Priti has told stories to children in
Chennai at Hippocampus, Ashivita Bristo, Weebees Play School, Pumpkin Patch,
Oyster Kids, and elsewhere. She has
led Storytelling Workshops for children at Arsha Vidya Mandir and Harishree
Vidyalayam. Priti's Workshops combine
Storytelling and Theatre Games. If the
workshop is for a week, she prepares the children to enact a skit on the last
day. Priti has launched a new storytelling
service: Story Voyage -- a unique way to entertain children
and adults through storytelling on the move, inside a bus! The bus can carry as many as 24
people. The sesions are interactive,
with sing-alongs and games.
Participants have memorable experiences of visiting some lovely places
in Chennai. Places are recommend depending
on the age group. Among the places
that have been visited are marine aquariums, lakes, and farms. Story Voyages are arranged for private
groups and schools, and typically occur on two Saturdays of every month. Member, Chennai Storytellers. Contact
info 99627
14870 pritis83@gmail.com Facebook,
Story Voyage 29 Priya Balasubramanian. Priya B.
is the Founder-Director of Kadhaikalam Vaanga, a storyteller's platform. To join the WhatsApp group of Kadhaikalam
Vaanga, please send a text containing this request to 99620 08610. Also
facilitated by Priya B:
1) "Solla Marandha Kadhai" --
a personal storytelling event for adults, for sharing our own experiences as
stories in a group. The stories can be
shared in either English or Tamil.
This event is conducted on the last Saturday of each month. The event poster will be shared in
Kadhaikalam Vaanga's Facebook page and WhatsApp group. 2) "Vellai Pookal" -- a
storytelling workshop for children and teenagers. The participants will be trained to create,
narrate, and write new stories in English, with art based activities to
enhance their creativity. 10 sessions
(one session a week), on Saturdays or Sundays. Contact
info 99620 08610. 95000 85690. kadhaikalamvaanga@gmail.com priyaprak2415@gmail.com A flier about
Priya B's work is here. Facebook, Kadhaikalam Vaanga 30 Priya Palanikumar. Priya is
a freelance trainer and Founder-Director of Open Story, a
storytelling and theatre initiative.
She has performed in schools, libraries, social gatherings, at
Podhigai TV series and for events at festivals. She also works with schools as drama
teacher for annual day events and handles end to end from scripting to
staging of dance drama productions.
She is the Director at Nimayaa, a theatre unit of Bharataarpana
Institute of Fine Arts. Her interest in Yoga and Bharatanatyam
help in integrating a lot of sound, silence and movement in her storytelling
style. Her favourite genres are
adapted folktales, mythology, biographies, and academics interwoven with
creativity and spontaneity. She
underwent training at the World Storytelling Institute from Dr. Eric Miller. Priya is also an acupuncture and yoga
practitioner who runs a centre called Yahvi yoga. As visiting faculty at a dance school, she
conducts story yoga sessions for young children (7-12 years). She offers customized workshops on
storytelling, basic theatre, healthy and mindful living, motivational public
speaking, communication, and gender perspectives. She is a textbook optimist who believes
the world is full of stories and all we need to do is listen. When she is not telling stories she ends up
thinking about all the characters in her line of work. Member, Chennai Storytellers Member, SpringBoard Tales Contact
info 90422
51513 openstoryworld@gmail.com Facebook,
Openstoryworld Instagram,
Openstoryworld 31 Radha Balaraman. Radha started her career as a software Engineer. She has become a Storyteller and
Educator. She loves reading and
telling stories to children. She is
inspired by the various storytelling sessions she attended in the USA. Her love of books is immeasurable. She loves to dance, sing, talk, and act --
and she includes all of these in her storytelling. Training received: 1) Diploma in Montessori Education. 2) "Performance Storytelling Course" by Ms Laura Simms
at Chennai Storytelling Festival 2020. 3) "Storytelling Workshop" by Dr Eric Miller, World
Storytelling Institute. 4) "Storytelling as Pedagogy Workshop" by Ms
ChitraKala Ramachandran. Radha currently works
as a teacher in a school where she includes storytelling in her
teaching. On weekends, she conducts
online storytelling sessions for children (5 to 8 years old). A photo is here. Contact 89396 07925 radhab2021@gmail.com 32 Ramya Arivazhagan. Ramya enjoys telling stories to children and believes in
enjoying the little things in life.
Storytelling turned into her passion when she started exploring the
world of stories, as she realised stories delighted her own children from
very young ages. She often includes
puppetry and arts-and-crafts in her storytelling. She would love to explore art-based storytelling in the coming
days, as she enjoys art and considers drawing to be one her strengths. Ramya is an IT
professional by career. She has done
her Foundation Course on storytelling from Kathalaya, Bangalore. She has also done workshops and hands-on training
with Mr. Mohan Krishnan and Mrs. Lavanya Srinivas. Her journey
into professional storytelling started along with like-minded friends, and
mentor Mr. Mohan Krishnan. She and two
other storytellers have co-founded Kadhai
Kadhaiyaam. She has
performed storytelling sessions in summer camps, schools, activity centers
and libraries. Kadhai
Kadhaiyaam conducts regular storytelling sessions and workshops in and around
Velachery in schools, activity centers and libraries. Kadhai Kadhaiyaam experiments with
different styles of storytelling, such as tandem
storytelling and art-based
storytelling. Contact Info 98400
75308 33 Renu Meera. Renu M
works especially with parents of children who have special needs. She listens to the parents' stories of
their own experiences, and tells them stories about other parents'
experiences. She seeks to use storytelling
to encourage, inspire, and educate these parents regarding ways these parents
could assist their own children. She also trains such parents to use
stories and storytelling to help their children improve their storytelling
and general communication abilities. Renu M is a graduate of the World
Storytelling Institute's 8-session Storytelling Workshop for adults. A photo of Renu M is here. Member, Chennai Storytellers. Contact
Info 98846
61803 annaimeera3@gmail.com 34 Renu Narayan. Renu N is
a graduate in English Literature. She
is a trained Montessori teacher. After
completing the Montessori course in 2004, Renu N made a paradigm shift in the
way she parented her own children. Her
interaction with all children also underwent a dramatic change -- increasing
her understanding of and respect for children, for who they are. She feels
she has also learned a lot just by spending more time as a storyteller with
children. Renu N has always been a voracious reader. She reads even more now in the quest of
finding new stories for children. She
has always loved stories and storytelling. Telling stories to her two
daughters helped her to hone her storytelling skills. She is a nature and animal lover, and
incorporates these elements into her storytelling, so children could better
understand the deep connection between humans, nature, and all living beings.
Renu N has a storytelling initiative
called KathaVriksh. She conducts
regular storytelling sessions for children at various places in South
Chennai. These sessions are highly interactive. She helps them learn ways to draw and tell
a story. She teaches them crafts by reusing and recycling paper and other
materials that would otherwise be discarded.
This helps the children understand more about how important it is for
us to take care of our environment. Renu N also conducts open-mic themed
"personal-experience story" storytelling sessions for adults -- and
other kinds of storytelling sessions for adults. These sessions occur at
different venues in the city. She has started writing poems and
stories for children, and is planning to publish this material. A photo of Renu N is here. Member, Chennai Storytellers. Contact
Info 98410
13108 kathavrikshstories@gmail.com Facebook,
KathaVriksh Instagram,
KathaVriksh 35 Sabapathy
Narayanan (Saba). 36 Sai Pradeep Indhirran. Sai is a
Corporate Person by work experience, an Engineer by qualification, and a Trainer
by passion. He was a successful
professional when he decided to leave his corporate profession and follow his
passion of working with people. He started working with people of
various ages to train them in Life Skills, Soft Skills, and Behavioral
Transformation. As the fundamental
medium of training delivery, he chose NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), a
technique known to influence people and transform them into their best
selves. He is a Certified NLP
Practitioner, trained under the flagship of Dr Richard Bandler. He has also completed basic training in
Transaction Analysis. And he has
studied the art of Storytelling under Dr Eric Miller of the World Storytelling
Institute. He currently blends these
three methodologies to help create the required transformations in the
mindsets of people and positively move them to the desired goals. Sai is the Founder and CEO of: Adroit India, a training company
working with corporates, colleges and schools; and Sai Pradeep Consulting, a mentoring academy
for start ups, students, and individuals in the fields of Business,
Education, and Life. Adroit
India is a brand that has evolved from Sai's earlier brand of Ekam
Training Academy through a binding relationship with Adroit UAE, a leading
training company based in UAE. Sai travels around the globe delivering
training sessions for children, teens, and adults. Sai has recently also launched Pumpkin Chariot, a
storytelling unit for children. Pumpkin Chariot helps children learn a
variety of aspects of communication involving values and morals and ranging
from conversational speech to stage speech, and from team skills to
leadership skills. Pumpkin
Chariot has opened its first branch at Sa Buu 3 Kids Play School,
Navaneethammal Street, Saligramam.
Here he conducts storytelling sessions every Saturday between 11am and
12:30pm. One can drop in directly at
the location, or call or e-mail Sai to know more about these sessions. Member, Chennai Storytellers. Contact
Info 98412
92063 saipradeep.indhirran@gmail.com Facebook,
Pumpkin Chariot 37 Samatha Sharma. Samatha
(sa-ma-tha) is a painter who has also developed an interest in
storytelling. She enjoys using
personal-experience stories and mythological and grandmother stories to raise
awareness and sensitivity about gender issues. She believes storytelling activities can
help one to work through challenging situations in one's life, and that
sharing stories has a transformational potential for recovering from trauma
and for self-development. Samatha performs for, and leads
discusions and Storytelling Workshops with, women's groups, corporate groups,
and other groups of adults. She won the 2016 Chennai Storytelling
Contest (adult English-language section, sponsored by Cafe Coffee Day), and
is currently the reigning champion!
She is happy to find a welcoming community of Storytellers in
Chennai. Samatha runs a Workshop Center and Guest
House called Energy Clinic. Her
paintings can be seen at www.artofsamatha.wordpress.com
and at Madras Square, in Neelankarai. Contact
Info 94447
49335 samatha.express@gmail.com https://energyclinic.wordpress.com Facebook,
Energy Clinic Sandhya
is the Creative Head of Eloquens.
Eloquens offers Member, Chennai Storytellers. 39 Selina Joseph. Selina is a Project Leader turned Storyteller. She uses stories to teach children moral
values, shape their attitudes, and encourage their self-confidence and
reading and writing skills. She also
uses storytelling techniques to train people in soft skills. She is interested in the environment, and
conducts storytelling and skits with children on protecting the environment
and being aware of the dangers of plastics.
She has participated in the “Save Turtle” project, including by
developing original stories on the topic.
Selina has undergone storytelling
training in the World Storytelling Institute with Dr Eric Miller. On weekends, she leads storytelling sessions
titled, “Tales for All”. Contact info tales4all17@gmail.com 82209 47046 Shan directs Artworkshop &
Communication, which provides training in Storytelling, utilizing
Storytelling to teach and learn curriculum (lessons), creating Character
Puppets, and presentations. He
specializes in training students in Mind Mapping, Learning Techniques, and
Mind Games. He has trained over 10,000
students in Chennai and elsewhere in Tamil Nadu. Shan is
-- 1) A Trainer in Soft Skills and Life Skills (NLP)
Programs for Schools and Colleges. 2) A Consultant and Workshop Leader for the Times
Group (NIE). 3) A Resource Person and Content Developer for
Oxford University Press. 4) A Resource Person for Tamil Nadu Govt.
Libraries. 5) A Mentor/Trainer for BYST (CII), and EDII. His
Mind Mapping and Corporate Storytelling trainings immensely help Startups and
Entrepreneurs in their business development.
His scripts for Tamil Nadu Govt., Medical Colleges (including Dr.
M.G.R. Medical University), and Hospitals have been made into
documentaries. Presently he is
developing content and graphic designs for Odisha Government on GRI
Sustainability Report. Member,
Chennai Storytellers. Contact
info 73388 88542 98845 02478 artworkshop@gmail.com Facebook, Art Workshop http://artworkshop.wixsite.com/shan https://youtu.be/Tf7LQ3_8OG4
-- Performance. http://youtu.be/s2uGJ0eX-Pw
-- Mind-mapping Techniques. Shital is passionate to learn, and to help
others to learn. Her motto is
'Learning never ends.’ She holds
multiple degrees, including a Masters degree in Psychology.
Shital started her carreer as a Storyteller. She has come a long way. Her academic career and her versatile
industry experience make her an excellent all-around choice for students and
parents seeking education and career guidance and advice.
Shital has 14 years of experience in teaching and training. She is a certified Storyteller and
Storytelling Trainer, and is also a certified Phonics Teacher/Trainer. She has conducted Career Guidance and Behavior
Improvement sessions through storytelling with pre-teens and teens. She trains teachers and children regarding Storytelling, Phonics, and English
Improvement. In addition, she has
the expertise to help children to enact stories through drama. She has done all of the above in many
schools and playschools in Chennai.
Shital loves to work with special needs children and to give them
support in various ways. Her
start-up, Eduminds ("Our
passion, their future"), is a counseling and coaching company for
children aged 10 years and older. Member, Chennai Storytellers. Contact
info 98400
91290 theeduminds@gmail.com 42 Shyama Sridharan. Shyama is
a Storyteller, Mime Artist, Certified NLP Practitioner, and Corporate
Trainer. She is a freelance Storyteller
and Trainer with 3 years of storytelling experience in public, and more than
30 years of experience in using stories in corporate environmements. She has performed in various platforms and
conducted storytelling workshops in schools and training institutes. She has experience in telling stories in
children's activity centres in Chennai, and has been part of the team
implementing storytelling in teaching by the Tamil Nadu Government. Shyama is also an NLP Practitioner and Life
Skill coach using stories effectively to bring transformation in lives. Storytelling-related Services offered
include: 1)
Power-packed sessions/workshops on the art of storytelling, along with
nuances of the art of miming and the way it can be used effectively in telling
stories. 2)
Fun-filled storytelling sessions for children using ventriloquism and hand
puppets. 3)
Storytelling sessions as part of Training the Trainers workshops. Shyama is a member of the Panace Valley
Organisation as a storyteller. 4) Shyama
provides customised workshops for professionals, college students, teachers,
and children. 5. Shyama
also provides ustomised workshops on Health and Fitness using
personal-experience stories for effective realisation of fitness in life.
(Shyama is a full marathoner.) A photo of Shyama is here. Member, Chennai Storytellers. Contact
info 94441
72345 shyamasri66@gmail.com 43 Sivakumar Davamani (SKD). SKD is an
Entrepreneur turned Storyteller. He
founded an initiative called Go Green Guru, which he uses to promote Go Green
awareness with children and corporates.
He creates customised stories and training programs for people of all
ages to promote the Go Green concept. SKD is a graduate of the seven-session
Storytelling Workshop for adults conducted by Dr Eric Miller, Director, World
Storytelling Institute. Training from
Dr Eric polished his skills and helped him to discover the storyteller within
himself. SKD conducts Storytelling Workshops for
Teachers, Human Resource Professionals, Parents, Grandparents and Young
Adults. He often includes Technologies
and Innovations in Storytelling to increase the impact a story makes on
audience members. Contact
info 99419
88555 sivakumar.davamani@gmail.com 44 Sridevi Srinivasan. Sridevi
is a self-motivated and passionate Storyteller, focused on inculcating
reading ability, and the love for reading, in young minds. Sridevi is an IT professional,
metamorphosed into an Academician, Storyteller, and Trainer. The training on “Raising a Child as a
Reader” from Scholastic Publications (USA) was the moment of epiphany that
changed the course of Sridevi's journey, re-directing her to use Storytelling
to work with children. On returning to India, bubbling with
energy, she travelled around Tamilnadu with a bag full of storybooks. She transported children to the illusionary
world of stories through storytelling and exposed them more deeply to the
wonderful world of words. This journey persuaded her to use
Storytelling as the lifeline of her Reading Program. She worked in a CBSE school and developed a
Reading program. With her
multi-potentiality, she headed School Events, Dramatics Club, and Library
activities. Her work on innovative,
creative, and collaborative "Story Way" annual events was
applauded. The street plays, library
activities, and her involvement in organising foreign exchange programs, Tedx
events, Green School Programs, and other social initiatives were also much
appreciated. Sridevi's joy lies in the facilitating
and activating curiosity in her students, encouraging them to imagine, think,
read books, and tell stories. A photo of Sridevi is here. Training
and Certification * Diploma
in Montessori and Primary School Teacher Training. *
"Foundation Course on Storytelling", by Ms. Geetha Ramanujam,
Kathalaya, Bangalore. *
"Storytelling for Teaching" Workshop, by Dr. Eric Miller, World
Storytelling Institite, Chennai. *
"Storytelling as a Teaching and Educational Tool", by Ms. Marion
Kenny. *
"Teaching Through Stories", by Storywallah, Hyderabad. *
“Raising a Child as Reader,” by Scholastic Publications (USA). * M.Sc.
in Computer Science. Sridevi
provides the following workshops (all
online and in-person) -- Workshops
for Teachers * Raising
a child as a reader. *
Identifying and working on specific reading problems. *
Storytelling in teaching. * Online
Classroom management. *
In-person Classroom management. Workshops
for Parents * Raising
a child as a reader (0-8 years). * Ways to
inculcate reading and instil the love for reading in children (9-12 years). Programs
for Children * League
of Little Legends (3L). (3L is a
club that envisions to unfurl young minds inside out and create a community
of students, educators and parents.) *
Storytelling sessions for students. * Train
students to perform storytelling. * Reading
program for children aged 4 to 7. *
Customised classes for children with reading difficulties, ages 7-12, Contact 98408
02406 sridevi.srinivaasan@gmail.com 45 Srividya Veeraraghavan. Srividya
is a founder of Story Train,
which aims to encourage storytelling in a variety of genres, for people of
all ages. Story Train uses
storytelling for engaging, teaching, empowering, entertaining, and providing
an enchanting experience of stories from across globe. Srividya conducts customised storytelling
performances and workshops for Educational Institutions, NGOs, Corporates,
and other organisations (in English, Hindi, and Tamil). She also provides sessions designed to
comfort and inspire people in their times of need and distress. With more than 10 years of experience in
HR leadership, Corporate Social Responsibility (Tamil Nadu TCS Adult Literacy
Program), Training, Theatre Acting, Family and Child Welfare, and Writing,
Srividya chose to follow her passion for storytelling in 2016. Since then, she has been a member of the
Indian Storytelling Network, and has contributed actively to the development
of storytelling in Chennai. She has
performed for Chennai Storytelling Festival and World Storytelling Day, and
does regular sessions for Government libraries in Ashok Nagar, Villivakkam,
ACL, and elsewhere. Her sessions at
Bookworms Library in KK Nagar are much in demand. Twice she has been featured on Podhigai's
(Doordarshan's Tamil Channel's) series of programs on storytelling. She has also performed for Hello FM (Layasa
Layasa Golu Special program), and All India Radio (Storytelling for
children). She has been featured in
Indian Express, including under the "God and Me" column in 2017. In the future, Srividya seeks to reach
as many people as possible -- to share stories with them, and to facilitate
them sharing stories with each other.
Srividya's aim is to go beyond geographical boundaries, addressing
local, national, and global issues through stories and storytelling. She would like her Story Train to be filled
with passengers and their stories. In
these ways, she is hoping she might have a positive impact on people's lives
and the world at large. An article about Srividya is here
(on a leading storytelling website). A video recording of Srividya telling
her original story, "A Story of Air", is here. This is an example of using Storytelling to
teach Science. An audio recording of Srividya telling
the story, "Seeds of Success" (in English), is here. An
audio recording of Srividya telling a motivational story for young people (in
Hindi) is here. Member, Chennai Storytellers. Contact 97911
19634 storytrain@yahoo.com Facebook,
Story Train 46 Subha Hariharamahadevan. Subha is
a Software Engineer turned Storyteller.
What started as a passion after the arrival of her daughter, has
turned into a profession. All was
possible after her training with the World Storytelling Institute, and courses with Mr. Mohan Krishnan and
Mrs. Lavanya Srinivas. Subha has also earned a Montessori
Assistant certification from Association Montessori Internationale (AMI),
Netherlands. Shuba has co-founded Kadhai
Kadhaiyaam, a Storytelling group based in south Chennai, with two
other Storytellers, Subha Ramanathan and Ramya
Arivazhagan. Kadhai Kadhaiyaam
provides Storytelling performances and training for children, teenagers, and
adults. Contact
info 90032
53726 shuba.sg@gmail.com 47 Sudha Umashanker. Sudha is
a Senior Freelance Journalist with bylines in leading newspapers of the
country such as The Hindu, The Times of
India, The Indian Express, The New Indian Express, The Asian Age, and The Economic Times. She forayed into Storytelling about nine
years ago (2011). She enjoys telling
stories to children and adults and has used Storytelling to create awareness
about social issues like Gender violence, Infertility, Environment
protection, Personal safety, etc. She leads Heritage walks (sharing
stories about little known people and places) and conducts Storytelling
workshops upon request. Sudha founded Storycorner at Bookmine, an organisation
that promotes excellence in Storytelling, in 2015. She recently launched a "Read aloud
series" and a "Festival Storytelling series" on her YouTube
channel. Sudha received the Laadli Media award
for Gender Sensitivity in 2017. She
has also received the Probus Vocational Excellence Award. Her book on APJ Abdul Kalam was published
in 2018 by DK India. She served as a
Language Consultant for 1000 Useful
words Tamil- English (to learn and build vocabulary skills in two
languages), also published by DK India. Contact: 98402
47624 sudha.umashanker@gmail.com Storycorner-at-Bookmine
Facebook 48 Suriya Lakshmi. Suriya is very passionate about the environment, and
conducts storytelling sessions and workshops for children on protecting the
environment. She is currently working
on a workshop model to recreate traditional storytelling methods with
Storytrails. Over the weekends, she
conducts free book-reading sessions (in both Tamil and English) for young
children, which helps them to sharpen their listening skills and
imaginations. By profession, Suriya is
a business analyst in the banking domain. Contact info 98847 28412 suriyalakshmig@icloud.com Facebook,
Suriya Lakshmi 49 Tharani Rathnam. Tharani
is a Software Engineer turned Storyteller for children. She enjoys connecting with children through
stories, and believes this is a very effective way of communicating with
children. Tharani has received training in
Storytelling for children from Ashley Ramsden, founder of the International
School of Storytelling, UK. She has
also attended workshops conducted by the World Storytelling Institute,
Chennai; and courses on Early Childhood Education from Stranmillis College,
Belfast, Northern Ireland. Tharani conducts weekly Storytelling
sessions for children upto 8 years in the Nolambur area of Chennai. She performs and leads activities at
Birthday Parties. She has conducted
Storytelling sessions at a library in Anna Nagar, and at a play school in
Nolambur. Contact
info 98411
94370 tharanisabari@gmail.com 50 Uma Jairam. Uma is a passionate
storyteller. She believes stories are an excellent way to connect with people
quickly. Her storytelling sessions
include stories from Indian epics, folklore, and history. A strong environmentalist and a Go-Green
practitioner, Uma encourages children through stories to grow up the Go-Green
way. Uma is an IT professional. She has done
her foundation course on storytelling from Kathalaya, in Bangalore. Contact
info umasinfo@gmail.com Vasugi Ram Manohar. Vasugi is
the founder-director of Madras Story Works. She has a post-graduate degree in
Literature, and has trained in Storytelling with Eric Miller (World
Storytelling Institute) and with Geetha Ramanujam (Kathalaya). Vasugi specializes in interactive Storytelling sessions
for children. She believes that
Storytelling can bring about wonderful changes in children, making them
creative, wise thinkers, great speakers and problem solvers. Storytelling is an excellent method to
overcome shyness, excel in public speaking and develop communication skills. Madras Story Works offers, 1)
Storytelling sessions with arts-and-craft activities. 2)
Storytelling activities at summer camps. 3)
Storytelling workshops for people of all ages. 4)
Storytelling competitions in schools, bookstores and children's activity
centers; for children, parents, teachers and early childhood development
personnel. 5)
Storytelling sessions on Saturdays for children (3-9 years old), A) 11am
to 12:30pm, at Storycorner in Bookmine Library, 1, Tarapore Avenue,
Harrington Road, Chetpet. B) 3:30pm
to 4:30pm, at Oyster Kids, 77 / 177, Luz Church Road, Mylapore. Member, Chennai Storytellers. Contact
info 98401
18590 vasugi83@gmail.com Facebook,
Madras Story Works 52 Vithya Dhanaraj. Vithya
narrates STEM stories (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and
Green Earth Stories in very child-friendly ways, along with related art and
craft activities, sing-along, music, and drama. She conducts age-appropriate science
experiments along with the storytelling, to make the whole a memorable experience. New methods are introduced every week by
using different modes like puppets and handmade models, mostly made using
materials from everyday life. The
activities are designed to impart life-skill lessons and environmental
awareness in fun ways. These methods allow Vithya to become a
part of the learning processes the children go through. The children take home experiences they
will always cherish, while being enriched in terms of holistic learning and
development through fun and play (without gadgets). Vithya
was trained in storytelling by Mark Leach of the UK. She has 5 years of experience in IT, and is
also an MBA graduate. Working with
kids was something that always attracted her and henceforth she earned a
Diploma in Early Child Care and then stepped into storytelling. Vithya is the founder of S4Stories,
a platform for children to experiment and learn. She has performed in many places in and
around Chennai, including at schools, and has been featured in Illakiya
Darbar of Podigai TV. Vithya is also
an active member of Spring Board tales. Vithya is fluent in Tamil and
English. A photo of Vithya is here. Member, Chennai Storytellers. Contact
info 94873
38809 vithyad@gmail.com Facebook,
Vithya Dhanaraj Facebook,
S4Stories 53 Zarin M. Zarin
represents the women of Chennai who are aspiring to be self-sufficient and
who are taking challenges one at a time. Zarin has over 8 years of experience in
the IT industry, specialising in Analytics.
She has worked with multi-national corporations such as Tata
Consultancy Services (TCS), Accenture, and Cognizant Technology Solutions
(CTS). She is currently pursuing a PhD
in Analytics, and is looking to venture into Educational Analytics in the
future. Zarin began storytelling as an amateur
for children at home. She took a step
further to enroll in a Storytelling Workshop at the Word Storytelling
Institute, which is based in Chennai and is directed by Dr. Eric Miller. She is certified as a "Professional
Storyteller" by the World Storytelling Institute. In addition to being a professional
Storyteller, Zarin is also a trained Artist. Zarin has now set up a centre named
Tell-a-Tale Corner, on OMR, Chennai.
Tell-a-Tale Corner provides workshops and other activities for
children relating to, 1)
Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL). 2)
Storytelling. 3) A full
range of Drawing (still life, landscape, and portrait), Painting, and Crafts. Contact
info 98408
41024 fathimazarin12@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/tellatalecorner ______________________________________ Ongoing Storytelling Activities in Chennai April
2019 onward -- Every Saturday, 11am. At Bookmine
Library, No.1,
Tarapore Avenue, Harrington Road, Chetput. Storytelling performances (and
activities) for children. Admission:
Rs 150. Organiser:
Vasugi Ram Manohar Some Saturdays, 3:30pm. at Oyster Kids,
Luz Church Road, Mylapore. Storytelling performances (and
activities) for children. Admission:
Rs 150. Organiser:
Vasugi Ram Manohar Some Sundays, 11:30am. At Anna Centennial
Library (Children's Section), Kotturpuram. Storytelling performances (and
activities) for children. Admission:
Free. Organisers
on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month: Alvin and
Kavitha Organiser
on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month: Lavanya Every
Saturday, 10:30 am. Storytelling performances (and
activities) for children. At Fables n Tales, No.1,
Nithyanandam Street, VGN Mahalakshmi Nagar, Perumalagaram, Tiruverkadu,
Chennai, 600 077. Admission: Rs
100. and Every
Friday, 4:30 pm. Storytelling performances (and
activities) for children. At Sastha Tution Centre, #270,
Selvavinayagar Koil St, Co-operative Nagar, Tiruverkadu, Chennai, 600
077. Admission: Rs 150. For details about both days, please contact Fables N Tales, which is
directed by Banumathy. Every
1st and 3rd Saturday. Story Voyage -- Children are taken
to different destinations, such as museums, marine aquariums, zoos, and
planetariums. The voyage starts and
ends in Royapettah. Each child must be accompanied by an adult. The fee is Rs 500 per person -- this
includes the bus ride, tickets (if any), snacks, and juice. For further details, please contact Priti
Sudarsan, 99627 14870. Monthly
-- The
Narrative (directed by Indu Divya)
hosts monthly open-mic sessions of "Storytelling about Personal
Experiences, by and for adults".
For details, please call 98407 12328. Storytelling is at
the core of all services offered by The Narrative, including training,
coaching, and content development. World
Storytelling Institute (directed by Eric Miller)
also hosts monthly open-mic sessions of "Storytelling by and for
Adults". These sessions occur on
the 1st Monday of each month at 6pm,
at Cafe Coffee Day Square, on Khader Nawaz Khan Road, Nungambakkam. Additional info about these sessions
(including links to articles about them) is here. By Organisation: *** 1 Madras Story Works (directed by Vasugi Ram
Manohar) presents A)
Storytelling Performances with Activities for Children, Saturdays,
11am-12:30pm, in Chetput. B)
Storytelling Coaching for Children, Saturdays 4-5pm, in Mylapore. C)
Storytelling Coaching for Children, Thursdays 4-5pm, in Aminjikarai. For
details, please click here,
and call 98401 18590. *** 2 The
Narrative (directed by Indu Divya)
hosts monthly open-mic sessions of "Storytelling about Personal
Experiences, by and for adults".
For details, please call 98407 12328. Storytelling is at
the core of all services offered by The Narrative, including training,
coaching, and content development. *** 3 Tale Spin (directed by Asha Sampath)
presents Storytelling performances (and activities) for children. Every 2nd Saturday of the month, at
5pm. At Odyssey, Adyar. For additional
info, please click here and call
Asha at 98408 33953. *** 4 Eloquens (directed by Sandhya
Ruban) frequently presents Storytelling Performances and Classes
for -- and Dramatic Productions by -- Children. Based in Ayanavaram. For details, please click here and
call 98401 77215. *** 5 Once Upon a Time
(directed by Kavitha Thyagarajan and Debjani Bhaduri) frequently presents
Storytellling Performances and Classes for Children, in R.A. Puram. For details, please click here and call 99400 36390. *** 6 Fables N Tales
(directed by Banumathy)
offers Storytelling performances, with activities, for children. A)
Saturdays, 10:30am to 12 Noon, at Fables n Tales,
No.1, Nithyanandam Street, VGN
Mahalakshmi Nagar, Perumalagaram, Tiruverkadu, Chennai, 600 077. Admission is Rs 100. B)
Saturdays, 4pm to 5:30pm, at Virutcham Kidz Castle, 5069, Z Block, 12th
Street (near Chinmaya School), Anna
Nagar, Chennai. C)
Sundays, 10am to 11am, at Sastha Tution Centre, #270,
Selvavinayagar Koil St, Co-operative
Nagar, Tiruverkadu, Chennai, 600 077.
Admission is Rs 150. For
additional info, please contact Fables
N Tales: Stories for the Soul, at 80560 50606. *** 7 Katha Kamamishu
(directed by Lavanya
Srinivas) offers Storytelling Workshops and Performances at numerous
locations, including the Gandhinagar Club, in Adyar. Katha
Kamamishu especially conducts Storytelling
Workshops for pre-primary and primary school teachers. The "Story Mantra" series of
Workshops occur in three levels: introductory, basic and advanced. The
Workshops are customised and conducted with a restricted batch size to ensure
effective communication and training, with a special focus on the specific
needs and challenges of each individual teacher. For additional info, please click here, and contact Lavanya
Srinivas, at 98844 72301, laavanyasrinivas@gmail.com . *** 8 Kalaa
Manjari and Alvin
"Storyteller for All" are offering Saturday Storytelling
Sessions for Children. These programs
aim at developing Oratory skills, Life skills, and Reading skills. The Poster is here. There are two batches on each Saturday afternoon: Batch 1,
for Children 3 to 6 years old, occurs 3-4pm. Batch 2,
for Children 7 to 13 years old, occurs 4-6pm. Venue: Kalaa Manjari, 6/12, First Street, Venus
Colony, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18 (near Tangerine Restaurant) For additional info, please call 044 2431 2676 , e-mail to kalaamanjari@hotmail.com , and see *** 9 Pumpkin Chariot is a Storytelling unit founded by
Sai Pradeep
Indhirran. Sai is the
Storyteller. Pumpkin Chariot helps children learn a variety of aspects of
communication involving values and morals and ranging from conversational
speech to stage speech, and from team skills to leadership skills. The method is to blend storytelling with
NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) and TA (Transaction Analysis) techniques. Pumpkin Chariot has its first branch @ Sa Buu 3
Kids Play School, Navaneethammal Street (adjacent to Shoba Kalyana Mandapam
in Arunachalam Road), Saligramam. Day and Time: : Sundays 11:30am Pumpkin Chariot has its second branch @ Day and Time:
Sundays 10am . Sai Pradeep, 98412 92063, Founder - Pumpkin Chariot For additional info, please call 98412 92063, e-mail to saipradeep.indhirran@gmail.com , and see www.facebook.com/PumpkinChariot . *** 10 Geetha
Kailasam conducts a Storytelling Workshop for children at Grandma and Grandpas, Besant Nagar, on
Wednesdays, 5pm to 6pm. This includes
Storytelling with Puppets, Mask-Making, and Arts and Crafts. For info, please call 99529 57031. *** 11 Genius Factory, directed by Sheetal Rayathatha,
provides arts-and-education
activities for children, including Phonics, Maths, Arts and Crafts, Dance and
Dance Composition (Choreography), Storytelling, and Event Management
(specialising in Birthday Parties). For
details, please click here and here, and call 98400
91290. *** 12 Kathalaya
(directed by Geeta
Ramanujam), based in Bangalore, is developing a "Story Space" in Chennai. For info, please contact: 080 2668 9856,
kathalaya@gmail.com . In
Chennai, Geeta Ramanujam is collaborating with Success Manthra regarding training educators in "Using
Storytelling to Teach English Language".
Info about this training is here. *** 13 Kadhai Kadhaiyaam
(KK) is a
Storytelling group based in south Chennai.
KK believes in inspiring adults and children through stories. KK conducts monthly sessions in a
Montessori school in Velachery, and also in other activity centers,
libraries, and schools by request. KK
was co-founded and is directed by three Storytellers: Subha Hariharamahadevan,
Ramya
Arivazhagan, and Subha Ramanathan.
Mohan
Krishnan is mentor of KK. For
additional info, please call 90032 53726, and email to
kadhaikadhaiyaam@gmail.com . *** 14 The Chennai
Storytelling Association (CSA) has approx 320 members. Most CSA members have conducted and/or
attended multi-session WSI Storytelling Workshops. The CSA hold monthly meetings at 6pm on the
1st Monday of each month at Cafe Coffee Day Square (on Khader Nawaz Khan
Road), before the storytelling by and for adults sessions there. Info about these sessions is here. For additional info about the CSA, please
click here and call
98403 94282. *** 15 World Storytelling
Institute (directed by Eric Miller)
offers 7-session Storytelling Workshops for adults, on Sundays, 10am-12noon,
near Nungambakkam High Road. Info is here. WSI also presents a monthly "Storytelling by-and-for
Adults" open-mic event. This
occurs on the 1st Monday of each month at 6pm, at Cafe Coffee Day Square, on
Khader Nawaz Khan Road, Nungambakkam.
Additional info about these events (including links to articles about
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