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ISN homepage Indian Storytelling Network Coimbatore Storytellers (and other Story Experts) 1) Banumathy
H. 3) Rinti
Sengupta.
Banumathy
H. Banumathy
is the Founder-Director of Fables n Tales. She believes that stories can entertain and
educate. As
part of the Government of Tamil Nadu's "Children's Program", Banu has
shared stories in Public Libraries across Chennai. She is also a member of the Government of
Tamil Nadu's "Story Corner" project. Banu
has told stories and conducted workshops in Storytelling Festivals and
schools across Tamil Nadu. She has
performed for Regional and International Radio Channels, for DD National
Television, and with International Storytelling Guilds. When
Banu tells stories, she uses her theatrical expertise to transport listeners
to different worlds. Listeners make
the story their own by relating themselves to the characters. Banu
believes that by telling and/or listening to a hero’s / heroine's story
journey, and by deciphering the metaphors of a story, one can enhance one's
problem-solving skills, further develop moral values and creative
imagination, improve vocabulary, and even experience healing. Storytelling-related
Services Offered (online): ***
Saturday storytelling sessions for children aged 4-9. *** Interactive
storytelling sessions using puppets. ***
Customised intensive workshop, "Introduction to Storytelling and Its
Elements", for all age groups. ***
Workshop on making and using puppets. ***
Workshop for parents on reading and telling stories to their children. Contact 80560
50606 banumathy81@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/FablesnTales https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ZvmWi3dsZB8aMbqSj_FLQ Instagram:
fablesntales 2 Geetha
Subramanian. Geetha is a Storyteller and Educator. She attended a certificate course in
Storytelling at Kathalaya
(in Bangalore) in 2013. For a number
of years after that, she represented Kathalaya, performing and teaching
storytelling for children at schools, bookstores, and libraries. Now based in Coimbatore, Geetha is also doing this work via Zoom
with children in India and in the USA. A photo is here. Contact 96639 01145 shantham52@gmail.com 3 Rinti Sengupta. Rinti
has completed her Masters in Education Technology and Administration. For the last two years (2021-3), she has
been a guest faculty member at the Bombay Teachers Training College, Mumbai,
teaching classes and workshops for B.Ed., Early Childhood Education Program
(E.C.E.P.), and Diploma in Elementary Education (D.EL.ED.) teacher-trainees. Rinti
found her passion in storytelling amongst her ideal audience, children. She was trained in storytelling by Small
Tales. She has also been trained in
phonics by TESOL and has earned a diploma in Early Childhood Care and
Education. Rinti
has been teaching pre-primary and primary classes for over 12 years, and has
been a content developer for lesson plans and syllabuses. She conducts zonal training for Kendriya Vidyalaya
on topics such as Critical Pedagogy, Inclusion, Toy Pedagogy, and
Applications of Puppetry and Storytelling in Education. Rinti
has studied, worked, and taught in the field of graphic arts for numerous
years. She is a certified Puppeteer
from Kalsootri. She creates her own
puppets and muppets, which she uses extensively in her storytelling
sessions. She loves to narrate the
tales of Ramayana, using traditional shadow puppets made from leather. She received leather shadow puppet training
from Padmashree Parashuram Gangawane and attended a workshop on Bunraku
puppets with Anurupa Roy. In
her own unique style, Rinti narrates stories using guitar, ukulele, djembe,
and numerous other musical instruments, in addition to puppets. Rinti
conducts storytelling sessions with related activities, and puppet-making
workshops, in schools, clubs, NGO’s and at her own space known as Hands'n'Stories. She also conducts customized
teacher-training workshops for pre-primary and primary teachers. Photos
of Rinti with puppets and children are here
and here. Contact
info 99207
80618 rinti_c@yahoo.com YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@Handsandstories 4 Sowmya is a Professional Storyteller, Psychologist, and Life
Skills Trainer. She has been telling
stories to people of all ages since 2008. She believes in the
power of stories and storytelling, and facilitates Healing Circles of
Storytelling for adults using traditional stories in an all inclusive space
for reflection and conversations using stories and storytelling. She uses storytelling and theatre
techniques to help develop creative thinking in children through a venture
called SoulSpace
Storytell. Sowmya is a founding member of Bangalore
Storytelling Society and Indian Storytellers Healing Network. She is a Consultant and Chief Storyteller
at Muktha Foundation, which works in the field of Abuse and Mental
Health. Sowmya has earned an M.Phil in Psychology from Annamalai
University, and a PG Diploma in Special Education from Vidya Sagar
(Chennai). She is trained in Theatre of the Oppressed and Improv
Theatre techniques to better understand the imaginative mind. She has
undergone training with Dr. Eric Miller on Storytelling Therapy, and a
10-hour training program in Therapeutic Storytelling with Susan Perrow. She has done a brief training in
Biographical Storytelling with Sue Hollingsworth and also completed a course
in Applied Buddhist Psychology from Arth - The Bodhi Tree (Mumbai). Sowmya is a Mindfulness Practitioner and Happiness / Positive
Psychology Coach. She is currently
exploring the field of Narrative Therapy.
She wants to spend the rest of her life finding and using all genres
of stories for healing and recovery. Sowmya curates two blogs: a Personal Journey blog called SoulSpace, and another
that captures Life Stories of Women called Reinvention Stories. Contact 9731570615 https://www.facebook.com/sowmya.r.srinivasan Instagram: sowmya.r.srinivasan_soulspace SoulSpace Storytell, https://www.facebook.com/soulspacestorytell
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