His Story/Her Story
A Lovestory from Purana's In retrospect storytelling, is an art. I recall my childhood days when every Friday we had a kid's union in our home and under my grandfather’s supervision we had to narrate a story. Whoever did it by capturing the interest of the peers, was considered the winner and given a chocolate. The traditional method of storytelling in India since Vedic age is through dhwani (sound in rhythm) and Sruti (words) for a storyteller the aim was illumination, not logical conviction, their ideal, the inspired seer, not the accurate reasoner. This Indian tradition has faithfully preserved this account in Kathakali- dance drama. Kathakali: The attractive make-up of the characters, elaborate costumes, detailed gestures with well-defined body movements presented in tune with the anchor playback music accompanied by complimentary percussion. Kathakali emerged from Krishanattam, life and activities of lord Krishna but stories from Puranas are also act