Storytelling session Jeeva Raghunath
She came, performed and captured the hearts of every child on the evening of 9 th February at the Kalaghoda arts festival, 2013. Chennai based storyteller, Jeeva Raghunath rocked. The venue was the lawns of Mumbai’s Chatrapati Shivaji Maha sangrahalaya (Museum Gardens), Mumbai. The storyteller performed twice, first at the launch of children’s author and illustrator, Deepa Balsavar’s book series ‘Round and round stories’ and then at her own session titled ‘Storytelling with Jeeva. When she took a break, the audience drifted away. A few minutes later when she wielded the microphone to everyone came running back into the tent. The tent turned out to be too small to small to accommodate the overflowing audience. Those who couldn’t make it inside sat on the lawns and held on to every word of the captivating storyteller. A few minutes after the programme began, when she asked the audience to join her in singing a crazy ...