Dastangoi

Mahmood Farooqui has a simple way of telling complicated stories layered with complex narratives — a quality that was intrinsic to Hindi playwright Swadesh Deepak too, who has the missing…

Express News Service The first few memories of storytelling for many of us would have most likely been a collection of folk tales narrated by our grandparents. On…

Tales of adventure, heroism and love unfold through the lyrical grace of Urdu poetry in the timeless storytelling tradition of Dastangoi. The storyteller, known as the Dastango, keeps the…