Author Archives: Jeeva Raghunath
Galle Literary Festival, January 2012, Sri Lanka
GALLE LITERARY FESTIVAL, 2012, SRI LANKA. Galle, scholars link Galle to the Old testament city of Tharsish to which king Solomon sent his merchant ships to ‘procure gold, silver, ivory, apes and peacocks’ and where Jonah fled from the Lord. However Galle, as it is seen today is declared the world heritage site by UNESCO, [...]
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An eventful November…
A very eventful month. The work this month started with Singapore, I had to train 70 kids of grade 4 and 5 from Yengzheng primary school and St. Gabriels on storytelling techniques in Tamil language. Noisy boys and girls gathered in the afternoon to tell stories. Some thought it was meant for smaller children and [...]
Corporate Storytelling at Cognizant, CBE – October 2011
Cognizant Coimbatore celebrated their 10th year of association with MEDlife their client. HOW? With storytelling. It was a good experience, for over 700 adults of different departments rewound and relived their childhood! All the participants delightfully enjoyed the half an hour with me, dancing, singing, screaming and telling with me. The always tensed faces [...]
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Malaysian International Storytelling Festival, KL – September 2011
KL, the first Malaysian International Storytelling Festival (MISF) was a great success. There were local tellers, Mr. Ng Kok and Mama Tok, Mr. Randel Mc Gee from the US, Dr. Wajuppa Tossa from Thailand, Sheila Wee and Roger Jenkins from Singapore and me from India. There was excellent response though it was the first festival. [...]
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Thailand Trip – September 2011 – University of MahaSarakham
Thailand Trip – University of MahaSarakham. This September was a busy and hectic month for me but very fulfilling and interesting. I had been to University of Mahasarakham, in the Northeast province in Thailand. I was there for a span of 2 weeks for a series of workshops for the students of the university on [...]
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Saffron Tree meets Jeeva Raghunath
Saffron Tree interviewed Jeeva Raghunath. Click to read more… http://www.saffrontree.org/2011/09/meet-jeeva-raghunath.html
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joy of story telling
What’s news? It was a surprise when I recd a call from Praneet, a parent whom I met during my trip to Amritsar to do a series of workshops for a book store come experiential centre in early may, was here in Chennai. Her children Diya and Amaan knew I live here and were eager [...]
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Magic moments of story telling, Galle , Sri Lanka 2012