CSA EVENT: Session on Story-telling
It
was a CSA event like never before. The subject was story-telling --
bonding with the help of stories. Predictably there was a huge interest
generated and expectations were high. The seating space in the UT Guest
House hall was filled to capacity and more chairs were brought in. The
clock ticked on but no one was in a hurry to bring the evening to a
close, so riveting was the session!
Even more interesting
than the subject was the manner in which the speaker -- who took on the
role of story-teller this evening -- kept the listeners hanging on to
every word she uttered. The interactive format, the stories she narrated
the histrionics and the theatrical mode. Jaishree Sethi, the invited
speaker of the day was not just another speaker; she was a many-faceted
talented young woman with a passion for stories and an unbounded zeal
for her work. And could she connect! She did, and beautifully, too.
With her fingers in many pies, Jaishree Sethi has been working for
the radio, for television, theatre and print journalism. She runs her
own organization called "Story Ghar" through which she promotes the love
for literature, especially among the younger generation.
Simultaneously, she is on the guest faculty of Jamia Milia and Amity
Universities and is also pursuing doctoral research.
The
session with Jaishree was a scintillating one. The audience -- which
comprised the young as well as not so young, were totally taken up by
the speaker and wanted her to continue. Several requests were made for
another story, another anecdote, another illustration but finally the
organizers had to call it a day. The excitement, however, lingered on in
the air and everyone left with a 'feel-good' thought that the evening
hours had been well-spent.
This was, no doubt a successful event. The next CSA program will be
a poetry session to be held at the UT Guest House on the 6th of
December.
Photographs of today's event are posted on the CSA Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/chandigarhsahitya.akademi/media_set?set=a.987437531273321.1073741844.100000212495273&type=3
