Geeta Ramanujam and the Bangalore story plus call for Kathalaya Storytelling Courses

What makes a city a space of storytellers?

In this thoughtful conversation, Geetha Ramanujam reflects on Bangalore —

its stories, its traditions, and the deeper role storytelling plays in shaping culture.

From the story of Punyakoti to the living heritage of Janapada Loka,

she reminds us that storytelling is not something we simply learn —

it is something we inherit, live, and carry forward.

In a world that leans towards information and writing,

this is a gentle return to:

✨ listening

✨ memory

✨ oral traditions

And what truly makes a storyteller.

If this resonates with you,

Kathalaya offers spaces to explore storytelling more deeply:

📞 For details: 82773 89840

🌿 Certified Intensive Beginner Storytelling Course 

Batch 183

📍 Kathalaya Centre, Bangalore

📅 April 17–19

Register: https://forms.gle/8B2xAo9oQAia7pdH6

Batch 184

📍 Defence Colony, Delhi

📅 June 5-7

Register: https://forms.gle/fZDxPTtSmXnhUSBC6

Batch 185

📍 Himalayan Writing Retreat, Satkhol, Uttarakhand

📅 June 12-15

Register: https://www.himalayanwritingretreat.com/event/storytelling-course-kathalaya/

🎓 The Diploma in Storytelling 

Batch 39

📍  Kathalaya Centre, Bangalore

📅 June 14-17

Register: https://forms.gle/CA4t9jBArZgVLKrG6

✨  Antardhwani Retreat – The Storytellers’ Inner voice

📍  Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu

📅 July 17-19

Register: https://forms.gle/te5ZHJ3SZC6VyPxw6

The space travel machine

Subject: Space

Topic – Triangulum Galaxy

Anika built a space travel machine. With this she travelled to the Triangulum Galaxy which was 2.7 million light years from Earth. In this galaxy, she observed one thing.  She could see Earth with her eye. Subsequently she returned to Earth and noticed that she could see the Triangulaum Galaxy – one of the most distant objects visible with the eye – from Earth too.

The story of the fish


Subject – Mathematics
Concept – Area of a rectangle
Definition – Area of a rectangle = length * breath
Once a fish was swimming in a pool of water filled with pink lotuses. These lotuses would not fade as they were ever pink lotuses. They were magical lotuses. The magical lotuses would
radiate a particular vibratory force with the mantra om hum. Bees would buzz near the lotuses. One day, a prince drew a rectangular piece of paper. The fish wanted to know the area of that rectangle. And it swam up to the lotuses for help knowing they were very wise.
The lotuses said, “The longer side of the rectangle is called length and the shorter side of the rectangle is called breath. The length into breath of the rectangle is called the area of the rectangle. The bees buzzed with joy on hearing this formula. The fish swam in circles in joy.