Kathanayikanchya Katha

Storyteller Madhukar Dharmapurikar is, by nature, a born raconteur. Whether it is his own fiction, his translations of stories, his writings about the art of storytelling, or his other literary works, a delightful narrative flow runs through everything he writes.

His candidness, gentle humour, and unusual experiences make his storytelling style especially engaging. As we read the anecdotes he shares about the heroines of his stories in this collection, we naturally become curious about the original stories themselves. At the same time, we realize that these accounts are complete and compelling literary pieces in their own right, independent of the stories they describe. Dharmapurikar achieves this remarkable dual feat with great finesse.

To put it in Dharmapurikar’s own words, the heroines of his stories meet us here freely and uninhibitedly, having shed the makeup of their fictional roles.