Pariat who juggles between Shillong and Delhi, speaks to Mid-day Online about her latest book: 'Everything the Light Touches'. She says there is a need to celebrate Meghalaya not only through text but also its tradition of oral storytelling
I ll go to your show tomorrow, we ll see, we ll find out. rakugo comedy was invented by buddhist monks to make their teachings more entertaining. speaking english: there was a car accident, - and the family father, mother, and their children were all hospitalised. but their pet, a monkey, was the only one left with the police. the police officer said i wish this monkey could talk! it s a storytelling tradition that obviously resembles stand up comedy, but this is some 200 years older.
I ll go to your show tomorrow, we ll see, we ll find out. rakugo comedy was invented by buddhist monks to make their teachings more entertaining. speaking english: there was a car accident, - and the family father, mother, and their children were all hospitalised. but their pet, a monkey, was the only one left with the police. it s a storytelling tradition that obviously resembles stand up comedy, but this is some 200 years older. what was the father doing? he was drinking, maybe
The police said, oh, i wish this monkey could talk! it s a storytelling tradition that obviously resembles stand up comedy, but this is some 200 years older. what was the father doing? he was drinking, maybe he was drinking and driving. what were you doing, monkey? applause after the show, i wanted to get some tips from the expert. hold the pen? monkey, what was the father doing? hang on a minute, what were you doing, monkey? and that s it?