The Storyteller's Gift: Kamini Ramachandran on the Power of Stories

In this episode, we sit with Kamini Ramachandran, a storyteller, educator, and creative force behind MoonShadow Stories and Storyfest Singapore.🎧 Listen to hear about:* Her grandfather, the storyteller: a planter from Kerala who lived in Malaya, from whom Kamini learnt to love stories* The wildness of nature 🐍: a cobra encounter at four, the love of a dog named Bobby 🐕, and how he protected her* Cherishing books 📚 that allowed her to travel into her imagination, and magazines that allowed her to travel everywhere else* The living, breathing art of oral storytelling, and why it matters beyond childhood* Why she disdains the idea of “moral endings” in stories, asking her audience to find meaning that is personal and discovered* Nights spent with the Elders of the Temiar, and her time visiting the Orang Asli* The importance of sharing stories — sharing with permission, consent, and acknowledgement* Working with AI 🤖 and realizing that she no longer fears it* Immersive storytelling through projects like Harry Potter and Jurassic World 🎭* The power of stories to remind you that you are not alone — to ground, connect, and heal 💛 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.