Podcasts · ANI Podcast with Smita Prakash
EP-415 | Ramayana & Mahabharata in Urdu, and Art of Storytelling | Fouzia Dastango
· 58 min · Episode 415
Episode EP-415 | Ramayana & Mahabharata in Urdu, and Art of Storytelling | Fouzia Dastango
In this edition of ANI Podcast, Smita Prakash speaks to India’s first female Dastango, Fouzia Dastango, about Urdu, theatre, storytelling, women in traditional art spaces, and her journey of keeping the 16th-century art of Dastangoi alive in modern India.
She explains why people should not have any problem with her reciting the Ramayana and Mahabharata in Urdu, and how the art of storytelling must evolve with the current generation.
00:00 - Introduction
01:04 - What is Dastangoi?
03:08 - Kathavachak vs Dastango
04:37 - Real Identity of Urdu
05:32 - Ramayana & Mahabharata in Urdu
09:14 - Fouzia Dastango’s Story
15:05 - Feminist Elements in Stories
22:53 - Choosing Stories Based on Audience
28:47 - Classical vs Folk Art
33:14 - Inspiration Behind Performance
37:05 - Gen Z Connect with Dastangoi
42:03 - Hardest Emotion to Portray
46:46 - Cultural Home of Dastangoi
51:48 - Advice for Younger Generation
Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. Every show and episode belongs to its publisher and plays from the publisher's own feed; this site hosts none of them. Explicit shows are for adult profiles only, and children’s profiles hear only children’s shows. More about this list.