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Indira Mukherjee

Indira Mukherjeehas been travelling across rural and urban India, and also to the USA, telling and retelling different genres of tales to listeners whose age ranges from three to eighty-three years, and who belong to different classes and communities. She had been on the faculty of Political Science in Nagpur University and School of Social Sciences in IGNOU, New Delhi before becoming a storyteller and a writer. Her bookWho will be Ningthouhas been incorporated into the NCERT English textbookMarigold. She has made short films on the rich cultural heritage of Adivasis like the Gonds and the Bhils for the website of IGNCA.
Year: 2020