You might have heard, read or narrated the story of a woodpecker and an ungrateful lion from the Jataka Tales. Now, how about watching these stories come alive with Bharatanatyam mudras? Classical dancer Rajashree Warrier acts out the tales as part of ‘Great Indian Stories’, a project conceptualised by Invis Multimedia for children. Shobha Tharoor Sreenivasan has adapted the stories for the project and she has done the narration in English as well. Before signing off, Rajashree adds: “Our aim is to make children understand the interesting facets of natya.

Source: The Hindu July 27, 2017 10:30 UTC