Mohammad Farooqui

Deemed India’s first female Dastango has not only broken into the male bastion, but is striving every single day to revive the 13th century dying art of oral Urdu storytelling, Dastangoi, in the country.

Ankit Chadha, a writer and storyteller talks to The Better India about reviving an ancient Urdu storytelling form called Dastangoi.