shikha dalmia

Spin a Yarn is an online platform created by Shikha Dalmia and Madhurata Deshmukh to celebrate India’s storytelling heritage. It has over 500 narrators sharing tales in 27 Indian languages.

Mumbai-based Shikha Dalmia started Spin a Yarn with her mother-in-law, Madhurata Deshmukh in 2018. The platform has over 120 narrators, most of them senior citizens, who narrate children’s tales in the 22 languages recognised by the Indian constitution.