Dastangoi artistes are reviving the art form with a contemporary twist in the lockdown to keep the 13th-century art alive among the new-age audience... “Taaliyon ki garh garahat se, is baat ka izhaar ...

Before I begin, I must ask you to cast your mind back through the mists of time, to Persian and Mughal courts, where a lone figure held audiences enthralled, with nothing but his voice. Story-telling ...

After dastangoi’s disappearance over 80 years ago, Mahmood Farooqui wants to resurrect the lost Indian performance art form. Dastangoi, a combination of the Persian words “dastan” and “goi,” meaning ...

The ancient oral tradition is enjoying a revival as artists keep the audience on the edge Whatever form it takes, a story is nothing less than a shared experience. In an era of digital technology and ...

In 2025, the world commemorates an extraordinary milestone, the 20th anniversary of the modern revival of Dastangoi, the centuries-old art of Urdu storytelling. Once presumed extinct after fading from ...

During the time of the Mughal empire, Indian and Persian storytellers narrated traditional tales of adventure and mysticism. Now, a group in New Delhi is reviving the art and retelling Islamic and ...

With his expertise in telling stories through the art of dastangoi, city boy Firoz Khan recently went to Rashtrapati Bhavan and presented a piece for a select audience and President Pranab Mukherjee.

If you nurture hopes of being a raconteur professionally, then learning the art of dastangoi should definitely be on your bucket list. A 16th century form of Urdu storytelling, dastangoi has seen a ...

Dastangoi is an ancient Urdu oral storytelling art form, which had died down by early twentieth century. Thanks to some brave and talented researchers and skilled young storytellers, the art form has ...

Here were two young men sitting on a dais wearing white clothes with a white topi and bowls of water on the sides, as they performed Dastangoi, as explained in the opening by Mahmood Farooqui, who is ...

Walking through Old City, it’s easy to pick up a guide book and understand the basic foundations of how Hyderabad came to be; talking to the locals, though, brings a new charm to the surroundings. One ...