Performing Lore: Folktales Told and Retold - In conversation with Vishes Kothari and Danish Hussain

In this episode, titled "Performing Lore: Folktales Told and Retold," we sit down with Vishes Kothari, translator of Rajasthani folktales, and Danish Husain, storyteller, actor, and founder of the Qissebaazi project. Together, they explore the power and persistence of oral traditions—and what it means to carry folklore into the present day.

We talk about the rhythms of oral storytelling, the challenge of putting voice on the page, and how performance and translation are both acts of reimagining. From the desert landscapes of Rajasthan to the intimacy of a stage or a written text, this is an episode about how old stories find new listeners—and why they still matter.