writing

I write slowly and rarely.

On this page, you will find some of my thoughts about word, image and orality - more as interviews. You can also find a few of my articles, books and videos of my storytellings.

featured interviews

Glasgow Womens' Library Interview

Gauri Raje shares her thoughts about the Life of a Story

Crafting Stories: Re-articulating the World of Local Art, Stories and Listeners by Lokesh & Gauri

Taking The Tradition On - Archetypes

‘The Witch’ with Gauri Raje, December 2025

The Secret Garden Experience In Conversation series

Gauri Raje Cooking Tales Interview

featured podcasts

Another Story: A Scottish Storytelling Podcast

Another Story: A Scottish Storytelling Podcast

Memoir Body, Healing Story Podcast with Janelle Hardy

featured books & articles

  • In the Eye of the Storm

    English edition of ‘Im Auge Des Sturms’. Collection of stories from around the world from regions of conflict. I have a preface and two stories in this collection.

    If you would like a copy of this book then get in touch.

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  • Karuna Stories Anthology

    The Olive Ridley Collective · Jan 1, 2022

    Illustrated stories by artists and designers in India on their responses to the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic. Set in India during the first wave and lockdown over 2020.

    I am the editor for this collection.

    Currently, it is for private circulation only.

    If you would like a copy of this book then get in touch.

  • The Storyteller’s Way: Intercultural Storytelling

    Nomadische Erzahlkunste E.V. · Dec 11, 2021

    Part of a series of interviews with storytellers by the Nomadic School of Storytelling, Germany; and then translated into German.

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  • Embodiment of Memory and the presence of story

    Bahuvrihi · Oct 8, 2021
    Special Issue

    If you would like a copy of this article then get in touch.

  • Water, Stories, Remembering: Some Thoughts

    Bahuvrihi · Nov 5, 2020

    If you would like a copy of this article then get in touch.

  • Being Cooked in India over the Lockdown

    Scottish Storytelling Forum · Nov 1, 2020

    A storytelling blog post for the Scottish Storytelling Forum.

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  • Storytelling, Memory and Migration Part 2

    Bahuvrihi · Jul 1, 2020

    Concluding part of an online article based on author’s experiences of working with migrants and migration.

    If you would like a copy of this article then get in touch.

  • Storytelling, Memory and Migration Part 1

    Bahuvrihi · Jul 1, 2020

    Online article based on author’s experiences of working with migrants and migration.

    If you would like a copy of this article then get in touch.

  • Two Stories in ‘Im Auge Des Sturms’ (In the Eye of the Storm)

    Der Erzahlverlag, Germany · Jan 1, 2019

    Collection of stories from around the world from regions of conflict.

    If you would like a copy of this article then get in touch.

  • Making Lives, Making Communities: Scottish Asians in Glasgow

    Grosvenor House Publishing Limited, UK · Jun 1, 2018

    Biographical stories of first generation South Asian migrants and their experiences of settling in Glasgow and West of Scotland.

    If you would like a copy of this book then get in touch.

  • Searching for Home: Some Thoughts on Personal Storytelling with Migrants

    National Storytelling Network magazine, USA · Sep 1, 2017

    If you would like a copy of this article then get in touch.

  • ‘The Ghost Wife’ in Haunted Voices: An Anthology of Ghost Stories from Scotland

    Haunt Publishing, Scotland · Oct 1, 2019

    Anthology of Ghost Stories from Scotland with audio-recordings.

    If you would like a copy of this book then get in touch.

  • 'Maps as Stories: Walking Towards a Collective Narrative' : Workshop report

    Available at CEPT, Ahmedabad · Feb 15, 2016

    If you would like a copy of this report then get in touch.

  • Voices of the Well Blog

    A blog selection of various stories.

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  • Inside Out, Outside In

    Fusion Arts, Oxford · Apr 30, 2014

    A monograph looking at our three year storytelling work in an immigration removal centre, Oxford. It is accompanied by stories that have worked with detained asylum-seekers and the effect of these stories on the listeners.

    If you would like a copy of this book then get in touch.

  • Voices from the Well

    Anima Mundi School · Jun 1, 2020

    Poems and writings - regular contributions.

    You can find the writings here: https://www.animamundischool.org/voices-of-the-well

featured storytelling

Princess Minakshi (Princess Fish-eyes)

The Rich Man and The Poor Man

Letter from a Lascar in Glasgow | GlaswegAsians | Scotland Street School Museum

5 Stories from Maps of Stories

A story of the potter who asks the god Shiva for a favour

Tales from Waterworlds

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