Narayan Parasuram is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of the Karadi Tales Company.
He is also a Singer, a Music Director, an Independent Movie Producer, as well a Teacher. He was formerly a Member of the Faculty at K.J. Somaiya College of Engineering and IIT Bombay’s Industrial Design Center (IDC).
Narayan is a graduate of the IIT Bombay. He holds a Masters degree in Material Science and a Diploma in Sound Engineering from Clemson University.
On Narayan’s childhood and how he discovered his passions (03:14 – 07:16)
On life and projects before setting up Karadi Tales (20:51 – 23:56)
On the origins and initial days of Karadi Tales (24:03 – 37:52)
Audiobooks and the Storytelling Tradition (37:53 – 38:56)
The story behind ‘The Wings of Fire’ Audiobook (39:05 – 43:10)
On the Principles of Storytelling at Karadi Tales (44:13 – 52:43)
On the collaboration between Karadi Tales and Disney (53:35 – 57:49)
Stories from the success of Jajantaram Mamantaram (59:31 – 01:01:28)
On the origins and production of GGBB (01:01:29 – 01:12:37)
Manohar Parrikar and the Role he played in setting up Karadi Path (01:31:41 – 01:33:28)
Narayan’s Letter to the Primer Minister of India (01:34:06 – 01:36:06)
Why is there an Unspoken Hierarchy among Subjects in Educational Institutions? (01:36:07 – 01:40:09)
On Trade versus Craft (01:40:15 – 01:44:08)
The Power of Lifelong Learning via Non-Institutions (01:44:09 – 01:49:30)
Sales and Storytelling at Karadi Tales (01:59:02 – 02:01:18)
On JRD Tata and Beyond the Last Blue Mountain (02:01:44 – 02:07:48)
C.P. Viswanath
Chakiarkoothu
APJ Abdul Kalam
Buy the Wings of Fire (Paperback)
Buy the Wings of Fire Audiobook (Narrated by Girish Karnad)
Karadi Tales
IIT Bombay
Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science
Tata Consultancy Services
Jajantaram-Mamantaram
Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya
Children’s Film Society of India
Satyajit Ray and Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
Beyond the Last Blue Mountain
Buy Beyond the Last Blue Mountain (eBook)
