Story times

Once upon a time I was a small kid .Hearing stories was my favorite time pass.In my generation as a child i had less entertainment.No Televisions..No Cartoons..No Video games..No fancy foods..
Stories were great time pass.
Stories helped a kid like me to know about this world's people,culture,heroes,history, ethical values.They made me to think and kindled my creative skills and dreams.When somebody narrates story I would create my own world in which story will start happening.

To get a good narrator is a boon.
Right flowing narration and exciting content will make story just like seeing a film or watching series of events over long time quickly in yours mind's world.A film or stage play depend on script content and actors.Stories depend on their content,narrator's style and way you imagine things you hear.Let me first say about my favorite story tellers .

• My uncle is the best person to say stories.He was teacher and knew lot of new stories.I was in grand mothers house during my childhood.I was a big fan of his weekend stories.His intention of telling stories was character building .So he will always say stories with good moral values.If i do something wrong he would indicate it in his stories.So sweet stories with sharp ends...

• I stayed in a place called paramakudi for a week during my third standard holidays. In my relative's house,a elderly person used to say stories of dasavataram for hours after dinner to me.The kind of knowledge she had in characters in epics like Ramayana,Mahabharata and fluency with which she narrated complex stories was amazing.She said sequences of events in avatars like Rama,Krishna,Narashima ,Koorma ,Parasuram ,Varaha with ease.Narashima avatar is short and thrilling avatar.Mahabharata had great examples of characterizations in human society.Krishnas childhood mis chives were very interesting to hear.Those days were just feast for my ears.

Story Books
Ambuli Mama,Bala mitra,Siruvar malar are my favourite books .I started reading these books regularly.My father used to buy Friday dinamalar for free edition of siruvar malar with it.

Ambuli Mama was quality story material for any child .Vikramadhittan stories had colorful image of him carrying vedhala(a kind of Ghost) .Vedhala used to say new stories to Vikramadhittan and ask questions at end of stories .This is was great way of developing logical reasoning in child's mind.


Siruvar Malar had pictorial stories,Pancha tantra stories,Tenali ram stories,Arabian stories,AthiMedhavi Angurasu .Every week Siruvar malar carried a cute face of kid in its covers.Siruvar malar improved my tamil flunecy and my reading speed .
I had bought story books to know about Tenali raman ,Appaji ,Vikramadhittan Stories.


I would like to know if kids of this generation are intersted in hearing stories.Child's
World has changed a lot.They seem to understand complex stories with ease since they are more exposed to Cartoons,Science films and media. Still parents must develop story telling skills and must say more stories to their kids.Stories are most natural way of saying something to kids.