Gauri is a storyteller, anthropologist and a migrant to the UK. She works multilingually, recognising the cadences of English spoken in different cultures. She tells folk tales, fairy tales and myths from non-European parts of the world. She also works extensively with biographical storytelling, especially with vulnerable adults and in the outdoors. Much of her community based work has been focused among migrants and the diaspora communities to the UK and among theatre persons, writers, charity workers, universities, teachers and students in India.
Her performance projects include directing East of the Sun, West of the Moon, a collection of stories for adults from around the world translated and told in 4 different Indian languages,Tales of Exile and Sanctuary, stories from around the world exploring themes of exile, Tales of Ice and Fire, which includes stories of two goddesses from Scotland and India; Old Deccan Tales, a performance with stories collected by the daughter of a British colonial officer which were told to her by her ayah and Rewilding Cinderella, a collaborative performance with 13 other storytellers, musicians & poets of Cinderella stories.
She is currently collaborating with Scottish musician Mairi Campbell on a performance of the Indian epic of ‘Mahabharata’ and its connections to rhythms and stories from Scotland.
She has researched and co-written a book with biographical stories of South Asian migrants to the West of Scotland with AwazFM, Glasgow called Making Lives, Making Communities: Scottish Asians in Glasgow. Her recent under-publication book ‘Cooking Tales’ – innovations to recipes by and biographies of Asian women in 1950s has been awarded Scottish Asian Award under the Spirit of Scotland category.
She teaches storytelling independently and with the Anima Mundi School, The Netherlands. She is a board member of the Scottish Storytellers’ Forum.
LinkedIn: Gauri Raje
Facebook: Silent Sounds (@gaurirajestorytelling)
Web page: www.silentsounds.in.
(Also works in Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati and Marathi)
