Year: 2026 | Month: January-March | Volume: 10 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 83-87
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/gijash.20260112
The Art of Story Telling: Perspectives on Mythology and Narrative Techniques in Ashwin Sanghi’s Keepers of the Kalachakra
Jyoti Singal1, Dr Shrutimita Mehta2, Dr Divyabha Vashisth3
1Research Scholar, The North Cap University, Gurgaon, Haryana
2Associate Professor, The North Cap University, Gurgaon, Haryana
3Associate Professorn, The North Cap University, Gurgaon, Haryana
Corresponding Author: Jyoti Singal
ABSTRACT
‘In the end we will all become stories’ (Atwood )
Stories have been an age- old way of weaving a tapestry of emotions and instilling life in characters. The stereotypical ‘once upon a time’ beginning, to ‘they lived happy ever after’ ending in the fairy tales, now stands at the periphery of the story telling genre. Post colonial writers like Ashwin Sanghi have transformed story telling in many ways. Sanghi blends history and myth in a peculiar way, thus juxtaposing fact and fiction. His stories appear easily acceptable due to his peculiar twists and scientific references that have a convincing impact on the reader. Sanghi makes use of multiple traditions and interdisciplinary narratives to create realism in his otherwise genre known as ‘mytho-fiction. This paper attempts to analyse the art of story- telling and align it with various literary theories of historical metafiction, euhemerism and archetypal criticism. The paper also initiates a discussion as to how the use of binary opposites like East versus West, Faith versus rationality, Science versus myth, reality versus belief et al brings in a more intellectual perspective towards narratives and enhances the acceptance of the writer’s ideologies amongst the readers forum.
Keywords: Stories, history, mythology, narratives, fiction, truth
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