{"id":7479,"date":"2025-02-15T06:59:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T06:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7479"},"modified":"2025-02-15T06:59:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T06:59:44","slug":"storytelling-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7479","title":{"rendered":"Storytelling in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mentioned we visited an orphanage a couple of days ago. It was a humbling time seeing these young enthusiastic boys. At one time I was surrounded by over 30 boys crowding into the small space in the picture below. They listened to The Golden Bird, Anansi and the cheeky bird!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5Z0A2880.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7480\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=7480\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5Z0A2880.jpeg?fit=1280%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Andy Burrows&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1739448466&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Andy Burrows&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;42&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5Z0A2880\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5Z0A2880.jpeg?fit=584%2C438&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5Z0A2880.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5Z0A2880.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5Z0A2880.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5Z0A2880.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5Z0A2880.jpeg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5Z0A2880.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5Z0A2880.jpeg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mentioned we visited an orphanage a couple of days ago. It was a humbling time seeing these young enthusiastic boys. At one time I was surrounded by over 30 boys crowding into the small space in the picture below. 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