Approximately
800 stories that were
written on postcards last
year have now been converted into 14 e-books, which are available for the
public for free.
However,
it is highly unlikely that the 2,600 stories from 2013 will see a similar
conversion, as India Post does not seem keen to do so.
In
2014, a competition, 'Stories on a Postcard,' was held by the Katha Kosa and
Kitab Khana in order to promote story-telling. The same was organised in 2013
in association with India Post, the first edition of the competition.
"These
800-odd stories are in different languages and now available on our website in
the form of 14 e-books. The languages include Marathi, English, Hindi, Gujarati and Urdu. The
postcards have been scanned and digitised to enable a wider reach among
masses," said Dhara Kothari from Katha Kosa.
India
Post had received three times as many stories in 2013, but they are still lying
at the General Post Office in Fort. The authorities are not interested in
getting them converted into digital form. Some of these entries were also
displayed at the Story Telling Festival in the United Kingdom.
Stories
on a Postcard is a project conducted out of sheer passion and belief in stories
as well as to inculcate an interest in the art of storytelling, which appears
to be generally fading thanks to the Internet and online gaming.
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