PRAKASH RAJ NARRATES AN AUDIOBOOK FOR THE FIRST TIME

Jyothi Venkatesh

Prakash Raj has narrated his first audio book based on pastoral politics, the book was released on Storytel yesterday. Written by noted author Anita Nair and narrated by Prakash Raj, The little Duck girl is a state-of-the-nation story that sensitively but unflinchingly explores the idea of who we are as a people. Shree Raman, or Maash as he is known, leads a quiet life in his village in Kerala where nothing ever happens. Until one December dawn, when the ducks and the little duck girl, not so little any more, return to the village after several years of absence and light up Maash's life again. The year is 2019, the Indian Parliament has passed the Citizenship Amendment Act and the question of identity-- especially religious identity--is at the forefront of everything.

Suddenly, everyone wants to know: who is this duck girl, where does she come from, who does she pray to? In a matter of days, Maash finds himself in the middle of a conflict he couldn't have foreseen. Author Anita Nair, quotes:- “This wasn't a story I planned to write. But as the anti CAA agitations grew in strength, it made me question where people like me (and a large part of India ) who are not affected by the Act stand.This story was born out of my compulsion to talk about the perils of complacency. And even as I was writing it, I knew that just one actor would be able to do justice to it. Prakash Raj. And so it happened to my utter delight. “

Prakash Raj says “The little duck girl is a story of our times, it’s a story about us and that’s what touched me and excited me to narrate this story. When a writer says you are walking in a dark street, I walked the dark streets I know, it gives me the freedom to live, experience with what I can and what I have been. Before we see the story in somebody else’s eye its more important that we see it through our imagination. I would like to thank Storytel for giving me this opportunity to read a story, a little aloud..”

“The Duck Girl” was released on 9th June 2020 exclusively on Storytel. Storytel is an audiobook application where one gets unlimited access to stories anytime anywhere. Literary enthusiasts can look forward to some of the much sought-after titles on the app, and with promise of thousands and thousands of international titles updated every day. Storytel India provides a platform to established as well as young writers to create original series in Indian languages that take listeners into a new and exciting world of stories. Pricing: The first 14 days are free for subscribers, and post which there is a subscription fee of INR 299. Under a monthly subscription, the subscriber gets access to unlimited stories in 9 languages( English, Hindi, Marathi, Urdu, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada) .

Storytel is Northern Europe’s leading audiobook and e-book streaming service and offers unlimited listening and reading of more than 300 000 titles on a global scale. Our vision is to make the world a more empathetic place with great stories to be shared and enjoyed by anyone, anywhere and anytime. Storytel is a digital platform provider as well as a comprehensive publishing group. The streaming business area offers subscriptions for audio books and e-books under the Storytel and Mofibo brands. Storytel operates in 18 markets around the globe and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.