Performance Artist
Dr. Pragya Sharma is a leading and first female dastango from Lucknow. She earned her doctorate in Economics and had a stint at National Green Tribunal before following her passion. She is an excellent example of how great and amazing it can be to make your passion a profession. Pragya is now among India’s few full-time professional storytellers. Pragya has approximately twenty dastans (stories) to her name, and she has performed them at major national and international events. As of now, she has a total of 200 shows to her credit. In her storytelling, she flawlessly brings out the nuances, duality, subtle sensibilities and complexities of human nature. Pragya by her storytelling skills elevates the climax of dastans such as in Jhansi ki Rani, Durgavati, Maharana Pratap, Mirabai and Ganga. Her golden success in Dastangoi has inspired many newcomers, especially females, to take up the genre.
Ajitesh Gupta, Himanshu Bajpai, Pragya Sharma