Stories have always been important in human history, but we are losing systems that wove and passed on these stories, and even tongues that held them

"As we become digitally empowered, there's a real danger of a section of people becoming digitally marginalised," he said.

The clowns enter singing and dancing as they use balloons to ease the atmosphere of stress that the patients and caregivers are undergoing.

Held inside a forest in Assam’s Goalpara district, the annual festival has become an example of a unique format of contemporary theatre in India.