Having engaged with children for over a decade through her storytelling workshops, educator Shreedevi Sunil says that the one thing she has realised is that kids today, tend to get "very defensive about criticism". "It could be a small issue, but they react aggressively," says Sunil, who along with Deepa Panchal started Talking Turtles' Storytellers in 2010. "A lot of this has to do with how we are bringing up our children and what we are exposing them to. It is affecting how they deal with their problems."

In order to equip children with the right kind of tools to handle criticism, Talking Turtles' Storytellers has organised a workshop, The Chhota Clown in You!, with professional Spanish clown Monica Santos. The event is part of the second edition of the Tale Train Storytelling Festival. "I thought that we should create content where children are exposed to clowning. It would be an interesting way to cope with difficult issues. They need to learn how to laugh at themselves," says Sunil.