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Abstract Oral storytelling has always been an integral part of any culture. Storytelling tradition precedes written literature. Stories more than a medium of entertainment, serve to unite the communities and inculcate values, transmit knowledge, survival strategies across generations. Oral storytelling tradition in India traces back to the era of Vedic period. The Vedas too incorporated mythological tales, hymns and mythological discourses. The epics were also narrated orally before they were scripted. Storytelling has the extraordinary ability to take the listener to a world of thoughts, fantasies, myths, and stories by igniting his imagination through spoken language. Orality describes the manner in which people verbally communicate with one another. The foundation of oral tradition and verbality is communality, solidarity, and a focus on the sacred. Literary texts have also evolved from this oral tradition. The impact of orality is also apparent on many Indian narratives. Sarah Joseph is a Malayalam writer and social activist. She has infused the tradition of storytelling in her novel Gift in Green. Some of these stories are rooted in the indigenous soil and some of them are derived from myths and legends. The present paper proposes to analyse these stories from an epistemological and stylistic perspective and evaluate their contribution to the society.