The closest English translation for the Sanskrit word Katha is “story,” but this English word tends to convert the “active verb” into a “passive noun.” Etymologically, the word Katha is derived from the Sanskrit root Kath, which means “to converse with, tell, relate, narrate, speak out, explain” (Monier-Williams 1899, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary) and Katha, therefore, best translates as an act of “storying” or “telling,” which includes the tellers, the tales and the listeners. The dialogical angle is fundamental to the Katha activity. A common expression to begin a story very often is not necessarily, “let me tell you a story,” but “shall we tell ourselves some stories” or “shall we do some storying” or “do you want to spin some stories?” Katha is not just a single story, but it is at once personal, social and spiritual. At a subjective level, my concerns are with the ways in which the individual makes connections with the “all-pervasive” social and spiritual text. The relationship that one establishes with the text is dependent on both the level of knowledge, and the degree of engagement with the text, which in turn is dependent on the modes of encounter with the text.