Lekha Rai is a certified storyteller with a background in teaching in a couple of universities in Assam and Sikkim. She began her entrepreneurial journey with “Cafe The Twins”, a bookstore cum café in Darjeeling where she promotes local writers and hosted a number of literary events. Being a storyteller, she used to hold storytelling sessions in various schools. She founded “Kathaghar – Nurturing the Young through Stories” with an attempt to keep alive the storytelling tradition and foster love of reading among the young generation. She has contributed articles in various magazines and journals.