Kathakali Jana

Kathakali Jana

Event and QC

Kathakali Jana is the head of administration and events at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy in Kolkata. She also writes about the Arts in various mainstream and niche publications and engages with performing arts practitioners across genres. She wears yet another hat as a literary translator.

some of her work

A story about garbage by Swapnamoy Chakraborty

From Trash To Swishβ€” Swapnamoy Chakraborty

Translated from the Bengali by Kathakali JanaΒ    When he was all of six months old, Panchanan had apparently spoken out the words 'piring piring' during a bout of wailing. He had really wanted to say 'ispiring',…...
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A Satire with a Lightness of Touchβ€” A review of Vivek Shanbag’s Sakina’s Kiss

REVIEWED BY KATHAKALI JANA   The ordinariness of middle-class existence is the backdrop of Vivek Shanbagh’s remarkably nuanced novel, Sakina’s Kiss, translated into English from the original Kannada by Srinath Perur. The novel explores the…...
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A Bengali Story by Indrani Datta

A Poor Conductorβ€” Indrani Datta

Translated from the Bengali by Kathakali JanaΒ  1. He picked it up from the street. The painting has always looked like a lighthouse to Paritosh. He remembered Batighor, theΒ  Bengali synonym for the word along with…...
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