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Katha, the profit-for-all voluntary organization, is looking for PEOPLE! We have been working with children and women since 1990 and have strong links with the 54 communities we work with.


Katha also works at the leading edge in culturelinking, literary translation and publishing. We see translation as a non-divisive tool for the country as a whole. Uncommon creativities for a common good is our motto.

katha is a registered nonprofit organization.
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K N I T programme for 2005-2006

I Certificate Courses: Four sessions through summer of 2006

Thirty hour courses in the following topics are offered, under the guidance of excellent faculty, hand-picked from Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jamia Millia Islamia, and the Indira Gandhi Open University. Evaluation will be done before certificates are given

1. The Art & Craft of Translation                                
at the Katha-SNDT Regional Translation Centre: Ms Mitra Parikh

2 . Translation & Media                                                  

3. Fiction Appreciation & Book Reviewing              

    Fee/student: Rs 350/- Number of students: 20/course.

II Short Certificate Course: Introductory courses, these are for four hours; eight sessions summer 2006.

1. Film Appreciation                                                    

2. Gender                                                                        

3. Partition                                                                    

4. Caste                                                                         

III India: The Real & the Imagined: Understanding India's ground realities through fictions. For students in management & other professional courses. At Chennai. Coordinator: Rashmi Shetty . January 2006

IV The Wordsmiths Seminars (July to October 2006)

1. Manto                                       

2. AmbaiManto                            

3. Ismat Chugtai                         

4. Krishna Sobti                            

5. MT Vasudevan Nair                 

6. Jibananda Das                        

V Bhasha Club (August to January, 1999): Monthly meets to discuss a language, its history, growth, main writers, writings, critics. Specially for teachers teaching or interested in teaching translation.

1. Tamil             2. Urdu            3. Hindi        4. Malayalam                 5. Bangla

VI I LOVE READING CAMPAIGNS                                 
     Coordinators: Rashmi Shetty . Shriti Kandelwal

1. Monthly meetings and workshops at Chennai & in Mumbai

2. OPALS . Open Places as Learning Spaces . Workshops at the National Gallery  of Modern Art, New Delhi

VII  TOLERANCE THEATRE . Through April 2006                             Coordinator : Anoop Trivedi

Three handpicked stories by some of our best writers, turned into script by the students of Kathashala. In Hindi. Translation through a production process. The plays will be presented at 30 Delhi schools, including government, private and those run by nonprofit organization .

VIII A Question of Choice April-June 2006

Discussions on the choices that face us in education when we think of liberal education/humanities education. A coming together of literature, education and the creative art of writing. For writers, teachers and students. By invitation only.

IX  Teaching Translation Workshops : For teachers of English and other Indian languages. Building strengths in accessing resources, skills, and tools. At the Katha Regional Translation Centres

X Libraries-as-Centres-of-Creativity Workshops . At the KathaAsia Utsav . Vijayalakshmi Quereshi, Librarian, Sahitya Akademi Library,. New Delhi. Basically for all librarians, teachers and students to make book reading exciting again!

Tips and Techniques. Hands-on training!

XI The Annual Katha Lecture on Translating the Nation, 2006 January 6, 2006 .

XII  THE SEVENTH NATIONAL KATHA COLLOQUIUM ON TRANSLATION January 7-8 at the KathaAsia . City Stories Festival & Conference . Language, Culture and Translation . A workshop and a colloquium. Translators share their experiences. Discuss works in progress

Special Resource People . Professor Mona Baker . Professor Indira Petersen

XI. THE KATHA AWARDS CEREMONY, 2006 . The Awards are being presented by ................

The Friends of Katha Tea follows. At India Habitat Centre January 7, 2006

XI. THE KATHA CHUDAMANI AWARDS CEREMONY, 2006 . The lifetime literary award is being presented this January. The earlier three recepients were Ms Krishna Sobti . Shri Vijay Tendulkar . Shr Sundara Ramaswamy.

The Friends of Katha Tea follows. At India Habitat Centre January 7, 2006

The School Initiative            Happens through the year

  • The Katha Roadshow              
    Coordinator: Sadhana Chopra

  • Creative Teaching! Workshop for teachers         
    Coordinator: Parvinder Kaur

  • Beyond Cinderella! Theatre workshops               
    Coordinator: Anoop Trivedi

  • The ADD! Inatiative                                                 
    Coordinator: Mahalakshmi

PROGRAMMES IN THE KATHA REGIONAL CENTRES for 2006-7

  • To be announced

                            Please write in for details to katha@katha.org

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