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.

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some of her work

A story about garbage by Swapnamoy Chakraborty

From Trash To Swish— Swapnamoy Chakraborty

December 6, 2022Ankita BoseFictionbengali literature,Bengali Story,Bengali to English,Kathakali Jana,Swapnamoy Chakraborty(0)

Translated from the Bengali by Kathakali Jana 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',…...

A Satire with a Lightness of Touch— A review of Vivek Shanbag’s Sakina’s Kiss

June 4, 2024Bitrisa PaulBookwormbook,Book review,bookworm,Kathakali Jana,Vivek Shanbag(0)

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…...

A Poor Conductor— Indrani Datta

September 25, 2022Biswadip ChakraborthyFictionbengali literature,bengali short story,Bengali women writers,English Translation,Indrani Datta,Kathakali Jana,The Feminine Pen,Translation of women writers,Women writers of Bengali literature(1)

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