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Press Releases
Her Katha- Geeta’s interview by Hindu, 30 April 2012
Geeta Dharmarajan was recently awarded the Padma Shri for “education and literature”. Katha, or “Story” as it translates to, is her aptly named brainchild. Dealing primarily with story and storytelling, the organisation was founded in 1988. Translating stories, transforming lives, the organisation has come a long way from starting as Tamasha, a health, environment and story magazine for underprivileged ….read more
Parenting Magazine- 3rd April, 2012
Reviews of The Little Big Man and Clouds and Waves in Parenting Magazine, 3rd April, ….read more
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Katha celebrates “World Storytelling Day” at Vasant Valley School
Katha held a two hour long session, from 9am to 11am, on 20th March (World Storytelling Day) at the Vasant Valley School, Vasant Kunj. It was attended by around 90 children of class I. The two hour session included an hour of Storytelling done by Ms. Savi Sarin, followed by an hour of activity. The theme of the session was ‘TREES’ as it is of the World Storytelling Day, 2012. The storytelling was done on ….read more
Delhi Education Minister, Shri Arvinder Singh Lovely, visits Katha Lab School
Shri Arvinder Singh Lovely, the Hon’ble Minister of Education, NCT, Delhi, visited the Katha Lab School on the 13th of March 2012. Run by a profit-for-all organization, Katha, the Lab School is an experimental school catering to the underserved children in Govindpuri and nearby slums. Accompanied by the senior officials of his Ministry, Shri Lovely was welcomed by Smt Geeta Dharmarajan, the Founder and ….read more
It’s Raining Laurels!
Geeta Dharmarajan’s Moon, Ramu and I has won the prestigious Darsana National Award 2011 for the Best Children’s Book.The award would be conferred at the 28th Darsana International Book Fair, One of Darsana’s greatest contributions these years. The book fair is a 10-day programme conducted usually in February every year at Thirunakkara Maidan, Kottayam. Dr. Christi Merrill has been awarded the 2012 A. K. ….read more
Katha’s Founder, Executive Director Geeta Dharmarajan, honoured with Padma Shri 2012
Our Founder, Executive Director of Katha, Geeta Dharmarajan has been awarded the Padma Shri for her distinguished service in the field of Literature and Education. “It’s a great honor for me, Katha and all our Children. This Award is all Katha- staff, child, community woman.” said an emotional and ecstatic Geeta. A writer, editor and educator, her belief that good literature is an effective medium for ….read more
Winter Carnival 2011
The Winter Carnival 2011 (26th Dec – 30th Dec, 2011), held at the Katha StoryShop to celebrate 150 years of Tagore, was a wonderful conclusion to an even more wonderful year! It began with the launch of our newest Tagore books – “Clouds and Waves” and “The Little Big Man” – which was accompanied by a poetry writing workshop. Our own students from Kathashala came in for this workshop, and thoroughly ….read more
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Stories Unlimited!
A “Stories Unlimited” Carnival for children was conducted at Central Park, Kaushambi, Ghaziabad on the 17th and 18th of December from 10 am to 12 pm, organized by Vandana Chaudhary and on the 10th and 11th of December from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm at Rendezvous, South City 1, Gurgaon, – to launch two of Katha’s new children’s books, ‘The Gijjigadus and The Fireflies’, and ‘Razia and her Pink ….read more
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Woodleigh School’s visit to Katha School
In an endeavour to broaden the cultural understanding of students around the world, Woodleigh School, Melbourne has been associating with Katha, India, time and again. Three students along with their teacher Jenny and a student volunteer from Kumarmangalam School visited our school and did some film making activities with our children. There was a sharing about Australia & India also. Katha being an ….read more
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10 of Katha’s, in 101 Indian Children’s Books We Love.
Founded in 2010, 101 Indian Children’s Books We Love was a year-long project taken up by Young Zubaan to put together a simple, pick-up-able guide to the 101 of the very best Indian children’s books in English available in the market today, for parents, librarians, bookstores and educators alike. Young Zubaan considered it an important initiative for the whole publishing, bookselling and teaching community. ….read more
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