founder geeta dharmarajan headquarters delhi india products books website katha books katha books is a publishing house owned by katha that has done pioneering works in the field of translating indian literature written in the regional languages community and child welfare . 1 2 it was founded in 1988 by geeta dharmarajan . 3 4 moontime and mayil ravana young readers and their parents are hungry for homespun stories archana venkat the hindu business line aug 11 2006 . known for negotiating new spaces in children s literature in translation especially 5 katha has been named thrice for the astrid lindgren award sometimes dubbed as the nobel prize in literature . today it is a leading name in translation genre in indian publishing and produces stories from contemporary india unusual indian folklore and unsung mythology translated into english and hindi from 21 regional indian languages 6 7 8 katha is exclusively devoted to translating regional indian writers into english . 9 books for adults nearly 200 katha books for adults almost all in translation from 21 indian languages 10 katha prize stories . 11 prize catch . india today 12 books for children nearly 122 books recommended by ncert and cbse . 13 her story . 14 contents 1 criticism & reviews 2 katha awards 3 see also 4 references 5 external links criticism & reviews edit while katha is doing excellent works some people mistakenly see it as prone to literary politics at least they say in respect of urdu . paigham afaqui author of famous novel novel makaan is also an outstanding short story writer . some of his stories included in collection of his short stories mafia are considered masterpieces of urdu stories . his novel makaan is better known for denial of sahitya academy award . but as sometimes it unfortunately happens in the collection of short stories translated by katha the name of paigham afaqui has been noted in the introduction of the book but none of his stories are included in the collection . it indicates that katha is controlled by similar people who control sahitya academy . citation needed but others have appreciated its many volumes on urdu literature in translation from the excellent life and times of ismat chugtai 15 to the volume of emerging urdu writers published in association with jamia millia islamia . 16 page 291 . and of naiyer masud 17 one critic says after reading katha s translation naiyer masud s stories fragments of a dream really work as kafka would say quite like an axe for the frozen sea inside us . 18 one of the stories was made into a play in mumbai as taoos chaman ki myna by gillo theatre repertory in 2013 . adaptation and direction atul tiwari . music amod bhatt . production design m s sathyu . creative director shaili satyu . some other reviews https onboardthemommyship.wordpress.com tag katha books for kids we don t need to quantify the good work ... katha has done . 19 katha awards edit initiated in 1990 these awards have gone a long way in promoting the best of fiction in indian literature . 20 and has firmly put translation onto the indian publishing agenda with the katha prize stories series . 21 also known as katha award for creative fiction stories written in the regional languages including bangla english konkani malayalam punjabi tamil telugu and urdu and english are considered given in 30 categories in all and the highest award the katha chudamani award given for lifetime literary achievement to writers of exceptional merit honours the writer with a citation a cash award and with publication in english of their significant works . the other prize associated with this are the a k ramanujan award for translators kathakari award to a writer who retells oral folk tales and the kathavachak award to a writer who uses oral traditions to write a modern day story . 22 thirteen volumes of katha prize stories have been published so far . 23 24 the award are also marked by the week long katha utsav katha festival where story tellers from many parts of the world take part 25 see also edit katha prize stories katha ngo kites references edit http www.hindu.com lr 2005 09 04 stories 2005090400310500.htm literacy in communities slum haven unesco . india findouter http www.thehindubusinessline.com life 2006 08 11 stories 2006081100220300.htm katha is constantly negotiating new spaces in children s literature translation as reclamation it is boom time for translation in india subash jeyan the hindu sep 04 2005 . gap years in india discover a land of wondrous variety the independent 14 august 2006 . a katha of success geeta dharmarajan on how the publishing house katha came into being at the hindu jan 04 2007 . a katha of success the hindu january 2007 http kathamedia.blogspot.in http indiatoday.intoday.in story book review katha prizes stories volume 4 1 290045.html http indiatoday.intoday.in story book review katha prize stories volume 2 1 301514.html https www.facebook.com media set set a. 625249940838370.1073741891.229700897059945 & type 3 http www.thehindu.com features metroplus her katha article3370395.ece http thehungryreader.wordpress.com category ismat chughtai http www.urdustudies.com pdf 20 22bookreviews.pdf naiyer masud http www.outlookindia.com printarticle.aspx 206855 http ramblinginthecity.wordpress.com 2012 01 25 strong women meaningful work how padma shri awardees laila tyabji and geeta dharmarajan inspire me jan 25 2012 katha awards ndtv reading room . a niche for indian writing in france the hindu may 20 2001 . katha awards katha website . katha awards given away prize stories collection out express news service indian express february 14 2003 . katha award presented the hindu jan 03 2004 . katha a platform for traditional story tellers shveta puranik cnn ibn jan 08 2006 . external links edit katha main website katha ngo profile at the times group times foundation retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title katha books & oldid 742367448 categories 1988 establishments in indiabook publishing companies of indiapublishing companies established in 1988companies based in new delhihidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 october 2016 at 08 14 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view