Suburb January 2019

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Katha India Celebrates Successful
Completion of Three Decades
Pioneering publisher of
children’s books in India,
Katha celebrated the
successful completion of 30
years. At its recently
concluded annual three-day
festival, Katha Utsav, held
between the 26th to the 28th of
December, 2018, the non-profit
organisation commemorated highlights
of its momentous three decade long
journey.
The Chief Guest of the event was the
Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi,Mr
Manish Sisodia, who congratulated the
Katha team on the great work it is doing.
“Through its unique Story pedagogy,
Katha integrates social education with
formal education and skill education.
There will always be a need for the kind
of work the organisation is doing. Thank
you to the entire team at Katha for
showing us the way to learn and live!”
Mr Sisodia said.
This year’s event received a tremendous
response with participation from 450
students from various cities across the
country. The three-day festival had an
exciting lineup consisting of workshops
for young writers from different regions,
a number of stimulating Katha Talks,
Challenge Grounds, discussions and
awards. Prior to the grand finale—the
Katha National Writers’ Workshop at the
Ridge Valley School, Gurgaon.
The Katha Talks at the Utsav were
inaugurated by Bharatnatyam Guru
SonalMansingh. Thereafter, there was a
series of talks based on two different
themes by eminent speakers from
various fields.
For the last 30 years, Katha has
transformed the lives of over one million
children by helping them bring
themselves out of poverty and live a
better life. Through its various
programmes, Katha has served children
in government schools in 1,002 slum
communities and brought 9.2 million
children and youth into the joy of
reading. The Katha Lab School in the
Govindpuri slum of New Delhi has till
date created value for 1,91,190 children,
many of whom work as entrepreneurs, in
the government or in various companies.
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