Katha's Dharmarajan is an educationist who dislikes exams; she explains why

Dharmarajan talks about literary translation, and all that is lost when it becomes too literal

Geeta Dharmarajan tells Geetanjali Krishna why she dislikes exams, how Katha was born, and what the primary task of educators really is.

She’s an educationist who dislikes exams. She’s a translator who eschews literal translations. Ever the iconoclast, ever the dreamer, everything that Geeta Dharmarajan has accomplished in her prolific career has had but one simple goal — to bring joy into the classroom. The 71-year-old founder of Katha, the NGO that creates, in its own words, “Reader Leaders” radiates positive energy as she walks into Rooh, the modern Indian restaurant in Mehrauli, Delhi, dressed in her trademark handloom sari and a