Saswati Sen

??? ?? ???????? ???? ????? ?? ??????????? ???????? ??? ?? ?? ??????? ???, ???? ???? ??. ????? ?????? ?? ?????? ?? ???? ??????? ??????? ?? ??????-?????? ????? ???? ?????? ????? ???? ?????? ????????, ???????? ????????, ???? ??? ???????? ?? ????????? ?????????? ???????? ?? ???????? ???? ?? ???? ??? ???????? ???? ??????? ??? ?????? ?? ???????? ??????? ??? ?????? (??? ???? ??????????? ??? ??????? ??? ???????? ????) ???????, ????? ??? ?? ????? ??? ??? ?????? ??? ?????????? ??????? ??????? ??? ????? ???????? ???? ??? ?? ?????? ??? ?????? ??? ?????? ??? ???? ?????? ?????????? ?? ????????? ????????? ???? ?? ??? ?? 1969 ??? ?????? ???????? ???????? ?? ????????? ??????????? ??????? ???? ?? ??????????? ?? ??????? ???????? ??. ????? ?????? ?? ???????? ????? ???? ???? ???? ?????? ?????? ???? ?? ?? ?????? ???? ??? Saswati Sen, regarded as one of the best exponents of the famous Lucknow gharana of Kathak, is the driving force behind Kalashram, Pandit Birju Maharaj?s dream institution. She has received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the Sanskriti Award, the Shringar Mani Award and the Critic?s Recommendation Award. She has performed at the RIMPA (Ravi Shankar Institute for Music and Performing Arts) festival in Varanasi, the Kathak Prasang in Bhopal and Jaipur and the prestigious Khajuraho Festival of dance, among others. After her initial training under Reba Chatterjee Vidyarthi at the Bharatiya Kala Kendra in New Delhi, she was awarded the National Scholarship in 1969 by the Ministry of Culture. She then graduated to become one of the foremost disciples of Pandit Birju Maharaj. Translator ??????? ??? ?????????? ?????? ?? ??? ??? ????? ???? ?? ??????? ?????? ????? ?? ????????? ??????-?????? ??? ??????????????? ??? ?????? ???? ?? ??????? ??? ???????? ??????? ?? ???????? ????? ?????????? ??? ?????? ???????, ??????, ??????????? ??? ???????? ?? ??? ???? ???? ??? ??????? ??? ?? ?????????? ?? ?????? ????????? ????? ????? ?????? ?? ????? ?????? ????????? ?? ??? ??? ??????? ???? ??????? ?? ??? ??? ???????? ???????, ????????, ??? ??? ??????? ????????? ?? ??????? ???????? ?? ????????? ?? ????? ??? ????? ?? ????????? ??? ?????? ???? ??? Shrikant Asthana has held a senior position as a journalist in various prominent Hindi and English newspapers and journalism teacher in several universities. He is primarily known for technological inclusion, innovation, work determination and quality in Hindi Journalism. He is currently employed as a UP Correspondent in Maharashtra?s leading daily newspaper Lokmat Times. As a translator he has translated several books based on politics, Ayurveda and Art, from English to Hindi and vice versa.