DJ Kalkutta
{{Infobox musical artist
| alias = Bollywood Barbie
| birth_place = Kolkata, India
| origin = Wisconsin, United States
| occupation = {{hlist|DJ|turntablist|record producer|songwriter}}
| website = {{URL|djkalkutta.com}}
}}
DJ Kalkutta is an American DJ and producer, based in New York City.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/indie_spotlight_dj_kalkutta|title=Indie Spotlight: DJ Kalkutta|date=2012-01-04|work=BMI.com|access-date=2017-08-25|language=en}}
Early life
Born in Kolkata, India, she, at the age of two, was given to an orphanage by her biological parents. As she spent her infancy there, an American woman adopted and raised her in Wisconsin, United States.{{Cite web|url=http://asiasociety.org/texas/celebrity-dj-kalkutta-sets-stage-spotlight-asia-featuring-houston%E2%80%99s-creative-culinary-stars|title=Celebrity DJ Kalkutta Sets the Stage for Spotlight Asia Featuring Houston’s Creative Culinary Stars|website=Asia Society|language=en|access-date=2017-08-25}} Her stage name Kalkutta, which refers to the German name of the Indian City Kolkata, is a homage to her biological family and her adoptive mother. Upon moving to New York City at the age of seventeen, she took up audio engineering and production studies at Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, before quitting.{{Cite news|url=http://www.indiawest.com/entertainment/global/new-york-city-club-life-gets-a-desi-twist-with/article_a6e48bea-a333-11e4-b041-af76519a8553.html|title=New York City Club Life Gets a Desi Twist with DJ Kalkutta|last=West|first=Lisa Tsering, India|work=India West|access-date=2017-08-25|language=en}} Later, she produced and uploaded music to Myspace. Her former partner suggested her to get into DJing as it is "like a walk in the park compared to production stuff."{{Cite news|url=http://www.yrbmagazine.com/spotlight-dj-kalkutta/|title=SPOTLIGHT: DJ Kalkutta|date=2011-10-10|work=YRB Magazine {{!}} Lifestyle Fashion Music Art Culture|access-date=2017-08-25|language=en-US}} Growing up in a community where racial diversity is almost non-existent, and not knowing of her racial identity, Kalkutta assumed her ethnicity to be black until the age of seventeen.{{Cite web|url=https://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2014/11/23/dj-kalkutta-mother-teresas-orphanage-calcutta-spinning-good-morning-america/|title=DJ Kalkutta: From Mother Teresa’s orphanage in Calcutta to spinning on Good Morning America|date=2014-11-23|website=The American Bazaar|access-date=2017-08-25}}
Career
References
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External links
- [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dj-kalkutta/dj-kalkutta-new-years-eve-playlist_b_4504256.html DJ Kalkutta’s New Year’s Eve Playlist: 10 Songs to Ring In 2014]
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