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| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], India<br />
| origin = [[Wisconsin]], United States<br />
| occupation = {{hlist|DJ|turntablist|record producer|songwriter}}<br />
| website = {{URL|djkalkutta.com}}<br />
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'''DJ Kalkutta''' is an American DJ and producer, based in [[New York City]].<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
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]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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|archive-date=2017-08-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825183626/http://www.indiawest.com/entertainment/global/new-york-city-club-life-gets-a-desi-twist-with/article_a6e48bea-a333-11e4-b041-af76519a8553.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{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|archive-date=2017-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827122519/http://www.yrbmagazine.com/spotlight-dj-kalkutta/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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 people|black]] until the age of seventeen.<ref>{{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}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
She co-wrote [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]]'s song "[[New Americana]]".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.teenvogue.com/story/summer-party-playlist-dj-kalkutta|title=Here's Your Ultimate Summer Party Playlist|last=Ceron|first=Ella|work=Teen Vogue|access-date=2017-08-25|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [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]<br />
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