From the Music Academy, Chennai, to the Tata Theatre of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai, to the Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi – from Patiala and Amritsar to Kolkata and Kottayam, to performances in schools, colleges and factories, the Akshara has made an impact on the Indian artistic environment.

Sumati Gangopadhyay writing for the Indian Express, Baroda, said: “Watching Jalabala’s impassioned enactment of Gopal's script has been the experience of a lifetime.

No one with any interest in the arts, or even his or her own salvation, can afford to miss this play.” Jalabala was born in London, England, the daughter of a half English-half Italian mother, Madge, a concert singer, and Indian journalist, author and independence activist, Suresh Vaidya.

While She was working with Shanker's weekly she met CP Ramachandran (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._P._Ramachandran), a communist Intellectual from Parli , Palghat, Kerala and a highly accomplished Journalist then who enjoyed close friendship with the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi etc .

Vaidya's first international theatrical success came in Rome at the Teatro Goldoni where she performed Full Circle written by Gopal Sharman who was also present at the reading.

The duo soon embarked on a series of successful theatrical seasons on London’s West End, and performance tours all over Europe.

Jalabala enjoyed her time painting, writing poetry and scripts, spending time with her family- most of whom work at the Akshara-while acting and teaching highly specialized acting classes at the Akshara and is the author of three books: Be, a collection of short stories, and two collections of poetry, This Is Full and That Is Full.