Bangalore Events — Online Event

In a world dominated by technology and screens, parents and teachers are often told to encourage their kids to pick up a book and turn a page. Teachers and parents often find their beloved books to be different from their children and may find it challenging to fully embrace new directions and tastes in reading. So how do we read new books for ourselves and with children? Reading a book by oneself and sharing the act of reading can be very different experiences.  A wholesome reading of a book includes understanding the character development, the plot progression, social context and more. Equally significant is...

Tune in for a very interesting conversation with Amitava Kumar and Aditya Mani Jha on Amitava’s latest work THE GREEN BOOK, published by HarperCollins India. This is an online discussion happening on the 28th of February on the Champaca YouTube channel. The video will also be available on YouTube after the session. Here are all the details about the event -  DATE - 28 FEBRUARY TIME - 7:30 PM IST YOUTUBE LIVE DISCUSSION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZVzDUgLEWc About the book -  Many of the drawings and paintings in this book are the result of the walks I have undertaken. Don't stop walking! And...

We're ending the Seagull week at Champaca bookstore with a book launch and discussion of 'To Break and to Branch' by Ranjit Hoskote with Mani Rao. The details of the event are as follows: Date- 29 June Time- 5 PM Venue- Champaca Bookstore You can RSVP on this link.    About the book:  To Break and to Branch is a collection of six essays on the artist Gieve Patel (1940–2023), written by poet, cultural theorist, and curator Ranjit Hoskote over nearly two decades, gathered together for the first time and accompanied by over fifty illustrations of Patel’s paintings. In an introductory essay written...

The second event of our Seagull week is a book launch and discussion of Chitvan Gill's 'Dreaming a Paradise: The Story of Buland Masjid' with Sushmita Pati.   About the book: In Dreaming a Paradise, Chitvan Gill draws on years of research and photographic reportage to unveil the tales of individuals driven to escape poverty, violence, and despair in search of happiness and a place to call home. At the heart of this book lies Buland Masjid, an unauthorized colony on the Yamuna riverbank in Delhi, India, which thrives with restless industry even under the unyielding grip of poverty. The women and...

Tune into Manish Gaekwad in conversation with Kavya Murthy as they delve into the pages of Manish's book THE LAST COURTESAN. Join us for an insightful discussion about this poignant memoir, where he shares his mother's remarkable tale of resilience in the kothas of Calcutta. Featured in our Champaca Book Subscription for April, this book garnered quite a lot of conversations and we are eager to hear your thoughts and address any questions you may have after reading this powerful narrative. Mark your calendars for this engaging conversation on Instagram Live! DETAILS  5 MAY, SUNDAY 12:00 PM, INSTAGRAM