The Shelf Life: Champaca Bookstore Blog
Book Review — Shiromi Pinto’s “Plastic Emotions”
In the first of our book reviews, Pooja Saxena writes about Shiromi Pinto’s speculative novel inspired by the life of twentieth century Sri Lankan architect and feminist icon, Minnette de Silva. Buy the book from our online store.
Reading in the Times of Coronavirus
Is there a way to explore reading to make sense of life in lockdown? What is certain in these times is uncertainty, and as we explore this through books, is there a way ahead? Thejaswi Shivanand writes.
April Recommendations — Dalit History Month
Since 2013, April has been celebrated as Dalit History Month. Modeled on Black History Month, it is a month-long annual observance that commemorates and celebrates the neglected histories, lives and works of Dalit, Bahujan and Adivasi people. Here at Champaca, we’ve put together a list of recommendations for Dalit History Month — books that moved us, and books we think are essential for you to read too.
Books for Now : The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
The idea of Books for Now is to engage closely with classics which we feel speak to the contemporary. Our first discussion in the series began with a discussion on Hannah Arendt’s Origins of Totalitarianism.
Read this guest post by Arvind Narrain (with inputs from Kavya Murthy).
Single by Choice: a reflection on an evening at our bookstore
In this guest post by Chinmay Manoj, read his recap of our event on the book Single By Choice, published by Women Unlimited and with the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI). Purchase the book here.