The Shelf Life: Champaca Bookstore Blog
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.Â
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.
Women In Translation Month
Kavya Murthy writes about Women in Translation Month. August was declared Women in Translation Month by Meytal Radzinski, a scholar who took up the task of asking why there were so few women-identified authors published in translation. A study soon revealed that only 26 % of books in translation were written by women.
What we're reading — with Paper Planes
Cross-posted from Paper Planes Magazine.
The team at Champaca shares a list of five must-read titles from their discerningly put together bookshelves.
A new leaf on our champaca tree
A month into our bookstore's opening, we reflect on the whirlwind that has been the last few weeks, and give you a glimpse of what's next!