The Shelf Life: Champaca Bookstore Blog

While Partition continues to shape the politics of the sub-continent, rarely do we engage with its legacy with nuance and empathy.

Hello fellow book lover, Like most other things, we’ve turned the scorching summer heat into an excuse to read more. Find some shade or a cool corner, get ourselves a chilled glass of coconut water, and pick up a book that transports us away from the sapping heat. For us, the highlight of March was hosting an online event with Katie Kitamura. Her book Intimacies, which we sent as part of the Champaca Book Subscription, was an instant favourite for our team. We loved the precise, sometimes haunting nature of Kitamura’s work. In her conversation with our team member Nirica,...