The Shelf Life: Champaca Bookstore Blog
Book Review — Mohammed Hanif’s “A Case of Exploding Mangoes”
This summer Radhika Timbadia re-read Mohammed Hanif’s A Case of Exploding Mangoes, and she thinks we should all pick it up.
Meet the Champaca Staff
What better time than our birthday month to introduce you to the Champaca staff — read about them, and books that they have picked!
Book Review — Wanjiru Koinange’s “The Havoc of Choice”
For this month’s book review, Radhika Timbadia writes about Wanjiru Koinange’s debut novel The Havoc of Choice.
May Recommendations — Reading for an Indian Summer
Our list for summer reading tries to reflect this complexity and variation in the very experience of summer. Some books are for you to relax with, some for you to...
Book Review — Shiromi Pinto’s “Plastic Emotions”
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.
Reading in the Times of Coronavirus
Is there a way to explore reading to make sense of life in lockdown? 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. We’ve put together a list of recommendations — books we think are essential for you to read too.
Books for Now — “The Origins of Totalitarianism,” by Hannah Arendt
Books for Now engages closely with classics which we feel speak to the contemporary. We discussed Hannah Arendt’s Origins of Totalitarianism. Arvind Narrain and Kavya Murthy reflect.
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.
Women In Translation Month
Kavya Murthy writes about Women in Translation Month.
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!