Gift Box — Poetry for the Soul

A special one-time box of books from our June 2021 Champaca Book Subscription box, in the theme of translations — a box of poetry for difficult times.

Our Champaca Book Subscription is a curated box we send out across India. In Year One, from July 2020 to June 2021, it contained translations from across the world.

You can learn more, and sign up for the current theme, here. 

Get a taste of the Champaca Book Subscription in this one-time box. You will receive:

- 1 x curation note (telling you exactly why we think these books are great) by Team Champaca

- Selected Ghazals and Other Poems by Mir Taqir Mir,  translated from Urdu by Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, in a beautiful edition accompanied by the text in its original script

- Abol Tabol (Nonsense Rhymes) by Sukumar Ray, translated from Bengali by Satyajit Ray, a collection of nonsense rhymes enjoyable for all ages

- 1 x handmade diary from Last Forest, an enterprise working with indigenous communities based in the Nilgiris

Please note it will ship in 3-5 days.

This order will be packed in a gift box.