Meet the Booksellers
Get to know us, and the books we love! Find the books recommended by our staff here, and browse our individual recommendations at the links below.
Our Staff at Vasanth Nagar
Radhika Timbadia, Proprietrix
Radhika is the proprietrix of Champaca. She spends much of her time figuring out how to run an independent bookstore, while also reading and spending time with her dog, cat and plants.
Radhika's book recommendations →
Radhika is the proprietrix of Champaca. She spends much of her time figuring out how to run an independent bookstore, while also reading and spending time with her dog, cat and plants.
Radhika's book recommendations →
Sindhu M, Bookstore Administrator
Sindhu manages the day-to-day functioning of the Bangalore store. She loves chocolate, watching movies, and spending time with her friends.
Sindhu manages the day-to-day functioning of the Bangalore store. She loves chocolate, watching movies, and spending time with her friends.
Hajira Fathima, Bookseller
Hajira manages inventory and billing at the Bangalore store. Besides eating ice cream, she loves spending her time knitting and applying mehendi.
Hajira manages inventory and billing at the Bangalore store. Besides eating ice cream, she loves spending her time knitting and applying mehendi.
Protima Tiwary, Communications and Events Lead
Protima is a full-time story collector and occasional writer. An advocate of wellness and intentional living, she is a Communications Professional and Brand Consultant also known as Dumbbells and Drama in the online world.
Protima's book recommendations →
Protima is a full-time story collector and occasional writer. An advocate of wellness and intentional living, she is a Communications Professional and Brand Consultant also known as Dumbbells and Drama in the online world.
Protima's book recommendations →
Our Advisory Team
Nirica Srinivasan, Curator
Nirica curates for Champaca and is a writer, editor, and illustrator. She likes to read short stories, speculative fiction, and books with unreliable narrators. At any point in time, she is reading at least six books.
Nirica's book recommendations →
Nirica curates for Champaca and is a writer, editor, and illustrator. She likes to read short stories, speculative fiction, and books with unreliable narrators. At any point in time, she is reading at least six books.
Nirica's book recommendations →
Kavya Murthy, Editor & Curator
Kavya writes, edits and reads to make a living and for pleasure. Like Moomintroll, she "only want(s) to live in peace and plant potatoes and dream".
Kavya's book recommendations →
Kavya writes, edits and reads to make a living and for pleasure. Like Moomintroll, she "only want(s) to live in peace and plant potatoes and dream".
Kavya's book recommendations →
Thejaswi Shivanand, Curator & Children's Library Educator
When Thejaswi began reading in childhood, the Indian tectonic plate was farther away from the Eurasian plate by 66 cm. He likes to track the consequences of this plate movement during annual hikes in the Himalayas while continuing to read history, geology, natural history, music, picture books and much fiction while in Bangalore.
Thejaswi's book recommendations →
When Thejaswi began reading in childhood, the Indian tectonic plate was farther away from the Eurasian plate by 66 cm. He likes to track the consequences of this plate movement during annual hikes in the Himalayas while continuing to read history, geology, natural history, music, picture books and much fiction while in Bangalore.
Thejaswi's book recommendations →