{"product_id":"chacha-nehru-story-time-a-children-s-storytelling-session-with-transgender-storytellers-7-february-11am-onwards-champaca-indiranagar","title":"Chacha Nehru Story Time: A children’s storytelling session with transgender storytellers | 7 February, 11AM Onwards | Champaca, Indiranagar","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"357\" data-end=\"556\"\u003eInspired by Jawaharlal Nehru’s deep love for children and his vision of a compassionate, diverse, and inclusive India, \u003cem data-start=\"476\" data-end=\"501\"\u003eChacha Nehru Story Time\u003c\/em\u003e comes to Bengaluru this January at Champaca Bookstore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"558\" data-end=\"813\"\u003eCurated by the All India Professionals’ Congress – LGBTQIA+, this special storytelling session brings together three transgender storytellers reading thoughtfully chosen children’s books that celebrate imagination, kindness, and the freedom to be oneself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"3659\" data-end=\"3676\"\u003eHere are all the event details:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3680\" data-end=\"3728\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3680\" data-end=\"3689\"\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7 February, Saturday\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3731\" data-end=\"3758\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3731\" data-end=\"3740\"\u003eTime:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11AM - 12:30PM\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3761\" data-end=\"3805\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3761\" data-end=\"3771\"\u003eVenue:\u003c\/strong\u003e Champaca Bookstore, Indiranagar\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3761\" data-end=\"3805\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3808\" data-end=\"3822\"\u003eAge group:\u003c\/strong\u003e Children aged 6–12, accompanied by a parent or guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1476\" data-end=\"1555\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe session will include readings from two carefully selected children’s books:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1557\" data-end=\"1924\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1557\" data-end=\"1595\"\u003eUncle Nehru, Please Send an Elephant\u003c\/em\u003e by Devika Cariapa and Satwik Gade\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1926\" data-end=\"2243\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1926\" data-end=\"1944\"\u003eGuthli Has Wings\u003c\/em\u003e by Kanak Shashi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2245\" data-end=\"2405\"\u003eThrough these stories, children are invited to think about kindness, difference, identity, and dignity in ways that are warm, empowering, and easy to relate to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"2684\" data-end=\"2710\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbout the storytellers:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2712\" data-end=\"3019\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2712\" data-end=\"2721\"\u003eUma P\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Founder-Trustee of Jeeva, a community-led organisation working with Gender and Sexual Minorities in Karnataka. Her work spans mental health, livelihood, community media, and key legal and policy interventions, including challenges to Section 377 and Section 36A of the Karnataka Police Act.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3021\" data-end=\"3360\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3021\" data-end=\"3035\"\u003eSana Suman\u003c\/strong\u003e is a transgender woman and founder of Swatantra, an initiative focused on education, rights advocacy, and community empowerment for transgender individuals in Bengaluru. With over a decade of experience and a Master’s degree in Journalism, she uses community organising and media to advocate for equality and representation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3362\" data-end=\"3652\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3362\" data-end=\"3386\"\u003eLava (Bombay Bejaar)\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer, performance artist, and anthropologist of transmasculine experience. 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