Bangalore Events

Join us on 29 March at 6:00 PM for the launch of 'Snakes, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll' by Romulus Whitaker, with Janaki Lenin. They will be in conversation with Suhel Quader. RSVP here  Romulus Earl Whitaker is an American-born Indian herpetologist, wildlife conservationist, and founder of the Madras Snake Park, the Andaman and Nicobar Environment Trust (ANET), and the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust. In 2008, Whitaker was selected as an associate laureate in the 2008 Rolex Awards for Enterprise for his efforts to create a network of rainforest research stations throughout India. In 2005, he was a winner of a Whitley Award for outstanding leadership in nature conservation. He used this award...

Join us on 23 March at 5 pm at Champaca Bookstore for the launch of Karthik Venkatesh's book '10 Indian Languages and How They Came to Be'. We will have a fun quiz from the book followed by a discussion.  Karthik will be in conversation with Ramjee Chandran. This book talks about ten Indian languages—of the thousand-odd languages spoken in India—and their evolution, transformation and development. These languages (Tamil Telugu Brahui Santali Khasi Kokborok Manipuri Marathi Punjabi Hindi) -  Karthik Venkatesh traces the long and varied journeys of these languages through time, examining the cultural shifts and political and social...

Join us for a writing workshop on Myth and Memoir with Samhita Arni! This workshop is for people curious about exploring the connection between the personal and universal. In this workshop we will examine the ways to infuse our lives, memories and family histories with the power of myth, understanding the mythic patterns and cadences that underlie both myth and in our individual experience.   We will use this workshop to harness this understanding to shape memoir into writing that has universal resonance, and understand how shaping our stories in this way allows our personal truth to embody, speak and relate...

Champaca is delighted to welcome you to an evening for the Bangalore launch of 'Tomorrow Someone Will Arrest You' by Meena Kandasamy - poet, writer, translator, anti-caste activist and academic. Get a chance to have a talk with the author and get your signed copy of the book. RSVP here  Meena Kandasamy will be in conversation with Samhita Arni.  About the speakers: Meena Kandasamy  Described by the Independent as a ‘one-woman, agit-prop literary-political movement’, Meena Kandasamy is a poet, writer, translator, anti-caste activist and academic based in India. Her extensive corpus includes two poetry collections, Touch (2006) and Ms Militancy (2010), as well as three novels,...

Join us to discuss books on Women in Science to celebrate International Day for Women and Girls in STEM with Dr Gita Chadha and Prof. Hiya Ghosh! This event is in collaboration with NCBS. RSVP here