Bookshop opens amid pandemic challenges

Bahuroopi Book Hub in Sanjaynagar stocks books in many languages

A bookshop has opened in Sanjaynagar, braving the many challenges of the pandemic. A sister venture of Bahuroopi publications, the Bahuroopi Book Hub is attracting discerning readers.

“We refrained from publicising our launch since we are still in the middle of a pandemic. But word got around and we’ve had a constant flow of customers,” says Dheeraj M H, director of the store.

As lockdown restrictions were relaxed in late-2020, a team of four, consisting of G N Mohan, Sreeja V N, Sreekanth K N and Dheeraj M H, came together to build a bookstore.

“From sourcing the books to finding a place and doing up the interiors, we did everything in the last three months of 2020. While Covid did cause some roadblocks, we figured out a solution for every problem,” he says. Bahuroopi Book Hub is a multilingual bookstore and features a curated selection. “The children’s collection especially has been a big hit,” says Dheeraj. The duplex bookstore has a designated kids’ zone with fun props and a reading area. It offers an assortment of homemade snacks and tea and coffee.

Bahuroopi Book Hub, Opp Udupi Garden Hotel, RMV Layout 2nd Stage, Sanjaynagar. Phone: [phone]

Bahuroopi publications

A prominent Kannada book publishing house in Bengaluru, Bahuroopi is expanding to others languages as well. ‘Temple tree’, its English imprint, is a recent addition. It also runs a self-publication wing called ‘Nautanki’.

Over the years, Bahuroopi has won several awards at the national level.

The most recent is the runner-up prize in the ‘Best Book Cover’ category at the Publishing Next Industry Awards 2021 for ‘Duppattu’ by Rajaram Tallur.