How to open a new bookshop during the pandemic: The story of Sudarsan Books of Nagercoil Members of the founding family recount the history and the leap of faith. Sudarsan Books soon after the inauguration. The timing couldn’t have been worse. We were in the final stages of planning the shift of our bookstore in Nagercoil – a small town in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu – to a new location when the country went into a full Covid-19 lockdown, effectively halting our efforts. It was a devastating blow, as the initiative wasn’t just about a change in location. It was in essence a rebirth that would change our business from a store that sold books to a