Leaping Windows Bangalore
509 9th main 3rd cross HAL 2nd Stage, Indiranagar,
Bangalore
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Leaping Windows was born of countless hours spent pouring over manga on the internet and hovering in the aisles of bookstores reading graphic novels we couldn’t afford to buy. We wanted the satisfaction of holding something tangible. We wanted to read whenever we wanted to – while commuting to work, before going to bed, even sitting on the pot if we so desired!
We envisioned a physical space – bookshelves from floor to ceiling crammed with all the books that we could buy, creaking under their weight. Beanbags. Coffee. Regular customers crowding around and discussing comics on lazy afternoons.
Of course, reality was a bit different. For the first two years Leaping Windows only existed in cyberspace as an online library. Baby steps, we told ourselves. Soldier on. We'll get there. In our third year we finally managed to launch our cafe and library in Mumbai. It was a 12 month roller coaster ride but we found ourselves addicted to its thrills. So this year, not last and not least comes Bangalore.
Who are we? The idea behind Leaping Windows is not really about us, so we reasoned that our identities are irrelevant. We love comics. We want to share comics. We want to connect with other people who love comics. Like the Leaping Windows boy who remains faceless, is nobody and can be anybody. For those of you who don’t already know, we leave it to your imagination.
