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'''Giggles''' is a noted small book shop run by Nalini Chettur in [[Chennai]], [[India]]. It used to be located in the premises of the [[Taj Connemara]] Hotel and has been described as "the biggest little bookshop" of Chennai. Giggles has moved out of Taj Connemara since August 2018. Nalini Chettur plans to identify a new location for the much acclaimed bookshop in the near future.<ref>{{cite news|last=Doctor|first=Geetha|title=Chapter Two|url=http://www.livemint.com/2007/06/21235826/Chapter-Two.html|accessdate=8 June 2011|newspaper=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]|date=21 January 2007}}</ref><br />
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Giggles was started by Chettur in 1974 on an {{INR}} 1,000 investment. It functioned in the lobby of the Taj Connemara until being evicted from there by the hotel management in 1994. It now functions in a strip of shops in the hotel's parking lot. It occupies a room about 100 square feet in size and specialises in books on India. Giggles and Chettur are well known in the Chennai English literary circles. It has been listed as a "must see" place in Chennai by [[Lonely Planet]]. In 2003, Chettur was given the ''Best Bookseller Award'' by the Booksellers and Publishers Association of South India (BAPASI).<ref>{{cite news|title=Top Shelf |url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Mar22008/sundayherald2008030155036.asp |accessdate=8 June 2011 |newspaper=[[Deccan Herald]] |date=2 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004205517/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Mar22008/sundayherald2008030155036.asp |archivedate=4 October 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=S. Muthiah|author-link=S. Muthiah|title=Madras Miscellany|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2000/01/24/stories/13241289.htm|accessdate=8 June 2011|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=UMACHANDRAN|first=SHALINI|title=Want a book? Giggle!|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/01/15/stories/2003011500230400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030701130753/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/01/15/stories/2003011500230400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 July 2003|accessdate=8 June 2011|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=15 January 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Sherman|first=Scott|title=The Bookseller of Chennai|url=http://www.brooklynrail.org/2011/06/express/the-bookseller-of-chennai|accessdate=8 June 2011|newspaper=[[The Brooklyn Rail]]|date=7 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=An accidental Bookshop|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IydXAAAAYAAJ&q=chettur+giggles&dq=chettur+giggles&hl=en&ei=3A7vTYLkFcXOrQfButzMBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA|accessdate=8 June 2011|newspaper=[[Business India]]|date=1994}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Bookstores of India]]<br />
[[Category:Companies based in Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1974]]<br />
[[Category:1974 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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