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Humza Syed’s photoshoot (me)HEND(i), reimagines mehendi as a tool of self-expression rather than a ritual-bound practice.

(me)HEND(i): Humza Syed's Latest Project Illustrates The Art Of Cultural Rebellion

7 hours ago

3 min read

English-Vinglish shows us the story of a woman who steps outside the shadow of just being someone's mother and wife, and finds herself among complete strangers.

We Need To Stop Turning Our Mothers Into Martyrs

21 hours ago

4 min read

Anoop Sharma’s Experimental Art Reimagines Everyday Food Through Design

Anoop Sharma’s Experimental Art Reimagines Everyday Food Through Design

22 hours ago

4 min read

Rahasya’s New Campaign By Pranoy Sarkar Pays Homage To India’s Perfume Heritage

Rahasya’s New Campaign By Pranoy Sarkar Pays Homage To India’s Perfume Heritage

23 hours ago

2 min read

When The Sun Goes Down is an intimate coming-of-age romance about Jyothi and Ishaan, a young South Asian couple.

‘When The Sun Goes Down’ Explores Love, Ambition, & Growing Up As Young South Asians

23 hours ago

2 min read

Indian conservationist Krithi Karanth has become the first Indian recipient of the Rolex National Geographic Explorer of the Year 2026 award.

Krithi Karanth Becomes The First Indian To Win A National Geographic Explorer Award

23 hours ago

2 min read

This Week In Culture: Stories Of Belonging, Masculinity, & More

This Week In Culture: Stories Of Belonging, Masculinity, & More

23 hours ago

5 min read

‘trAPPed’ is a multimedia investigation into digital surveillance, cyber fraud, and the psychological violence of online scams.

Anand RK & Suparna Sharma’s Pulitzer-Winning ‘trAPPed’ Explores India’s Cyberscam Crisis

07 May 2026

2 min read

The place is rooted in deli culture — sampling, layering, slicing, curing, smoking, pickling and assembling, where sandwiches stop being quick lunch food and start feeling like careful works of craft.

Inside Brooklyn Bardez, A Goa Deli Inspired By New York’s Immigrant Food Culture

07 May 2026

4 min read

Inside HōmAnAn, A Delhi Interior Design Showhouse That Feels Like A Lived-In Home

07 May 2026

3 min read

If completed as envisioned, the Pirelli Calendar may now function as his swan song: a final meditation on the country that remained at the centre of his life’s work.

A Swan Song For India: The Cal 2027 Will Include Raghu Rai’s Posthumous Final Project

07 May 2026

3 min read

Set in the port city of Tuticorin, Petti is a South Indian restaurant that reimagines sustainable design through the use of 12 discarded shipping containers.

Petti Is A Climate-Responsive Restaurant In Tamil Nadu Made Of Shipping Containers

06 May 2026

3 min read

‘Tamasha’ follows the Lokkalawant family, a travelling Tamasha troupe in Maharashtra, as it explores the realities behind India’s celebrated folk performance traditions through documentary and docufiction photography.

Abhishek Khedekar’s Photoseries Explores The Lives Behind The Tamasha Folk Tradition

06 May 2026

3 min read

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In Conversation With Aadil Abedi: The Textures & Tensions Of His South Asian Heritage

In Conversation With Aadil Abedi: The Textures & Tensions Of His South Asian Heritage

13 May 2025

6 Exceptional Indian Poets On Our Radar

6 Exceptional Indian Poets On Our Radar

13 May 2025

A Guide To The Best Japanese Cuisine Across Mumbai

A Guide To The Best Japanese Cuisine Across Mumbai

19 Mar 2025

10 Incredible Indian Photobooks On Our Radar

10 Incredible Indian Photobooks On Our Radar

19 Mar 2025

TRENDING

The striking frames dabble in visual metaphors of suffocation and separation.

Bidishah’s New Music Video Reinterprets Dysfunctional Relationships Through A Queer Lens

05 Sep 2023

5 min read

Rahasya’s New Campaign By Pranoy Sarkar Pays Homage To India’s Perfume Heritage

Rahasya’s New Campaign By Pranoy Sarkar Pays Homage To India’s Perfume Heritage

23 hours ago

2 min read

English-Vinglish shows us the story of a woman who steps outside the shadow of just being someone's mother and wife, and finds herself among complete strangers.

We Need To Stop Turning Our Mothers Into Martyrs

21 hours ago

4 min read

Anoop Sharma’s Experimental Art Reimagines Everyday Food Through Design

Anoop Sharma’s Experimental Art Reimagines Everyday Food Through Design

22 hours ago

4 min read

Indian conservationist Krithi Karanth has become the first Indian recipient of the Rolex National Geographic Explorer of the Year 2026 award.

Krithi Karanth Becomes The First Indian To Win A National Geographic Explorer Award

23 hours ago

2 min read

It is no secret that the Indian public is deeply fascinated by on-screen sex, with “Bollywood sex scenes” being frequently among the top “trending” national keyword searches.

8 Of Bollywood’s Wildest, Most X-Rated Films That Are Mainstream Hits

Homegrown Staff

08 Jun 2021

4 min read

Does This Malayalam Short Film Normalise Child Sexual Abuse?

Does This Malayalam Short Film Normalise Child Sexual Abuse?

08 Jun 2021

4 min read

Blending memoir, reportage and fiction, the book draws on folk mythology, magic realism and urban observation to construct a loosely episodic narrative spanning roughly two decades.

Sarnath Banerjee's 'Absolute Jafar' Confronts The Quiet Complicity Of Modern Existence

05 May 2026

5 min read

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