*This article was originally published on the 6th of February, 2014 as part of The Reggae Rajahs' 5-year anniversary tour. 

It tends to take an occasion--preferably of the numerical kind--for one to really reflect on their respective journeys. It's usually a more profound personal realisation to most but last week, it was The Reggae Rajahs that had us introspecting about the same thanks to the announcement of their 5 year anniversary (6th February) which just happened to coincide with Bob Marley's 69th birthday. As they continue blazing trails of red, green & yellow across our country courtesy an international tour, Homegrown pays homage to India's first reggae sound system in the best way we could cook up.

Image Credit: Mudit Ganguly