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The Homegrown Culture Bulletin

This Week In Culture: 'Girls Who Stray', OAFF & Savera's Matcha-Inspired Track & More

14 Aug 2025

4 min read

From Satyajit Ray To Adrish Bardhan - My Foray Into Bengali Science Fiction

From Satyajit Ray To Adrish Bardhan - My Foray Into Bengali Science Fiction

08 Jun 2021

5 min read

Book banning in India is not a recent phenomenon; it has a long history as an instrument of the British colonial empire and a blunt weapon used by fragile post-colonial governments as a recurring response to religious and political mobilisations.

The Politics Of Outrage: A Brief History Of Banned Books In India

11 Aug 2025

5 min read

Kabir Bedi as Sandokan in the 1976 television series 'Sandokan'.

Kabir Bedi's Sandokan Walked So Captain Jack Sparrow Could Run

04 Aug 2025

4 min read

The Booker Prize 2025: Indian Author Kiran Desai Could Win A Historic 2nd Booker

The Booker Prize 2025: Indian Author Kiran Desai Could Win A Historic 2nd Booker

30 Jul 2025

3 min read

'Putul Nacher Itikotha' marked a clear break from the romanticism of the Bengal Renaissance.

Puppets Of Desire: The Enduring Power Of Manik Bandyopadhyay's 'Putul Nacher Itikotha'

24 Jul 2025

4 min read

A still from Laila Aur Satt Geet (The Shepherdess And The Seven Songs), directed by Pushpendra Singh — a 2020 film inspired by Lal Ded's life and poetry.

The Poetry Of Lal Ded: Mysticism, Resistance, & The Female Voice In 14th-Century Kashmir

11 Jul 2025

3 min read

Part psychological portrait and part social commentary, 'Girls Who Stray' begins where A's dream of a life abroad ends.

'Girls Who Stray': Anisha Lalvani's Debut Novel Navigates The Discontent Of Urban India

23 Jun 2025

3 min read

The Homegrown Culture Bulletin.

This Week In Culture: An Acid-Dropping Powerpuff Girl, A Marathi Animated Short, & More

13 Jun 2025

6 min read

Hoshang Merchant

The Prose & Pain Of Hoshang Merchant, India’s First Openly Queer Poet

08 Jun 2021

4 min read

Remembering Charles Philip Brown: The Englishman Who Saved Telugu Literature

Remembering Charles Philip Brown: The Englishman Who Saved Telugu Literature

06 Apr 2022

4 min read

To resuscitate Urdu magazines means more than reprinting old issues in Devanagari script. It means recommitting to a form of publishing that trusts the intelligence of its readers, especially its women, and doesn’t reduce them to markets.

More Than Nostalgia: The Subversive Cultural Legacy Of Urdu Magazines Must Be Protected

Anahita Ahluwalia

10 Jun 2025

6 min read

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