Literature (Homegrown Creators)

Literature (Homegrown Creators)

Here's a curated list of books and films that delve into what being a woman in India feels like.
HGCREATORS

A Feminist Starter Pack: 10 Books & Films To Read, Watch, & Reflect On

Avani Adiga
5 min read
L: Rebel Ranis R: Kitaab Club
HGCREATORS

This Week In Culture: Feminist Mythologies In Dance, Delhi's Chonkiest Resident, & More

Rhea Budhraja
7 min read
Satyajit Ray’s 1965 film ‘Mahapurush’, adapted from Parashuram’s ‘Birinchibaba’, skewered India’s enduring fascination with godmen
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Revisiting ‘Mahapurush’: How Satyajit Ray Exposed India’s Fascination With Godmen

Drishya
2 min read
Kitaab Club is a Delhi-based reading community founded by Sneha Misran in 2014 that has grown from campus book discussions into a wider cultural and literacy initiative, hosting book swaps, author conversations, heritage walks, vinyl listening sessions, film screenings and punk events.
HGVOICES

After Book Swaps & Punk Poetry, Kitaab Club Is Building A Free Community Library In Dallupura

Disha Bijolia
2 min read
‘The City’ Maps Urban India Through Stories Of Rent, Caste, Gender, Climate & Change
HGCREATORS

‘The City’ Maps Urban India Through Stories Of Rent, Caste, Gender, Climate & Change

Disha Bijolia
3 min read
A Homegrown Art Lover’s Guide To New Galleries & Museums In Kolkata
HGEXPLORE

A Homegrown Art Lover’s Guide To New Galleries & Museums In Kolkata

Drishya
3 min read
‘Stree Sutra’, an anthology of short stories edited by Koral Dasgupta, brings together twenty-two homegrown writers to explore lesser-known celestial women from the subcontinent’s rich mythological and folkloric traditions.
HGCREATORS

What Happens When Twenty-Two Writers Reimagine India’s Lesser-Known Mythological Women?

Drishya
3 min read
Booker Prize-nominated author Perumal Murugan and artist Appupen bring the 1949 Tamil novella 'Vaadivaasal' centred around the bull taming sport Jallikattu to life in a graphic novel format
Art & Design

Perumal Murugan & Appupen's Vaadivaasal Is A Graphic Reimagining Of A Tamil Classic

Rubin Mathias
4 min read
Falah Faisal’s latest graphic novel, 'Musalman', is a superhero with a sharp, witty, and intelligent commentary on our times
HGCREATORS

'Musalman': India’s First Muslim Superhero Finally Gets His Own Graphic Novel

Rubin Mathias
5 min read
The Homegrown Culture Bulletin
HGEXPLORE

This Week In Culture: Bharatanatyam In Metal, A Video Game About Activism, & More

Disha Bijolia
6 min read
Built from three years of research across more than 200 kitchens by Alka Jena, Sandip Das and Pallavi Das, the book brings together culinary research and personal histories to document recipes and traditions that have been passed down across centuries.
HGCREATORS

'The Orissan' Documents 2,500 Years Of Odisha’s Culinary Heritage

Disha Bijolia
3 min read
MAYA is the first novel in a planned trilogy and part of an ambitious, collaboratively built science-fiction/fantasy universe that draws on South Asian mythologies, philosophy, science, and contemporary popular culture to create a new living mythology spanning novels, games, film, art and other media.
HGCREATORS

What Does It Mean To Build A New Mythology? Anand Gandhi & Zain Memon Talk About MAYA

Drishya
8 min read
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