Travel (Homegrown Explore)

Travel (Homegrown Explore)

This is a one-stop, specially curated editorial Diwali gifting guide featuring some of the most interesting products and experiences from across the homegrown creative economy
HGSHOP

Celebrate The Festive Season With A One-Stop Homegrown Diwali Gifting Guide

Mikhail Khan
15 min read
A Homegrown Guide To Hampi: Ancient Ruins, Sunset Hikes, & Unexpected Discoveries
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A Homegrown Guide To Hampi: Ancient Ruins, Sunset Hikes, & Unexpected Discoveries

Avani Adiga
11 min read
Rantak by Dolkhar in Leh is a new vegetarian bakehouse that reimagines Ladakh’s regional flavours through high-altitude baking. Drawing on stone-ground grains, hyperlocal ingredients and natural sweeteners, it honours the legacy of the region’s traditional rantak water mills.
HGEXPLORE

At A New Bakehouse By Dolkhar, Ladakh’s Grain Traditions Meet Contemporary Baking

Drishya
3 min read
A brass plate with a tree motif next to a Buddha head on dark wood.
HGCREATORS

Devrai Art Village Is A Collective Sustaining A 4000-Year-Old Tribal Metalwork Tradition

Rhea Budhraja
3 min read
By building opportunities for local women and youth, Project Jazba offers alternatives to seasonal employment and dependency, allowing communities to build futures rooted in their own skills, resources, and knowledge.
HGVOICES

Project Jazba: How Women Are Rewriting Their Own Story In Kashmir’s Border Villages

Drishya
4 min read
Ākāśa Gathering: All About Ladakh’s New Immersive Music, Movement & Wellness Festival
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Ākāśa Gathering: All About Ladakh’s New Immersive Music, Movement & Wellness Festival

Drishya
2 min read
Housed inside a 19th-century building, the family-run café combines archival photographs, historic artefacts and preserved interiors with homemade bakes and coffee, creating a space where visitors can experience Shimla's past while discovering a contemporary café rooted in the city's history.
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Inside The Family-Run Café That's Preserving 150 Years Of Shimla's Cultural Legacy

Disha Bijolia
3 min read
In conversation with Homegrown, Megha and Adarsh reflect on trust, representation, environmental stewardship, cultural identity, and the enduring connection between people and place. ‘Voices of the Land’ is now streaming on JioHotstar.
HGCREATORS

Megha Ramaswamy & Adarsh Gourav Found A Home In Northeast India’s Indigenous Cultures

Drishya
9 min read
Artwork produced by fellows who were a part of the The Mayurbhanj Residency
HGCREATORS

At The Belgadia Palace, A New Art Residency Is Challenging The Artist-Artisan Divide

Drishya
6 min read
The women-only tradition associated with Devidalana or Subhadra’s chariot in Baripada is a relatively recent development. It began in 1975, during the first International Women’s Year, when the then-Mayurbhanj District Collector Vivekananda Patnaik initiated it.
HGVOICES

At Odisha’s Baripada Ratha Yatra, Women Have Led Subhadra’s Chariot Since 1975

Drishya
3 min read
The café takes the form of a striped-awning drive-through kiosk that nods to classic European street windows while fitting comfortably within the broad avenues, embassy-lined streets, and regal atmosphere of Lutyens’ Delhi.
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In Delhi, The Window Is Where Florentine Sandwiches Meet Speciality Coffee

Disha Bijolia
3 min read
View of the Nanda Devi Mountain Range from The Kumaon
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The Kumaon — A Boutique Stay That's Rewriting The Grammar Of Luxury Travel With Intention

Varsha Patra
6 min read
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