https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-explore/monkeys-mountain-broth-magic-a-runaways-guide-to-kasauli https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-08/hpv3qbse/kfg3.png Beasting at Taste of Tibet (don't forget to get a jar of their Dry Chilli Garlic Chutney). https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-07/466xm7jm/kfg2.png Beasting some of Dochi's finest work. https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-08/3ni7s9v8/tot.png Grab your souvenirs at Taste of Tibet. https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-07/wpqwmdpv/kfg4.png Café Kasauli 73 for your hillside cravings. https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-07/wfblzmcf/kfg5.png R. Maidens Fast Food: spot the monkeys before they spot you. https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-07/3vz9a6in/kfg6.png Gargi’s Café & German Bakery for your sweet tooth. 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Homegrown en 2026-09-08T10:20:00.000Z From Whimsical Rabbits To Queer Love: 4 More Homegrown Illustrators On Our Radar contemporary illustration, Mumbai illustration, Bengaluru artists , digital illustration India, queer art India , book illustrators India, Indian comic artists, visual storytelling, Indian illustration art , Indian artists , Indian illustrators, Indian design community, visual culture India , independent artists India , colourful illustrations, graphic storytelling , comic makers India, emerging artists India , Indian art scene , women illustrators India, Indian creatives https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-explore/in-bengaluru-quantum-aims-to-make-physics-more-accessible-than-ever-before https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-08/m9c4kxse/qtm2.png 'QUANTUM', explores the strange behaviour of atoms, electrons and light through 34 artworks, interactive installations, games and programmes. 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Homegrown en 2026-09-08T10:00:00.000Z Karwaan Baithaks Is Making Space For Meaningful Disagreement In A Polarised World cultural discourse, civic engagement , India debate culture, intellectual discussions , public conversations , Gauhar Raza , Manisha Pande, Arundhati Roy, Nivedita Menon , public discourse India , Karwaan Baithaks , Karwaan Heritage, discourse and debate, public engagement, intellectual culture , cultural initiatives Indian , meaningful conversations , community discussions , public lectures , contemporary India, dialogue and democracy, discourse and debate, public engagement , cultural initiatives https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-creators/abhinetri-dives-into-the-strange-business-of-becoming-the-person-you-dreamed-of https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-08/imr12frp/abn2.png Inspired by actor Pranjal Asha’s own move from Delhi to Bombay at twenty, the film uses a poetic, non-narrative form to explore ambition, self-perception and the inheritance of dreams. Homegrown en 2026-09-08T10:00:00.000Z ‘Abhinetri’ Dives Into The Strange Business Of Becoming The Person You Dreamed Of Short films, Short films, India, Indian short films, Short films in India, Short films, Indian, Indian filmmakers, Filmmaker India, New Indian short films, Tanya Chowdhary, Peru films, Peru films, India, New short films from India, Latest short films from India, San Sebastián Film Festival, San Sebastián Film Festival 2026, San Sebastián Film Festival Indian selection, San Sebastián Film Festival lineup, Dream work, Poetic filmmaking, Non-narrative filmmaking, Poetic films, Slow cinema, Poetic, short films, Best short films from India, Tanmay Chowdhary, Tanmay Chowdhary filmmaker, Tanmay Chowdhary short films, Tanmay Chowdhary India, Tanmay Chowdhary filmmaker India https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-creators/what-happens-when-twenty-two-writers-reimagine-indias-lesser-known-mythological-women https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-07/of1hrb5f/HomegrownFeaturedImages.png ‘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. https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-06/dm1isrnm/unnamed.jpg ‘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. Homegrown en 2026-09-07T10:15:00.000Z What Happens When Twenty-Two Writers Reimagine India’s Lesser-Known Mythological Women? Stree Sutra, mythological fiction, demi goddesses, Indian mythology, female spirits, Koral Dasgupta, South Asian folklore, Apsaras Yakshinis, Yoginis Dakinis, feminist mythology, celestial women, Indian folklore, myth retellings, women in myth, Indian anthologies, Apsaras, Yakshinis, Yoginis, short story anthology, divine feminine, Yoginis folklore, South Asian myths, women in mythology, feminist retellings, The Sati Series, mythic anthology https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-creators/art-design/a-gripping-revenge-saga-comes-to-life-in-a-graphic-reimagining-of-a-tamil-classic https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-02-19/bjs1w2sj/Vaadivaasal.jpg 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 Homegrown en 2026-09-07T10:10:00.000Z Perumal Murugan & Appupen's Vaadivaasal Is A Graphic Reimagining Of A Tamil Classic Vaadivaasal graphic novel, Perumal Murugan, Appupen, Tamil, Indian graphic novels, politics of Jallikattu, Indian visual storytelling, Indian art and design, bullfighting culture India, Jallikattu, Indian rural resistance, South Indian folklore, Booker nominated author India, Tamil novellas English readers, Tamil book to comic, Jallikattu cultural heritage https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-creators/loops-is-what-happens-when-a-musician-a-designer-combine-their-creative-practices https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-07/vurxh691/manu-s-pillai.png Loops began as an experiment rooted in the two artists' respective journaling practices and evolved into a striking conversation between sound and image. Homegrown en 2026-09-07T10:00:00.000Z 'Loops' Is What Happens When A Musician & A Visual Artist Combine Their Creative Practices indie album release, music and visual storytelling, album artwork, creative journaling, cross-disciplinary art, artist friendship, illustration and music, experimental music, Indian independent music, Bandcamp releases, collaborative art projects, creative process, journal art, contemporary artists, Bengaluru musicians, visual art collaboration, independent music India, independent artists India, contemporary illustration,, artistic collaboration, Bengaluru creative scene, art and friendship, make art with your friends https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-creators/face-to-face-k-srinivas-charis-1967-documentary-personifies-an-india-in-transition https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-07/0c5htx9d/ftf1.png Films Division Of India Homegrown en 2026-09-07T09:56:00.000Z Face To Face: K Srinivas Chari’s 1967 Documentary Personifies An India In Transition K Srinivas Chari, K Srinivas Chari filmmaker, K Srinivas Chari films, K Srinivas Chari films division India, Films division, Films division documentary, Films division films, Films division, India, Films division documentaries, Films by films division, Face-to-face, Face-to-face documentary, Face-to-face documentary films division, Independent, India, India during independence, India in the 60s, 60s India, India after independence, Democracy, Democracy in India, Democratic, A young republic, India during the 60s, Old documentary, India, History, Indian history, Film history, Film history India, Documentary India, Indian documentary, Documentary on Indian history, Documentary on India during independence https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-creators/musalman-indias-first-muslim-superhero-finally-gets-his-own-graphic-novel https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-04-11/9f8r3rnu/Musulman.jpg Falah Faisal’s latest graphic novel, 'Musalman', is a superhero with a sharp, witty, and intelligent commentary on our times Homegrown en 2026-09-07T07:20:00.000Z 'Musalman': India’s First Muslim Superhero Finally Gets His Own Graphic Novel Musalman, Falah Faisal, Muslim superhero, Indian graphic novel, Indian comics, superhero satire, political satire, social commentary, Islamophobia India, CAA NRC protests, indie comics India, alternative comics, webcomic, Muslim representation, non-violent resistance, Gandhian superhero, graphic storytelling, Sanitary Panels, Appupen, Orijit Sen, Indian pop culture, political art India, Homegrown creators, minority identity, Bengaluru artists, satire and politics https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-creators/from-raavanan-to-haider-why-the-best-indian-adaptations-are-really-about-india https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-07/xv47abb7/VishalBhardwajE28099sHaider.png In these retellings, Shakespeare’s plays and Indian epics become vehicles for exploring caste, militancy, underworld power, and rural politics, turning adaptation into a tool for examining how authority, identity, and memory operate within contemporary Indian society. Homegrown en 2026-09-07T07:15:00.000Z From Raavanan To Haider, Why The Best Indian Adaptations Are Really About India Indian adaptations, Shakespeare in India, Rajneeti, Haider, Maqbool, Omkara, Kaliyattam, Mahabharata films, Ramayana adaptations, cultural hybridity, Indian cinema, postcolonial cinema, caste politics, Indian epics, film adaptation theory, Rajneeti film, Haider movie, Maqbool adaptation, Omkara Othello, Kaliyattam Theyyam, Mahabharata cinema, Ramayana reimagined, Linda Hutcheon, authority identity, Kashmir militancy, Raavanan, literary adaptation, Shakespeare trilogy, Ramayana cinema, desi Shakespeare https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-explore/the-brave-new-world-of-homegrown-cannabis-wellness https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-07/cuqokzmq/CannavedicTheTrost.png Brands like The Trost, BOHECO, Qurist, Cure By Design, Kushiva and Cannavedic operate under Ayurvedic and AYUSH frameworks, but consumers must scrutinise ingredients, licences, prescriptions and lab reports before buying. https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-07/5nlvgqgg/The-Trost.png https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-07/jsoaf44r/BOHECO.png https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-07/5ct5eube/Qurist.png https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-07/82e12ezd/Cure-By-Design.png https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-07/ehqgder1/Kushiva.png https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-07/xvk1af5f/Cannavedic.png Homegrown en 2026-09-07T07:00:00.000Z The Brave New World Of Homegrown Cannabis Wellness legal cannabis, CBD India, cannabis wellness, hemp products, Ayurvedic cannabis, CBD brands, NDPS Act, cannabis leaf, CBD gummies, THC oil, AYUSH licence, medical cannabis, hemp nutrition, CBD oil, lab reports, THC products, Indian CBD brands, cannabis stigma, ganja, charas, malana, legal CBD products India, CBD regulations https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-explore/3-homegrown-collectives-that-are-helping-adults-rediscover-the-joy-of-play https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-06/chyfec41/YouTube-16.png These communities are proving that play can look like painting, printmaking, poetry or simply spending time together without pressure. Homegrown en 2026-09-07T07:00:00.000Z 3 Homegrown Collectives That Are Helping Adults Rediscover The Joy Of Play creative meetups, community workshops, slow living India, sober social events, creative communities, adult hobbies, Sorted Nagar Bangalore, Here and How Pune, Eleven AM Club, creative workshops India, play communities India, adult play, leisure culture, slow Sundays, print club Bangalore, analogue walks, Chennai creative events, Pune communities, Bangalore events, friendship and play, playful experiences India, social clubs India, mindful activities, community building, adult creativity