https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-creators/revisiting-mahapurush-how-satyajit-ray-exposed-indias-fascination-with-godmen https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-23/0jf7cjsy/3.png Satyajit Ray’s 1965 film ‘Mahapurush’, adapted from Parashuram’s ‘Birinchibaba’, skewered India’s enduring fascination with godmen Homegrown en 2026-09-23T09:30:00.000Z Revisiting ‘Mahapurush’: How Satyajit Ray Exposed India’s Fascination With Godmen Satyajit Ray, Mahapurush, Indian godmen, Birinchi Baba, religious satire, cult of personality, spiritual leaders, Indian rationality, religious gullibility, Parashuram, Bengali bhadralok, religion and cinema, Karl Marx, opium of people, new age babas, godmen, religious cults, Indian spirituality, fraudulent gurus, Indian cinema, rationality, religious authority, religion and society, religious irrationality, modern India, Bengali cinema, religious critique, postcolonial India, fraudulent guru, Indian babas, gullibility, cult personality, Parashuram story, religion opium, spiritual authority, religion critique https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-voices/bengalurus-circular-textile-lab-wants-your-old-clothes-a-future-beyond-fast-fashion https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-22/htczyzo6/YouTube-19.png Bengaluru has launched its first Circular Textile Lab alongside a new Solid Waste Management Learning Centre to reducing textile waste and promoting circular economy practices. Homegrown en 2026-09-23T09:30:00.000Z Bengaluru's Circular Textile Lab Wants Your Old Clothes & A Future Beyond Fast Fashion Bengaluru waste, circular economy, solid waste, upcycling textiles, fast fashion, waste management, zero waste, green jobs, women livelihoods, waste literacy, urban sustainability, recycling hub, recycling, upcycling, thrift shops, sustainability, zero waste initiatives, urban sustainability India , waste diversion projects , green jobs Bengaluru , women livelihood programmes, fast fashion waste , recycling and upcycling, sustainable waste processing , textile circularity, environmental education Bengaluru, fashion waste solutions https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-voices/after-book-swaps-punk-poetry-kitaab-club-is-building-a-free-community-library-in-dallupura https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-23/v0yvgawr/ktb1.png 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. Homegrown en 2026-09-23T09:00:00.000Z After Book Swaps & Punk Poetry, Kitaab Club Is Building A Free Community Library In Dallupura Kitaab Club, community library, Delhi reading, Dallupura library, reading community, book club, literacy initiative, rural reading, Sneha Misran, Navya Misran, East Delhi, book swaps, heritage walks, vinyl sessions, punk events, book clubs India, Indian book clubs, book clubs in India, Kitaab club delhi, community library in Delhi, Delhi book clubs, community library Delhi, community programs India, community programs Delhi, donate to library https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-creators/enna-poo-how-ms-ka-turned-a-tamil-biscuit-memory-into-a-homegrown-earworm https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-22/na5fw2b3/mb.png "Enna Poo?" Homegrown en 2026-09-23T09:00:00.000Z "Enna Poo?": How M.S. Kṛṣṇa Turned a Tamil Biscuit Memory Into A Homegrown Earworm Enna poo, Milk Bikis, M.S. Krishna, Tamil advertising, Britannia biscuits, earworm jingle, South Indian ads, vocal hooks, film scoring, regional sound, brand storytelling, childhood memory, Tamil biscuits, commercial music, Tamil jingle, audio branding, TV commercial, childhood nostalgia, South India, music composition, Britannia ad, earworm, TV advertising, Solomon Pappaiah https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-creators/theja-rios-angh-put-konyak-culture-naga-history-on-the-global-map-at-tiff-2026 https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-22/u2bk3kae/6.png Nagaland filmmaker Theja Rio has made history after his debut feature Angh won the Platform Prize at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival. 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