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Homegrown en 2026-08-12T11:30:00.000Z The Bhangra Liberation Orchestra Is Showing Us What Resistance Should Look & Sound Like bhangra liberation orchestra, punjabi music, brooklyn music scene, afrobeat, jazz, bhangra, protest music, sonny singh, nikhil bhangra liberation orchestra, qawwali, blo concert, spiritual music, secular music, music community, commercial music, bulleh shah, the ghadarites, sant ram udasi, brooklyn base camp music, red baraat, antibalas, mamdani mayor, chardi kala, revolutionary and optimism, spanish music, human rights, artivism https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-explore/from-inherited-identities-to-new-selves-metamorphosis-reimagines-freedom-at-ifbe https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-08-12/eleq6u3l/IFBE2.png 'Metamorphosis', brings together 17 artists across movement, theatre, literature, music, comedy, and illusion to explore freedom, identity, and the possibility of change. https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-08-12/ky64wofd/Cathedral-1.jpg Housed in a refurbished legacy ice factory in Mumbai’s Fort district, IFBE is a cultural space where architecture, design and the arts converge, bringing unlikely ideas, disciplines and people into conversation to challenge conventions, disrupt assumptions and reimagine the world. https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-08-12/ptm83pxg/Shweta-Warrier.jpg On Saturday, 15 August, the two-day programme opens with Shweta Warrier’s ‘Unbecoming’ featuring her unique Street O’Classical practice. https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-08-12/jyzvtmts/Jashn-e-Qalam-Vicky-Ahuja.JPG Set in the aftermath of Partition, Jashn-e-Qalam’s dramatic reading of K.A. Abbas’ Partition classic ‘Sardaar Ji’ explores how fear, prejudice and suspicion can turn ordinary people against one another. https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-08-12/vgex5nbx/Abhish-Mathew.jpg The festival concludes with ‘Blue Material’, an all-Dalit stand-up comedy show featuring the Dalit-led, queer-affirmative collective with guest comedian Abish Matthew. 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Abbas, South Asian arts festival, cultural events Mumbai August 2026 https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-explore/the-big-hoom-clubs-short-film-program-celebrates-the-heart-of-indian-independent-cinema https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-08-11/7px80u8o/manu-s-pillai.png The Big Hoom Club’s Short Film Program, a travelling initiative dedicated to independent cinema, arrives in Kolkata on August 22 and 23 at Studio Bari. Homegrown en 2026-08-12T11:00:00.000Z The Big Hoom Club’s Short Film Program Celebrates The Heart Of Indian Independent Cinema alternative cinema India, Kolkata arts events , travelling film festival, film club India , emerging filmmakers India , independent cinema India, Indian short films , Studio Bari Kolkata , Kolkata film screenings , independent films India , pan-India film programme, Kolkata cultural events , contemporary Indian cinema , independent film screening, Indian filmmakers, experimental films India , documentary films India , Delhi film club, film screenings August 2026, grassroots film initiatives , Kolkata independent cinema , short film showcase, indie film festival India https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-creators/sheetal-menons-duet-is-an-elegy-for-the-love-we-lost-in-the-pandemic https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-08-12/w2kf82xq/SidhantGuptainSheetalMenonE28099sE28098DuetE280992.png Menon’s sophomore directorial effort follows Mihir (Sidhant Gupta), a pianist, grappling with the death of his estranged brother Kavish during the isolation of the pandemic. https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-08-11/ktmrp6v0/ISHIKA-5-.JPG Sidhant Gupta shines in ‘Duet’. https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-08-12/v1qgzgsr/SHREYA.-2JPG.JPG Writer-director Sheetal Menon with actor Sidhant Gupta, who plays the protagonist Mihir, a grief-stricken pianist navigating the death of his brother Kavish during the isolation of the COVID-19 lockdown. https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-08-13/gtkm83lb/ISHIKA-7.JPG Sidhant Gupta's portrayal of Mihir as a broken man trying his best to cling to life through his art is an echo of his earlier portrayal of the complicated, conflicted Jay Khanna, torn between his love for cinema and the woman he loves (Wamiqa Gabbi’s Niloufer), in Vikramaditya Motwane’s ‘Jubilee’ (2023), and as Jawaharlal Nehru in ‘Freedom at Midnight’ (2024). 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Homegrown en 2026-08-12T10:30:00.000Z What Happens When Kolkata Meets The Wild West? Calcutta Cowboy Has The Answer Indian indie artist, independent musician, debut EP, India acoustic music , country music , indie folk music, singer-songwriter India, indie music, Berlin-based artist , Kolkata musician , Gary Johnson musician, Calcutta Cowboy , independent music release, emerging musicians India , Indian country music , indie folk EP, Kolkata music scene , Berlin music scene , contemporary singer-songwriter, guitar-driven music, folk rock artist, alternative music India https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-voices/a-uniform-obsession-confessions-of-an-imposter-in-chef-whites https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-08-07/0w8lg3dz/chefwhites.png A sea of whites. https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-08-07/kz1n722w/formals.png The family: Showing up in our best formals. 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