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<image:caption>Trapped in 'Bobby Beauty Parlour', what starts as an ordinary afternoon becomes a heartfelt coming-of-age story about friendship, growing up, loss, and letting go.</image:caption>
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<news:title>Shashwat Dwivedi Talks ‘Bobby Beauty Parlour’ &amp; Homegrown Coming-Of-Age Cinema</news:title>
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<loc>https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-explore/india-posts-national-letter-writing-competition-asks-indians-to-write-again</loc>
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<image:caption>Dhai Akhar 2026–27</image:caption>
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<news:title>India Post’s National Letter Writing Competition Wants Us To Write Again </news:title>
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<image:caption>Milimeter’s latest collection, Nature Spirits, draws inspiration from the unseen energies of forests, folklore, and the natural world.</image:caption>
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<news:title>Milimeter’s Nature Spirits Collection Brings Craft, Connection, &amp; Folklore Into Our Homes</news:title>
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<loc>https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-explore/women-with-weapons-blaft-is-looking-for-writing-submissions-that-center-women</loc>
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<image:caption>Women With Weapons is a forthcoming anthology from Blaft that invites writers to imagine stories centred on women who wield weapons and drive the narrative.</image:caption>
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<news:title>Women With Weapons: Blaft Is Looking For Writing Submissions That Center Women </news:title>
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