https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-creators/a-feminist-syllabus-10-homegrown-books-films-to-understand-gender-power-womens-lives https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-10-07/netfurc8/YouTube.png Here's a curated list of books and films that delve into what being a woman in India feels like. https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-10-07/boopiqm4/manu-s-pillai.png Why Loiter & Seeing Like A Feminist https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-10-07/d90wdmqj/india-today.png Lihaaf & The Palace of Illusions https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-10-07/1xih90ob/6.png Burnt Sugar & Maria Just Maria https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-10-07/e1e8pp5h/india-today-2.png Aattam & Parched https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-10-07/acbm1nwy/NDTV.png Maa Behen & SIster Midnight Homegrown en 2026-10-07T10:15:00.000Z A Feminist Starter Pack: 10 Books & Films To Read, Watch, & Reflect On feminism, gender equality, women's rights, books on feminism, films on feminism, women's safety, educational insights, social change, gender studies, women's empowerment, feminist films, social justice, women's history, gender roles, India protests, books to read, films to watch, madhuri dixit, chitra banerjee divakaruni, feminist books, Maa Behen, Sister Midnight, Aattam https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-creators/young-the-giants-sameer-gadhia-on-being-south-asian-in-a-white-indie-rock-world https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-09-17/p7qp3cto/ytg2.png From the ‘orange summery’ portrait of late adolescence that was their debut eponymous album to the bolder immigrant testimonials of ‘American Bollywood’, each album in Young The Giant’s discography is like a hypothesis the band is trying to test out. 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