Homegrown (HG Media)

What does intimacy look like when touch becomes uncertain? Photographer Abhinav Kafare’s lockdown series captures quiet, vulnerable moments between two people navigating love, distance, and closeness in isolation. homegrown.co.in/homegrown-crea…

How Laurie Baker Revolutionized Low-Cost Housing In 20th Century India A deep-dive into the life of Laurie Baker, an architect working in Trivandrum on trying to make the cost of housing and living affordable. homegrown.co.in/homegrown-crea…

From shaping Parisian couture to redefining the modern sari, India’s royal women didn’t just participate in fashion; they transformed it. Jewels, chiffon, and power — this is the story of how Indian queens left their mark on global style. homegrown.co.in/homegrown-expl…

The Invisible Lives Of Transmen In India We spoke to four transmen about their journeys from the difficult days to the happy ones, trying to understand the experiences unique to them in a country like India. homegrown.co.in/homegrown-voic…

How Bugadi Ear Pieces Came To Be Coveted By South Asian Communities A deep dive into the history of the 'bugadi' ear piece, an ornament that used to be worn by women across the country, but is slowly losing its audience. homegrown.co.in/homegrown-voic…

Homegrown’s weekly curation of the best in Indian art, fashion, film, food, and music — from a Japan-inspired Homegrown x Suntory Toki event in Delhi, Ai Weiwei and Anish Kapoor in Jaipur, Zanjeer’s punk spirit, and more. homegrown.co.in/homegrown-crea…

What does it mean to make art about joy in a world structured by crisis? In this conversation, artist-curator Shreya Josh reflects on ‘JOY’, a group exhibition that reframed joy not as escapism, but as a form of resistance, care, and community-building. homegrown.co.in/homegrown-crea…

Urbs Indis: An Intimate Library Exploring the Many Lives of Indian Cities Founded by architect Robert Stephens, this Bengaluru space blends a lived-in home with a public-facing library, offering an intimate way to engage with cities and their histories. homegrown.co.in/homegrown-expl…

Amsterdam’s No Art Festival Comes To Mumbai For The First Time No Art operates as both a label and event platform built around the idea that music functions as an art form. homegrown.co.in/homegrown-expl…

How Jesudas Puthumana Is Reviving The Legacy Of South India’s Legendary Urukku Steel Once traded across the Indian Ocean and forged into Damascus blades, South India’s urukku steel is being reimagined in a Kerala workshop. homegrown.co.in/homegrown-supp…

The Art of Everyday Bengaluru Comes Alive This March At Bengaluru Art Weekend 2026 With its ‘Second Nature’ theme, Bengaluru Art Weekend unfolds across the city through conversations, and performances that reflect creativity as something deeply lived. homegrown.co.in/homegrown-expl…

How Depot48 Became The Heart Of Delhi’s Independent Music Scene Since 2014, Depot48 has hosted more than 4,700 performances, providing a space where artists, audiences, and communities unite on equal terms. homegrown.co.in/homegrown-crea…

J2K’s Vol.1 Turns Early-2000s Pop & R&B Into A Malayalam Mixtape The EP features collaborators like Benny Dayal, Shafi Ali, Faris Jaleel, Abhiram, Fil$, Double J the Rapper, Samad Khan and Priyanka Nath. homegrown.co.in/homegrown-crea…

INTERVAL by Two Odd & Almost Gods Explores Silence,& Impermanence Through Food The project is anchored in the ideas of impermanence, interval, and exchange, which serve as the foundation for everything else. homegrown.co.in/homegrown-expl…

The CPB International Open Call 2026 reimagines photography across malls and galleries in Chennai, foregrounding how images circulate, fragment, and resist meaning in public space. homegrown.co.in/homegrown-crea…

A Voyage To Permanence: Inside Purandar Chaudhuri’s Trilogy Of Displacement & Urban Life 'A Voyage To Permanence' brought together Purandar Chaudhuri’s trilogy of films to explore migration, memory, and the instability of the image. homegrown.co.in/homegrown-crea…

Short Film ‘The Lunchbox’ Explores Identity, Colourism, & Growing Up Indian Abroad 'The Lunchbox' delicately explores identity, belonging, and the quiet, often unspoken ache of growing in a space feeling different, both as a child and an adult. homegrown.co.in/homegrown-crea…

Jaipur’s historic pink walls becomes the starting point for Annotations on Colour’, a new exhibition at the Jaipur Centre for Art that treats colour as experience — something that shifts with light, movement, and perception. homegrown.co.in/homegrown-crea…

Inside Indian Music Experience: 'Drag At The Museum' Brings Queer Stories to Life As India debates transgender rights, a Bengaluru museum uses drag to explore gender, history, and identity. homegrown.co.in/homegrown-expl…