Zines — self-published, sometimes hand-made, printed or made in small batches — are increasingly cropping up and being sold online, at indie stores and pop-ups, and on social media. That is because anyone from anywhere can make a zine. One of the most popular zine platforms in Mumbai that champions this method of creation is Bombay Underground, a community space for zinesters that sells a wide range of work from Indian and international creators. Their next pop-up extends to an exhibition called A to Zine where the platform will showcase over 300 zines from across the world that have been in their collection for over 20 years.

Founders of the platform, Aqui Thami and Himanshu S