The year is 1977. Dilip Kapur, fresh from his Ph.D in International Affairs, has returned to India after years of being a hippie in the United States. He came back with a dream of creating a utopia of world harmony at Auroville and to follow his hobby of designing and creating leather bags.Hidesign's earliest bags were a small range of innovative bags that were a pure expression of our values and what we loved best.