Pint of View (Lecture #125): India on the Move
Atta Galatta- The Bookstore, Atta Galatta- The Bookstore, 5th Main Road, Binnamangala, Hoysala Nagar, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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India on the Move: Stories from the General Compartments of Indian Railways
About the lecture
The general compartments of Indian Railways provide a rare window into the heart and soul of India. In these crowded, unpredictable spaces, strangers talk, argue, and confide in one another - often without the filters that shape our everyday interactions.
Drawing from a 17-day journey across India, this lecture employs images, videos, and anecdotes to explore how people navigate the physical and emotional constraints of travelling in general dabbas and form unexpected connections in the process.
Through stories shaped by migration, class, caste, gender, and faith, we will meet everyday Indians who carry hope of finding dignity in a world beyond their control. Moving between the personal and the political, the lecture invites you to look beyond the idea of travel as consumption, and toward understanding journeys as spaces for encountering the self and the other, and experiencing our shared humanity.
About the speaker
Samarth Mahajan is a Mumbai-based filmmaker whose work includes two national award-winning documentaries.
The 2021 feature, Borderlands, explores lives defined by India's borders, and the 2017 film The Unreserved captures stories from general compartments of Indian Railways.
Samarth's films have screened across six continents to favorable reviews, and received broadcast and theatrical releases in South Korea, Australia, and India. His projects have featured in major film markets, including the Marché du Film - the business counterpart of the Cannes Film Festival.
He is writing his narrative feature debut and developing it at the Climate Screenwriting Lab 2026, co-organised by Netflix India and Pluc.TV.
In a previous life, Samarth studied Mechanical Engineering at IIT Kharagpur and Liberal Arts at Ashoka University.
Event Details
- Saturday, 14 November | 12 PM to 2 PM
- Atta Galatta, Indiranagar
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