Past and present, real and unreal, urban and rural, and life and death clash to present Mehsampur, Kabir Singh Chowdhary’s unforgettable film out of the Punjabi heartlands. A review by Karan Madhok

Interview: Rajat Ubhaykar, author of Truck De! India, speaks about humanising India’s truck-drivers, their contribution to the Indian economy, and the excitement and dangers of life on the road - by Kamakshi Ayyar

True Stories of excellence – Jamie Alter reviews She Dared: Women in Indian Sports by Abhishek Dubey and Sanjeeb Mukherjea

Jurish Nath writes about using theatre to shape the lives of children and young adults in Pune

A short film from Mussoorie Writers, featuring Stephen Alter reading from his 2016 novel, The Rataban Betrayal

Presenting: The Chakkar’s Top 10 favourite Hindi films of the 2010s - by Karan Madhok and Prateek Santram

“I feel a lot of things in the mountains, but gratitude is what I feel the most.” In his first ‘Pardesi Pahadi’ column, Zachary Conrad writes about an unforgettable hike for a glimpse of the majestic Nanda Devi

Editorial: The Anti-CAA/NRC protests have opened up larger wounds of India’s discontent with its government - Karan Madhok

Within a country whose religious and social divide is visibly, increasingly violent, food is just another fragment that is appropriated to oppress - writes Saachi D’Souza

What it meant for 40,000+ people to watch U2 at their India debut - Anurag Tagat writes

The third season of Little Things forays into deeper issues in an Indian millennial relationship - writes Nidhi Choksi Dhakan

A short film from Mussoorie Writers, featuring I. Allan Sealy reading from his 1998 novel, The Everest Hotel