Two men find themselves in a tense standoff on a packed commuter train in 1970s Jaipur, India.

While the railways had been vital arteries of the nation since the 1890s, those engines were slowly falling into disrepair. In just under a year, the Bangladesh War for Independence would begin, and as one historian put it:

“A journey on the rails of Bengol in 1971 was often a

melancholy affair. This was the period of the Bangladeshi War

of Independence; and the crowds of people at the stations were

not passengers, but homeless refugees."

With the war itself mere months away, the tension and uncertainty that preceded it hover over our train like a fog as two strangers come face to face with the volatility of human nature and the limits of their own empathy.

Based on a story by the late Douglas Adams, “The Madman” will challenge you to answer the question:

“Is it everyone else who’s lost their mind, or is it me?”