To understand India you have to see it, hear it, breathe it and feel it. Monisha Rajesh she turns to a map of the Indian railways and takes a page out of Jules Verne’s classic tale, embarking on an adventure around India in 80 trains, covering 40,000km. Monisha hopes that 80 train journeys up, down and across India will lift the veil on a country that has become a stranger to her.