Joelle Jolivet (left) and Sampurna Chattarji on board a Mumbai local

Last year, during the Kala Ghoda festival, Metro Lands set off on its journey. At that time it was to be an endeavour in poetry alone, where Paris-Indian poet, Karthika Nair and Mumbai-based poet Sampurna Chattarji would be speaking to each other through their verses. The train, as a subject, had been previously explored by both - Nair in her first collection, Bearings, and Chattarji in her first poetry book, in a poem titled Dogs, mobs and rock concerts.