Back to the Future

The year is 2030 and drinking natural water is banned in most nations. In India, citizens are forced to hydrate with tablets and clean themselves with specially manufactured blow-dryers. Commuting via helicopter is standard, and the left palm serves as both ID and credit card. But our passive protagonist, 70-year-old photographer Paresh Bhatt, still enjoys writing with a fountain pen on thick stationery and mourns the loss of fresh coffee. He is determined to hang onto the past, which in this case is the 1980s and '90s.

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