A Night of Knowing Nothing is Payal Kapadia’s bold debut, told through letters from a film student to her lover, separated by caste. Set against rising Hindu nationalism, the film documents the killing of journalists like Gauri Lankesh and the arrest of activists under Modi’s regime. Dalit and Muslim communities face violence and exclusion. Yet resistance persists – in protests, in dreams, in love. Kapadia blends the personal and political, showing how memory and desire can become acts of defiance