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Homebound: Friendship and hardship in IndiaCEFR A1
10 Jan 2026
Adapted from Abhimanyu Bandyopadhyay, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Indrajit Rana, Unsplash
Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
2 min
77 words
- Homebound is a new Indian film about friendship.
- The story follows two childhood friends from a village.
- They travel at night by truck to an exam.
- They go to sit a police constable exam together.
- One friend passes the exam and one fails.
- The friend who fails sells water filters for work.
- He faces daily insults and refusal by customers.
- The film shows caste and religious pressure in life.
- The ending focuses on hope without full closure.
Difficult words
- friendship — a close relationship between two people
- childhood — the early years of a person's life
- village — a small town in the countryside
- exam — a test to check what someone knows
- insults — rude or hurtful words to another person
- caste — a social group that divides people in society
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Discussion questions
- Do you have a childhood friend?
- Have you ever travelled at night?
- Do you like films about friendship?
