India has some of the world's strictest gun laws. Yet, guns are extremely prevalent in our country, both legally and illegally - second only to the US in the number of privately owned fire-arms. Why so?

Point Blank takes a look at India's relationship with guns and the various reasons people across the country own and use them - from the fear of crime in hotbeds of violence, to lawlessness run amok in ungoverned areas, and the symbolic value of gun-toting power. It traverses the heart of gun culture across Northern India and explores the diverse gun-owning demographic. It explores the prevalence of gun-worshipping ceremonies and shooting open fire at weddings, to the illegal crafting of kattas in desolate fields of Western UP and night-time exchanges with criminals who hold loaded guns, to visiting the historic lanes of licensed gun shops in Kanpur, and looking at why families consider it vital to pass down the culture of gun-use to their children.—Naman Saraiya