Highways of Life is a detailed look at the high-octane lives of Manipur’s highway truckers. The highways 2 and 37 connect this landlocked state to the rest of the world. They are its lifeline. Economic blockades, general strikes, armed extortion, robbery, abduction, killing for ransom, and bad road conditions make the highways a life-threatening terrain for truckers. The film follows a group of truckers as they manoeuvre through the perilous highways of north-east India, putting their lives on the line, ferrying essential commodities to serve the three million people of Manipur.