Eight-year-old Chuyia is not only married, she is now a widow. In 1930s India, widows are forced to live in homes, rejected by society and forbidden to marry again. Chuyia is sent to live the rest of her life in one of these institutions. There she meets Kalyani, a beautiful young widow who breaks the rules by falling in love with an educated young man who, in returning her affections, is prepared to fight tradition. Unfortunately, the women are penniless and the queen bee of the home has been covertly pimping out her most attractive resident, Kalyani, to wealthy local men. She will stop at nothing to hold on to her prize source of income. But Ghandi’s politics are sweeping the nation. People are questioning religious interpretations that undermine social progress and women’s rights. Even little Chuyia will be caught up in the wind of change.