From India’s urban metropolitan center (New Delhi) to its remote rural hinterland (Sonachura village in West Bengal); from psychological breakdown to emotional healing, from closure to opening of senses, from isolated self-centered concerns to a concern and sense of solidarity for others, from particular to universal; from personal to political; – the narrative of this story records Jhanvi’s journey to reconciliation and self discovery.
Young, lesbian, journalist – but most of all, human – Jhanvi’s world collapses when her lover, the superior, self-assured academic Asmita tells her that she (Jhanvi) is not necessarily her only love, and from thereon begins Jhanvi’s quest for the meaning of her situation.
Yet, this story is not only about Jhanvi’s psychological troubles. Weaved within Jhanvi’s story, is the story of two young girls from India’s rural landscape, who have been lovers and forced to take their own life rather than give in to the demands of social prejudice; Jhanvi’ who goes to Sonachura for investigating the story, can no longer treat the death of the two girls as if they do not impact on her life directly. Instead, she develops a bond of solidarity that goes beyond the tragic death of the two girls. In the process of doing so she heals some of her own wounds and also develops a self-understanding about her place in the world.
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