In the suburban streets of Calcutta where they wandered before dusk, and in the hyacinth-strewn ponds where they played for hours on end, Udayan was always in his older brother Subhash's sight. So close in age, they were inseparable in childhood - and yet, as the years pass, their brotherly bond can do nothing to forestall the tragedy that will upend their lives. Udayan - charismatic and impulsive - finds himself drawn to the Naxalite movement, a rebellion waged to eradicate inequity and poverty. He will give everything - risk all - for what he believes, and in so doing will transform the futures of those dearest to him. For all of them, the repercussions of his actions will reverberate and seep through the generations that follow.