Rakhi, an artist and divorced mother, struggles to stay connected with her mother, whose ability to interpret dreams and predict the future fascinates Rakhi, while rediscovering her own roots in India.
Pregnant with her American lover's child, a young Indian woman raised in the U.S. reluctantly agrees to an arranged marriage in her homeland and develops a genuine affection for her new husband, but a secret of his own keeps their love from blossoming further.
After her San Francisco home is bombed, Calcutta native Tara Chatterjee sets out to find her roots, tracing the story of her great-great-aunt, Tara Lata, who was married to a tree in her Indian village at age five.
