During World War II in West Bengal, a Bengali grandmother and doll-crafter faces the atrocities of British colonial rule. Upon delivering a magical doll to the Governor of Kolkata, the grandmother seeks justice for these colonial cruelties and the death of her grandson.

As Tamil people on the hillside celebrate the eve of their independence, a young Indian boy plots his escape to the city.

After a tragedy in Dehli India kills a significant portion of India's best writers, the lesser writers who are left behind decide to put together an anthology to keep Indian literature alive by their own terms.

The ex-wife of a famous male writer considers a story he wrote about a neighbor they once had.

At the root of her complicated family formed by her father and stepmother, a girl faces years of abuse through what they consider to be a “royal beating.”

Years after facing abuse from the hermit overseeing a nature preserve, two children—now adults—enact their revenge.

A woman embarks on a treacherous, snowy journey to help her friend.

A mother, her two children, and their stepfather come over to a friend’s for a dinner on Labor Day.