Miranda, a twenty-two year old white woman living in Boston, begins an affair with Dev, a married Bengali man. Meanwhile, Miranda's co-worker Laxmi complains about her cousin's husband, who recently fell in love with a British stranger.

Lou, a middle-aged record producer, brings his two kids, Rolph (11) and Charlie (14), and his new girlfriend Mindy (23) to a safari run by an old friend in Kenya.