Beautiful widow Joan D'Silva is at Howrah Station, fleeing Calcutta with her 11-year-old son Errol. Also on the same train is Laxhimi, a notorious hijira prostitute: charismatic, sensual and powerful.
Calcutta in 1960 is a city striving to change. The old rulers have gone home and India is still trying to find its own way towards a peaceful, prosperous future. But the world is changing and pressing
