Married at sixteen, Nimmo's destiny hangs in the balance as she fails to meet the expectations of her debonair husband, Lt. Hukum Singh. Rejected in favor of a second wife, the beautiful and educated Hansa, she is consigned to the village home and falls prey to sexual assaults by Bachana, her brother-in-law. Propelled by her fight for survival in an unforgiving social milieu, Nimmo resorts to using the only tools at her disposal-feminine wiles and black magic. Inextricable from the tragic sweep of human exodus and the violence of partition, Nimmo's destiny throws her onto a roller coaster of unimaginable twists and turns.

This nostalgic journey into undivided Punjab gives us intimate and vivid insights into the now-lost rural Punjabi culture and a disquieting peep into women's lived identities and angst in a deeply patriarchal society. Conjuring up the era of the British Indian army, winding through cantonments, Malls, and brass bands, it is a tale of love, loss, and hope.