New Delhi, 1975-84. 

Struggling among the dichotomies of life in India during Indira Gandhi's state of Emergency, fighting harsh press censorship, an American reporter struggles to reveal the brutal regime's forced sterilizations, massive relocations, wide scale rebellions, inside corruption, and the disappearance of a friend. 

While all of this is happening, his photographer wife is forced to choose between achieving her lifelong dream, or saving her marriage to this once-idealistic reporter. They are both confronted by a dowry burning death while, at the same time, dealing with the world's worst chemical disaster in history.