Banwari lal, the patriach of a family - run cloth business in karol bagh is a believer inthe old ways. Men work out of the home, women within. Men carry forward the family line, womenen able their mission. But all is not as it seems. His two sons may unquestioningly follow their father in business and in life, but their wives will not. Neither will his grand daughter who is determined tostrike her own path. In the midst of these tensions, a secret emerges which threatens the old - fashioned family to its foundations.