The Conflicting forces hastening the vivisection of India are in full play in the small town of Puranapur situated close to what is soon going to be the border between the two new nations. Dark and demonic passions are pitted against the value of sanity and tolerance. Love flourishes and humanism prevails in the middle of howls for blood. True to its name, the place of myths survives celebrating the spirits of accommodation and empathy. The sights and sounds of rural Punjab come alive along with its robust humour and alluring hints of Lahore, 'the Paris of the Punjab'.