AlovestoryplayedoutagainstabackdropofpoliticalandreligiousupheavalAttheendoftheSecondWorldWar,38yearoldcareersoldierGianSinghresignshiscommissionwiththeBritishIndianArmyandreturnstohischildhoodvillage,neartheborderwithPakistanHauntedbythememoriesofwar,heseeksaquietlifeoffarming,solitudeandprayerHispeaceisshatteredinAugust1947,however,whenIndiaisgrantedindependenceAnewborderisdrawnbetweenHindudominatedIndiaandMuslimdominatedPakistan,andtheregionistornapartbymassacresfueledbyancientanimositiesInthemidstofonesuchmassacre,GianfindsNaseem,a17yearoldMuslimgirl,andtakesherunderhisprotectionTheygraduallyfindthemselvesdrawntoeachotherbut,astheirremarkablestoryplaysout,theobstaclestotheirhappinessproveallbutinsurmountable