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Coming of age in Delhi in the fifties, Meera takes her father's atheism and progressive attitudes for granted, but she keenly resents the tyrannies of her favored older sister, who forces Meera to play the go-between in her romance with the handsome Dev. When Dev is dumped for a more suitable fiance, Meera rashly attempts to console him; soon she is stuck with yet another of her sister's hand-me-downs--this time, forever. Dev drinks too much, and his family ...