Via the New York Times film examines the marriage of Ashok Sheth and his wife Hansa Ashok moved to New York only days after the wedding to a woman he barely knew the match was arranged in the traditional way Now Ashok sells magazines in a subway station at 116th Street lives in a cell sized apartment and cherishes his new freedom The film follows Ashok through such American activities as a visit to a store that sells running shoes Then it follows him back to India where Hansa waits with a baby he has never seen and with a great many questions as to her future