Los ojos de India

The Eyes of India

India lives with consternation the advance of the British colonization on its land. Cotton farming, trade in textiles and other handicrafts are the way of life for many families that will see, powerless, how the control over their properties and occupations are diluted in favor of the English, intent on imposing their rules. The Prakachiralli clan, nevertheless, will remain faithful to their unbending tradition. Kantal, the matriarch, repository of those traditions, is in charge of transmitting them, as well as looking for alliances and arranging the most convenient weddings for her descendants amongst the families that belong to her same caste. Savitri, incorporated to the caste of Prakachiralli as bride to one of the clan’s males when she was only six years old, will become a widow for life when her future husband dies. This is when Kantal decides to send her to the Barwick mansion, to a wealthy English couple that has arrived in India to exploit the production of dyes. Thus, Savitri becomes the witness and accomplice of the passion that will end the apparent calm that their masters enjoy thanks to their privileged situation set in the middle of the world and of characters that struggle to sustain their identity and their beliefs.