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India, 1938. A dozen widows live together in penury on an ashram in Banares. According to Hindu tradition because their husbands are dead, they are themselves only half alive. Officially they are prohibited from further contact with men (save for an arranged marriage with a younger brother-in-law). In reality, the only way they can survive is by prostituting one of their number. Kalyani (the striking Lisa Ray) is in her 20s, still young and beautiful, and so it is understood that she is their...
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