It\'s 1905, and the Japanese victory over the Russians has shocked the British and their imperial subjects.
She needs to remind Maya that the old ways are not all bad, for soon May.
Sixteen-year-old Leela and her younger sister, Maya, are spurred on to wear homespun to show the British that the Indians won\'t be oppressed for much longer, either, but when Leela\'s betrothed, Nash, asks her to circulate a petition amongst her classmates to desegregate the girls\' school in Chadrapur, she\'s wary.
It\'s 1905, and the Japanese victory over the Russians has shocked the British and their imperial subjects