Veena, Mala and Nandini are three very different women with something in common. Out of love, each bears a secret that will haunt her life – and that of her daughter – because the risk of telling the truth is too great. But secrets have consequences. Particularly to Asha, a young woman on the cusp of adulthood, who links them together. Asha is devastated to learn that she was adopted as a baby. What’s more, her birth mother died of a mysterious illness shortly before then, leaving Asha with only a letter and no further explanation of why her birth father gave her up. Nandini, Asha’s adoptive mother, has always feared the truth would come between them. Veena, a recent widow, worries about her daughter Mala’s future and is convinced that the only way to keep her daughter safe is through an arranged marriage. Mala struggles to balance her dreams and ambition with her mother’s expectations. When she finds herself pregnant out of wedlock, she flips an undesirable situation to her advanta