Arnab Bagchi, Vidya’s husband and in her words, “Her reason for being”, had come to Kolkata on a software consultancy project with the National Data Centre (NDC). The first two weeks of his visit, pass by smoothly. Arnab and Vidya would chat daily and anxiously await the passing of the few remaining days apart. Suddenly, one day…all communication with Arnab ceases. Arnab all of a sudden is untraceable.
Worried about her husband, Vidya arrives in Kolkata. Alone in an unknown city Vidya begins her search as Kolkata prepares herself for its biggest festival, Durga Puja.
Vidya goes to the hotel where Arnab had stayed and is shocked to see that the hotel is actually a very down market guesthouse. The manager insists that no Arnab Bagchi ever stayed with them. Vidya is at her wits end, but chooses to stay in the guesthouse.
