Every woman reaches a point in her life when she has to make tough choices between her career and her family. Archeologist Sangita Choudhury makes the find of a lifetime, connecting Joan of Arc and Dido of Carthage to the legend of the Phoenix. But before she can solve the puzzle and publish her work, Sangita is summoned back to Delhi to help her ailing mother, whose priority is to arrange a marriage for her daughter. As she excavates women of antiquity, Sangita must also discover her own true self.