Amanda Wright an Anglo-Indian lady undertakes a momentous journey after experiencing a life-changing event. Her travels take her from Tamil Nadu to West Bengal in search of a loved one.
Amanda Wright an Anglo-Indian lady undertakes a momentous journey after experiencing a life-changing event. Her travels take her from the Nilgiri mountains in South India (Tamil Nadu) down to the plains to Kolkata in West Bengal via Chennai , Vizag and Bhubaneshwar in search of a loved one.—Pran Amrith
AMANDA WRIGHT is content with her work as a school music teacher. She lives on her own in aquaint cottage in Coonoor, South India, and keeps mostly to herself. Her husband Trevor Wrightleft her many years ago for another woman, moved to Melbourne, where he died of a heart attack.
Amanda habitually takes long cycle rides around the hills and dales of Coonoor. She lovesstrumming her ukulele and composing sad songs, especially on cold nights when she recalls herpast. Her quiet life is turned upside down, when she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS).Theprospect of being housebound with protracted attacks of MS, a chronic illness that could eventuallyirreparably damage the nerves in her spinal cord and brain, jolts Amanda out of her peacefullifestyle.Something snaps inside her.
A powerful urge to see and hug her grand-daughter, whomshe has never met, overwhelms her. She makes up her mind to go to Chennai, where her estrangeddaughter lives, and she decides to go by road...on her trusty bicycle!
Her neighbours, COL. AJAY VERMA, a retired Army man, and his daughter RUPALI are completelyflabbergasted at the idea of Amanda cycling all the way to Chennai - a distance of 547 kms. Thewidowed Colonel has a secret crush on Amanda, and tries his best to dissuade her, but she'sadamant. He just cannot comprehend her lunacy! But Amanda simply says: "I need to prove tomyself that I can do it! It's my way of making amends with my daughter and grand-daughter..."Amanda bids goodbye to the Colonel and Rupali, and begins the long journey on her bicycle - withonly a small suitcase on the rear carrier, an umbrella strapped to the handle-bar and her ukuleleslung over her shoulder.
