When Rachel Meyer, a thirtysomething foodie from New York, agrees to move to Mumbai with her Indian-born husband, Dhruv, she knows some culture shock is inevitable. Blessed with a curious mind and an independent spirit, Rachel is determined to learn her way around the hot, noisy, seemingly infinite metropolis she now calls home. But the ex-pat Americans sense of adventure is sorely tested when her motherin-law, Swati, suddenly arrives from Kolkataa thousand miles awayalone, with an even more shocking announcement: shes left her husband of more than forty years and moving in with them. Nothing the newlyweds say can budge the steadfast Swati, and as the days pass, it becomes clear she is here to stayan uneasy situation that becomes more difficult when Dhruv is called away on business.