The four decades that made her a successful entrepreneur overnight. Shanti, escapes the shackles of marriage in the early 1980's. From being a child bride, to a single mother, to an entrepreneur, the journey was long a strenuous. Trying to escape harassment at the hands of her husband, she abandons him. A woman determined to defy the societal norms, armed only with her strong will-power. Is it possible to raise three children independently in the India of 1980's? A unique mix of fiction and fact; the hearth captures the struggles of a young girl who wanted to follow her dreams but ends up being a child bride.