'Cause that's the way it is', says Grandma to her little one, who's full of questions and curiosities. Wide eyed and affectionate, little Ammu is engagingly inquisitive - how long will you live Grandma, where are all your friends now and suchlike.


Questions that light up the ageing woman's days in the countryside amidst maids and workmen. But more often, Grandma is wistful, reflective, dwelling on life's little ironies - her daughter's passing away, Ammu's unfortunate upbringing in the city and the bleakness of advancing age.