The story relies in Banaras and is a few Hindu Priest Chaturvedi who follows the scriptures to follow Hindu faith. When a baby is abandon by a girl and introduced in his home by his daughter - after preliminary hesitation however resulting from requests from his spouse - the household adapts the kid; solely to know after 4 years that the kid is a Muslim. The household offers away the kid and Chaturvedi engulfs himself within the purification course of to cleanse his physique, thoughts and soul resulting from contact with a Muslim soul. By the point, Chaturvedi thinks he's totally purified – the kid reappears – in search of refuge, resulting from Hindu- Muslim riots. That is the time Chaturvedi lastly realizes that the true faith is - faith the place people assist people – humanity.