The old Maharaja in the Indian province of Ranchipur knows that hunger and death await his twelve million subjects if the rain does not come. Thus, he endures the long weeks of waiting in scorching heat and forgoes the pleasures of Marienbad and Paris as long as he cannot ensure his people’s safety from disaster. Tom Ransome, the pampered intellectual from the Western world, also waits for the natural event to paint it. Indian doctor Dr. Safka remains steadfast due to his professional and moral duties. But what drives Lady Heston from England to Ranchipur? Then, like a typhoon, the rain comes. In the blink of an eye, the dam is destroyed and the entire land is flooded. Those who survive face the choice of renewed selfless work or resignation.