India is on the brink of change. Mahatma Gandhi calls for nonviolent resistance, while England unleashes a bloodbath on peaceful demonstrators. In the palace of the Maharaja of Eschnapur, friends and foes of the colonial power engage in intrigue, jealousy, and betrayal. For here, it is women who pull the strings from behind the scenes. The means of power for women have always been their bodies and the desires of men.