Travel to the heart of Punjab. Enter a world of Sufi shrines worshipped and looked after by Dalits. Listen to B.S. Balli Qawwal Paslewale, the first generation Dalit Qawwals born out of this tradition. Join a fascinating dialogue with Lal Singh Dil—a radical poet, a Dalit, converted to Islam. Meet the last living legend of the Gadar movement, Baba Bhagat Singh Bilga, who contests the subversion of a common past, while affirming a new consciousness among Dalits, within and beyond Punjab.

The interplay between the constituents of this mosaic brings to light the triple marginalisation of Dalits--- amidst the agricultural boom that is the modern Punjab, in the contesting ground of its ‘major’ religions, and in the intellectual construction of their 'syncretism'.

DIRECTOR'S NOTE
This documentary is largely located in the Doaba region of Punjab, a cradle of the revolutionary Gadar movement and the Ad Dharmi movement of Dalits. It attempts to portray a cultural/ spiritual universe of Punjab that is little known to the world outside. It may be so, because our understanding of Punjab has largely been conditioned by three benchmarks, the partition, the green revolution and the terrorism in the 80s. We are therefore, oblivious to many other realities that have unfolded and flourished simultaneously. By no yardstick can these realities be seen as some marginal phenomena because they shape the everyday life of lakhs of people in Punjab. Yet, from textbooks to television, they are conspicious by their absence. What are the implications of this abscence, this 'invisibleness' to us as a people, as a society. And what are its implications for those who are living these realities. This documentary, I hope, may lead us to contemplate on questions such as these and many more.