India is independent, the power of the maharajahs crumbles like their palaces, war threatens at the borders, when a news item disturbs Rajasthan and provokes, “in the shadow of the bougainvilleas”, the reunion of Emy and from Jarawal. Why did she betray him? And why did she call her daughter Kamala? Meanwhile, in Cambridge, Kamala and her friend Jay are finishing their studies. Carried by the spirit of the times, they decide to undertake with hippies, aboard an old minibus, a trip to the Himalayas, the chosen land of non-violence. But this initiatory quest which was to lead them to Kathmandu will turn into a nightmare.
