The novel covers the period during British rule in Sri Lanka and after its independence in 1948. Chunnakam is a farming village in the Jaffna peninsula. The hero in this novel is a doctor in the Sri Lankan Government, born and grew up in that village. After the ethnic riots, he migrates to Canada and marries a Malaysian Tamil girl. He returns alone to his village after four decades to sort out the legal issues associated with the will written by his parents. The novel covers the experience he had when he returned to his village. He is surprised to see that his school day's girlfriend lives unmarried. He notices the economic, cultural, political and social changes that took place in his motherland over the last four decades. He revives his memories before leaving the paradise island.