This lively portrait of the mixed marriage between a scholarly Sikh husband and his red-headed, freckle-faced Australian-born wife, is told from the point of view of their slightly bemused daughter, the filmmaker. Growing up in India, her eccentric parents were a source of embarrassment. In this conservative society, her mother would line dry her underwear to the horror of neighbors. Her father proudly collected "kitch" calendars in the name of anthropology. Her outspoken Indian grandmother hated all men, especially her ex-husband. Although Safina was teased by her classmates for having light-colored skin, she remembers a happy childhood.

What begins as a gently humorous portrait unfolds into a complex commentary on the social, political and religious events of the anti-Sikh riots in 1984 which tore this family apart. This is a powerful story of love and hate, exile and belonging, loss of identity and return to faith.

Produced in association with SBS Independent and financed by the Australian Film Finance Corporation.

"Highly Recommended. Her story has keen significance to similar identity struggles experienced by people, especially with the increase in migration and mixed marriages across the world. This film would be a useful addition to support programs or classes in many social science fields, especially sociology, family and marriage courses, immigration studies, and women's and gender studies." Triveni Kuchi and Jane Sloan, Rutgers University, EMRO

Special Jury Award, Hawaii International Film Festival, 2002
Jury Prize, Best Australian Documentary, Australian Film Critics Circle, 2002