In the late 1970s, 10 year old Vicky arrives at his grandparents home in rural Kerala to attend his grandfathers funeral. The disjointed family gathers together for the sixteen day long funeral period. During this period, Vicky discovers more about himself, his family and culture than he had expected to. The journey is narrated through the memories of an adult Vicky who returns to the same house to recount the experience. After some years the boy returns as a young man to visit old grounds, and finds the Lucky red seeds scattered away.