A young Dom who cremates bodies every day at Manikarnika Ghat in Banaras (India) is sensitive to people’s pain and feels emotional when he sees families crying. One day, his own father’s body is brought to the same ghat, and he recognizes him. Without hesitation or pain, he quietly performs his father’s cremation. This time, he feels no grief, sheds no tears, and shows no reaction - but why?