Velan is a drug peddler for the British guards and Ponni is an innocent girl with a drunkard and abusive father. She hopes that the love of her life Velan will take her far away from all the miseries. But life has other plans. No one would have thought how drastically Ponni's life would change in a night. The short story depicts a tale during the colonial era, in a village near madras at the time When Contagious Disease Act was enforced.