ad ▁ 2 5 ▁( 1 9 2 0 ▁AD ), ▁Ch andra ▁Sh um sh er ▁J . B . R . ▁officially ▁abol ished ▁the ▁S ati ▁system ▁from ▁Nep al . ▁ ▁Plot ▁Kan chi ▁( G ar ima ▁P anta ) ▁is ▁a ▁young ▁woman ▁who ▁was ▁married ▁to ▁an ▁old ▁husband ▁who ▁is ▁ 4 0 ▁years ▁elder . ▁In ▁present , ▁Kan chi ' s ▁husband ▁is ▁ill ▁because ▁of ▁his ▁old ▁age ▁and ▁finally ▁dies . ▁Now , ▁as ▁per ▁the ▁social ▁rules ▁and ▁reg ulation , ▁Kan chi ▁had ▁to ▁go ▁S ati ▁where ▁she ▁should ▁burn ▁herself ▁with ▁her ▁husband ' s ▁dece ased ▁body . ▁But , ▁the ▁fate ▁is ▁on ▁her ▁side ▁and ▁she ▁man ages ▁to ▁surv ive . ▁She ▁starts ▁to ▁live ▁in ▁the ▁cave ▁of ▁nearby ▁j ung le . ▁G han ash y am ▁being ▁lon ely ▁in ▁the ▁absence ▁of ▁his ▁lov ing ▁mother , ▁vis its ▁the ▁j ung le ▁and ▁finds ▁his ▁mother ▁hiding ▁in ▁the ▁cave . ▁Kan chi ▁un ites ▁with ▁her ▁son ▁but ▁they ▁are ▁unable ▁to ▁stay ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁society ▁because ▁the ▁society ▁people ▁would ▁kill ▁the ▁women ▁even ▁though ▁they ▁have ▁surv ived ▁S ati ▁in ▁any ▁means . ▁G han ash y am ▁makes ▁a ▁plan ▁of ▁leaving ▁the ▁village ▁and ▁getting ▁sett le ▁in ▁other ▁place ▁so ▁that ▁they ▁could ▁make ▁a ▁new ▁beginning . ▁He ▁asks ▁his ▁mother ▁to ▁stay ▁in ▁the ▁j ung le ▁and