There is a chain of relationships that are born without the dependancy of genetics. This is a sequence that people rely upon through their experiences - good, bad and ugly. Such a chain is initiated by Saba Malik, the carpenter, after the death of his ashtmatic wife. It is after much pondering about the futures of little Rafeeq and Habeeda, that he reluctantly agrees to remarry Aatirah. Aatirah - the candle who seeds her strong principles and ethical values into the children. The one, though clinically labelled a barren, personifies the definition of a mother through her actions each day. Buried in the pit of the swelling city lies the throbbing vein of intolerance that keeps erupting from time to time. An inheritance that is only too delicate and flares up at the slightest provocation. It is in such heat of the changing suns, that in walks Bernice - an American tourist - into their lives. Who is she? How does she challenge Rafeeq's belief and the strong morals that Aatirah has spent a lifetime nurturing in the young man? And what happens when the two are caught smack down in the middle of an ugly inter-faith conflict? Who survives? What will be the new addition of a non-genetic inheritance in their lives?
'Inheritance' takes a closer look at how globalisation has affected today's India. It is through the hardest of experiences that two individuals - separated by their root ideals - can find an essence of harmony even in the face of looming danger. Just the way Rafeeq, the autorickshaw driver, finds that fateful day as he carries Bernice into a dozen surprises in the city of the free.