Silent Light Strident Darkness: Two is company, but three is not a crowd. It is being cast away!

Siya suddenly finds herself orphaned. Her very loving and anxious relatives decide marriage is the solution to her problems. Alone and apprehensive she is forced to give up all that she considers sanctuary. Will marriage to reluctant and aloof Ram solve her problems or create new ones? Are her affections for him, fragile and shaky as they are, enough to build a life on? Ram too is giving up all he considers precious. Will he overlook all that he has forfeited to accept her? And who is Mrinalini? A classical dancer who moves like an apsaras, she is also alone and on her own, yet secure. She breezes through life eager for more. Mysterious and alluring, she captivates everyone she comes across. Mrinalini stumbles upon Ram and Siya. And lives change in an astonishing and unpredictable way for everyone