In 1943, Bibhutibhusan Bandopadhyay wrote Ashani Sanket on the tragedy of Bengal Famine. The novel was translated into a film by Satyajit Ray in 1973. Towards the end of the film, a woman named Chutki is shown running away from the village Natungaon, in rural Bengal, towards a distant city.

Hers is not only an escape from starvation, but also from an archaic society, an aged husband, grueling work and general helplessness of the famine. On the other hand, this adventurous step is an escape into the unknown, an alternative which has not yet been experienced.

What happens to this woman on such an escape?
What is her journey like?
Who are her companions?
What are her options?
Does she survive?

The game is an attempt to answer these questions. It is an alternate to the original narrative and provides a glimpse of larger forces at play during the events of calamities and disasters. By positioning the game play on a woman famine-survivor, it makes the situation more vulnerable for the player. Instead of focusing on a factual reading of a famine, the game turns our attention to the psychological makeup of a famine and its survivors