When her grandmother comes off the airplane in Houston from Pakistan, Mahnoor knows that having Dadi move in is going to disrupt everything about her life. She doesn't have time to be Dadi's unofficial babysitter - her journalism teacher has announced that their big assignment will be to film a documentary. As Dadi starts to settle into life in Houston, the two of them start talking. About Dadi's childhood in northern India - and about the Partition that forced her to leave her home and relocate to the newly created Pakistan. As details of Dadi's life are revealed, Dadi's personal story feels like the breaking news that Maha loves so much. And before she knows it, she has the subject of her documentary.