There is no outside of history.
California, 2002.
Rohan is a freshman at Irvine College, a student in the painful shadow of 9/11.
He dreams not of war or politics, but of making his parents proud by excelling in school.
Fearful of the national mood and protective of his only son, his father, a proud Indian immigrant, suggests Rohan find safety among other first-generation Indians.
Dutifully, Rohan pledges a fraternity, finding friendship and acceptance among those so s.