When Rizwan, tries to live up to his name which means 'the guardian of paradise', he is detained and tortured by the army. His house is taken over and his innocence questioned. The story that unfolds raises many questions. Whose paradise is this? Who is Rizwan? A murderer or an innocent child obeying his father? Based on Agha Shahid Ali's collection of poems, "The Country Without A Post Office", the film is a story of human tragedy set in Kashmir. A story told, not in life, but in death.