This film was born from an encounter with a group of Chitrakars, a caste of traditional storytellers and artists from the Naya village, Mednipur district, West Bengal, India. Some of these artists were invited to paint and sing the history of the 15th and 16th century Portuguese navigations, their first arrival in India, their encounter with different lands, people and languages and the navigators’ experience of interpreting these newly discovered worlds. The Chitrakars artists then used their own words, songs and paintings to recreate and retell the story of one of the most significant encounters between East and West.