Affairs of the Heart

Anant Prasad, a mediocre student, was prodded by his father to complete his M.S. and then a Ph.D., and thus became a reluctant scientist. After completing his studies in Bangalore, he went to Chapel Hill for his post-doctoral work. There he met Sheila Puri, a beautiful and vivacious second generation Indian-American. Sheila got her M.D., and was doing her residency in Internal Medicine. Anant and Sheila get married after a whirlwind romance. Following his post-doctoral work, Anant found a faculty position and they moved to Kansas City, Kansas. After several years of tumultuous relationship, the couple gets divorced. Anant tried to forget Sheila and move on with his life. During his efforts to find a suitable woman he ran into an old flame, Meena Bhat. Meena lured him to New Jersey where they set up a love shack and see each other frequently. Anant divided his time between Kansas and New Jersey. At Kansas, his new research project to discover active cancer chemotherapeutic drugs ran into several problems. In the meanwhile, he and his long time colleague, Petra Sokoloff, suddenly discovered each other and a sizzling affair ensued. Anant was caught between Meena and Petra and was faced with a difficult decision of choosing between the two beautiful damsels.