An 80-year-old Kolkata retiree is on a mission to get his neighborhood streetlights turned off at sunrise after he notices they stay on all day. Shyamal Uncle finds his sense of propriety upset by this wasteful expense of electricity. But finding someone to take him seriously proves a battle against an indifferent bureaucracy and a complacent status quo (and is just maybe a welcome distraction from his otherwise dull routine).
