My Dear Uncle is the story about a youngman Vijay who arrives from India to study for a year. He stays with his long estranged Uncle, a Retired Major from the British Army who has deserted his family in India many years ago. Vijay meets Hamzah a foreign Student from Pakistan, Susan and Thomas both local students. Life long friendships are formed. The story traces their collective journey. The Major mentoring them, their respective journeys to fulfil their potential and the profound effect they have on the Major's life. They will cry together, laugh together, fight with eachother and for eachother.