Haunted almost to the point of insanity by past memories, Shafi Rehman recalls an obsessive infatuation with a girl that never blossomed under the fatal constraints of the culture in which he finds himself. Will Shafi move on? Or is he doomed to a life of unfulfillment? A tale of tragedy, Our Inauspicious Stars examines everything from the perspective to approach pain and suffering to the dogmas that hold back youth from embracing life to the fullest.