Krish Raj More

After years apart, 12 year-old Maya returns to India with her mother to reunite with her father - a sandmining business man. Immersed in a world where labour, legacy and extraction collide, she forms a fragile bond with Kiran, a young worker. After a tragic event, a police investigation turns Maya into a key witness, with her father relying on her to absolve him. Torn between loyalty and a growing unease she cannot name, Maya begins searching for the truth. As her mother quietly unravels, Maya uncovers a pattern of silence, exploitation and repeated harm forcing her to confront her father's deception and the family's complicity she must choose to break.

Khalid, a 5th standard student is teased by his classmates because of his religion after a chapter on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was being studied. "Why do the children tease me by the name of Afzal Khan? Just because I am a Muslim? Was every Muslim an enemy of Shivaji Maharaj like Afzal Khan?" Khalid's curiousity and fascination with Shivaji Maharaj sends him and his family on a life-altering journey.