A 11 year old child named Vellu runs from home and reaches Chennai Central in Kanyakumari Express without a ticket. Without any money for ticket, he travels within the train, but luckily the ticket checker doesn't come to the compartment that he's sitting in. He tries to sleep near the door of the train, but a group of men were playing cards making it impossible for him to sleep. Lack of sleeplessness makes him feel tired and exhausted, Also he was hungry and had eaten only peanuts and jaggery from the last two days. He is then awakened by a noise and when he open his eyes , he sees a girl standing ahead of him. The girl wears a long baniyan till her knees. Her hair was stiff and brown, and she also had a rack on her shoulders. She was picking dirty plastic cups from the ground and stuffing it within the rag. The girl asksed him name and also if he has run faraway from home. But Vellu didn't trust a stranger and didn't share his secret of been beaten by his father. His father was a drunkard, and abused his children, and also spent all the cash in drinks earned by the youngsters .
The girl asks Vellu about his plans but he didn't reply . He was starving and therefore the girl offered him some food.
When the sun rose Vellu's feet burned with the glaring of the sun and he was soaked with sweat. His mind reeled over food, and that they stopped before an enormous building which was an auditorium. There was an wedding happening there because the name of the bride and the groom was written outside. The girl asksed Vellu to come inside, and Vellu became nervous by seeing the large crowd. and inquired whether or not to eat here.
The girl lead him towards the backyard of the hall where an enormous garbage bin overflows with rubbish, wherein two goats were fighting over a banana leaf, and then the girl picked up a squashy banana and gave it to Vellu for eating.
Vellu then remembered that the homes within the village appear to be strange as they're made from mud and palm leaves.
The girl Jaya, goes around one of the huts and dumps her sack and picks up an empty one. She then throws a pair of old shoes towards vellu, hands him over a sack as hers and asks him to return together with her .
Vellu may be a little confused by the work he has been assigned with, as he had only worked on a landowner's farm, weeding and grazing cows. puzzled Velu asks if there have been any farms within the city, to which Jaya replies that there are not any farms within the city and that they were rag pickers.
Vellu had never done such a thing and is extremely skeptical about picking rubbish. Jaya then explains Vellu that they're going to only be picking paper, plastics and glass bottles, and Vellu becomes even more confused when he knows that they're to sell these things to Jam Bazaar Jaggu. he enquires Jaya about the person, to which she replies that Jaggu would sell the things to a factory.
Jaya feels that Vellu is wasting time thinking about whether to do the job or not, but Vellu is adamant about doing such a job of picking up garbage.
The girl asks Vellu about his plans but he didn't reply . He was starving and therefore the girl offered him some food.
When the sun rose Vellu's feet burned with the glaring of the sun and he was soaked with sweat. His mind reeled over food, and that they stopped before an enormous building which was an auditorium. There was an wedding happening there because the name of the bride and the groom was written outside. The girl asksed Vellu to come inside, and Vellu became nervous by seeing the large crowd. and inquired whether or not to eat here.
The girl lead him towards the backyard of the hall where an enormous garbage bin overflows with rubbish, wherein two goats were fighting over a banana leaf, and then the girl picked up a squashy banana and gave it to Vellu for eating.
Vellu then remembered that the homes within the village appear to be strange as they're made from mud and palm leaves.
The girl Jaya, goes around one of the huts and dumps her sack and picks up an empty one. She then throws a pair of old shoes towards vellu, hands him over a sack as hers and asks him to return together with her .
Vellu may be a little confused by the work he has been assigned with, as he had only worked on a landowner's farm, weeding and grazing cows. puzzled Velu asks if there have been any farms within the city, to which Jaya replies that there are not any farms within the city and that they were rag pickers.
Vellu had never done such a thing and is extremely skeptical about picking rubbish. Jaya then explains Vellu that they're going to only be picking paper, plastics and glass bottles, and Vellu becomes even more confused when he knows that they're to sell these things to Jam Bazaar Jaggu. he enquires Jaya about the person, to which she replies that Jaggu would sell the things to a factory.
Jaya feels that Vellu is wasting time thinking about whether to do the job or not, but Vellu is adamant about doing such a job of picking up garbage.
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