The Elder One concerns itself with an arduous quest to find a missing relative. But this tale of two siblings, who each leave home for their
own reasons, expands the scope of Mohandas' already-generous sense of
the diversity of the Indian experience. Stealing a small and hardly
seaworthy fishing boat, 14-year-old Mulla flees the sleepy, idyllic
island of Lakshadweep for the crowded bustle of Mumbai. Akbar, Mulla's
elder brother, left for the city some years before, and Mulla - with
only a phone number to rely on - is convinced the two can reunite there.
But upon arrival, Mulla immediately falls in with a gang of criminal
orphans, receiving a crash course in survival skills for Mumbai's
criminal underground. In the midst of Mulla's story, Mohandas takes us
back to the days leading up to Akbar's departure from Lakshadweep, when
he met mute Ameer sent to the island for an unwanted arranged marriage.
Their gay affection will alter the course of both of their lives.
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