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The Water Catchers
Someone from your bloodline, your village and water are all closely linked. Counting out his days through measured buckets of water in the overcrowded, water-deprived city of Mumbai, 11-year old Chintan aka Chintu leads a somewhat ordinary life. But all of that changes when his grandfather tells him about a strange prophecy foretold by a shadow-astrologer. This starts Chintu and his grandfather off on a quest for an unknown saviour from their family, who will rescue their ancestral water-deprived village called Tintodan. Time is running out for both as the quest must end before Mansukhbhais next birthday and there a darker part of the prophecy has not yet revealed. A trip to Tintodan makes Chintu realizes that some prophecies can come true after all. A meeting with the mysterious girl called Mahi changes everyones life and her strange powers can transform the destiny of a whole village. Back in Mumbai, Chintu has secrets of his own. A run-in with the dreaded Sholay Gang at school results in an impossible challenge and Chintu is catapulted into the thick of things as he finds himself leading an inter school conservation competition that could transform his school. Do these unlikely heroes fulfil the prophecy? Can Chintu, Maahi and Mansukhbhai find the mysterious member from the bloodline and save their parched village? Does Chintus school win the competition? Does he defeat the bullies of the Sholay Gang? Read about the magic in water and how it trickles through different lives, transforming everyone who catches a drop.