Chintu, the 8 year old school boy takes to growing mint in absolutely harsh weather with the blazing sun baking the bare ground and temperatures soaring as high as 42° C. He is born into a farming family but he is raised away from farms in an urban settlement. His parents and even grand parents moved to Hyderabad in search of non-agricultural occupations leaving their 5-acre farm in Warangal district and bequeathing behind the culture and knowledge associated with it. Fortunately, the farming instinct seems to run in the family and somehow surfaces in Little Chintu.
Agriculture in urban areas is not considered to be an appropriate proposition, at least in terms of returns-on-investment. Many do not bother, and even those who do bother do not venture. It is more than just economics. It is a culture and it is the spirit that matters! And this is what exactly little Chintu displayed, however humble or modest the attempt is. In my opinion, the direction is more important than the magnitude. If we insist on the magnitude the direction may be throttled.
