Fiction for children 10 - 12 plus.
The story revolves around two boys, very similar in looks, but from very different backgrounds. Muziya is the youngest grandson of Khan Bir Khan, a seventyfour year old simple kitemaker of Wartungawadi.
Khan has a secret dream: The day Muziya does well in school, and succeeds in life, he'll give up his booth and spend the rest of his days making and flying his kites from the peak he has dubbed Mera Everest when he himself was a boy of nineteen in 1953, the year Hillary and Tensing conquered the Everest. To him, the peak stands for the achievement of ones goals.
Vir is Mr.Heerats son, the CEO of CyberAce, a large IT company right opposite Khans tiny booth. Vir and Muziya meet on Saturdays to fly Khan's kites and they enjoy each others company. Vir is unfortunately kidnapped by two evil characters, and Heerat and Khan, though they despise each other, are now thrown albeit unwillingly into each others arms. As the Heerats grow fond of Muziya, who turns out helpful and sincere, Vir, locked up in a disused old building, misses the comfort of his own home and strict but loving parents, and his Granny.
A week of rising tensions , phone calls between police and parents, ends with one day left to reach the deadline, ..."or else..."
Muziya runs away from home and locates Virs prison cell, frees him and takes his place, to make up for the guilt of having got Vir into trouble in the first place.
In the nick of time, both boys are rescued and the kidnappers caught red handed.
Finally, Heerat makes amends by offering to pay for Muziya's entire education, and help him to take up a successful career.
Khan takes the Heerats and his own family up to the same hill to fly kites and celebrate the beginning of a better life for his grandson Muziya.
CyberAce celebrates Kite Day every year after that, to encourage all their employees to take time off to " smell the roses".....
