Seventeen-year-old Deenu can’t read or write—but he has a story the world needs to hear. Dictated aloud to his friend Sanju, a university student, and addressed as an open letter to India’s Prime Minister, Deenu’s extraordinary journey unfolds.
Abandoned at birth and raised in an orphanage near Haridwar, Deenu’s life takes a dark turn at fifteen when he is kidnapped by a child-trafficking gang. Groomed in the art of pickpocketing and sent to Bengaluru, his world shatters when he discovers his best friend has been murdered by their handlers. Fleeing to Kolkata with a stolen photo—unaware of its power as a blackmail tool—he tries to rebuild his life as a lone pickpocket.
But fate has more in store. A stolen wallet, a decades-old love letter, and a trail that leads to an elderly woman in a care home set Deenu on an unexpected mission of the heart. As he helps reunite two long-lost lovers, danger closes in. Vikram, the ruthless trafficker, is hunting him—and he won’t stop until he gets what he wants.
When violence strikes close to home, Deenu is forced to make a life-or-death decision. What follows is a gripping tale of survival, redemption, love, and justice—told through the voice of a boy who once had nothing but his story.