Overview

A Gram Panchayat (Village Governing Party) in rural India facilitates the functioning of a Makkala Samiti (Children's Committee). The committee acts as a pressure group in trying to get the local governance react to various social issues that it raises. Guided by a sympathetic school teacher, the children’s honesty and persistency ruffles many feathers among the adults, some of whom have been using the ‘Makkala Samiti’ for their own needs.