LITTLE DAVID AND GOLIATHS

Kochi is a small coastal town in the southern most State of Kerala in India. Kochu Daveed, our hero, was born there in the 1950s, when India is still coming into grips with its new-found independence and going through the turmoil of becoming the largest democracy in the world. His ancestral family were wealthy, but his father lost everything by his laziness and extravagant lifestyle. Kochu Daveed had to discontinue his school studies and start earning his livelihood to put bread on the tabl...