Hathi

5000 years ago in India men started to capture and tame elephants for war parades and worship Still today the young Makbul grows up in daily contact with the wild and domesticated elephants that live in the forest around his native village in southern India Over the objections of his mother Makbul follows in the footsteps of his father and grandfather going deep into the forest to learn the ageold profession of the mahout or elephant handler in the governments employ When an elephant calf named Vikrama is born the animal is placed under Makbuls care