The Man Who Single-handedly Carved a WHOLE Mountain: This Comic Is True Story!

Dasrath Manjhi, a landless farmer from India, made history after he spent over two decades chiseling away at a mountain with rudimentary tools, in order to create a road for his community, when the Government refused to.

But what empowered a single man to accomplish such a monumental task? For Dasrath it was the love for his wife.

“My wife, Faguni Devi, was seriously injured while crossing the hill to bring me water; I worked then on a farm across the hills.

That was the day I decided to carve out a proper road through this hill,” the farmer said. Sadly, his beloved wife didn’t get to see the fruits of his labor, as shortly after the accident she fell ill and died, because she couldn’t be taken to the hospital in time. The tragic loss only made the ambitious man more focused on his task, and fellow villagers remember seeing him ”hacking at the hill day and night as if he were possessed”.

But with the passing years, his motivation changed. “My love for my wife was the initial spark that ignited in me the desire to carve out a road. But what kept me working without fear or worry all those years was the desire to see thousands of villagers crossing the hill with ease whenever they wanted,” Manjhi said in an interview.  

 

The real story at: Oddity Central

Comic from: Rational Comics