Mountain Man

Odisha's Daitari Nayak had been failed by the rains, and could not afford to let his crops suffer again.

“I was a student of class 8 when I started working as a tour guide, only so that I could support my family with some income. By the time I was in class 10, my family's financial condition had gotten worse, and I was forced to quit school to work full time.”

When his wife fell ill and there were no roads to take her to the doctor on time, Dashrath Manjhi took a decision: to move a mountain. Even after his wife died, he continued with his mammoth task for 22 years till he made a road connecting his people to doctors on the other side of the mountain. Read to know what true heroes are made of!