retired postman

D Sivan, a postman from Coonoor has braved thick forests, tough terrains, and attacks from wild animals for the last 30 years to deliver letters at some of the remotest villages on the Nilgiri Hills.

In 2011, the retired postman used all his life savings and the gold jewellery belonging to his wife, Tajamulli Begum, to construct a replica of the Taj next to his house in the village of Kaser Kalan in the Bulandshahr district of Western Uttar Pradesh.