statue of unity

Born to a carpenter and educated only till Class 5, Ram Vanji Sutar walked barefoot to Mumbai and went on to build the world’s tallest statue. Here’s his extraordinary journey.

It had been a dream that provoked little Sutar to run away for good, where a ‘golden’ sparrow told him to chase his passion of art.

In a country grappling with considerable poverty and serious civic issues, it doesn't make sense to give more importance to dead icons than living people.