Manjhi The Mountain Man: A Graphical Representation

A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONBY SANTOSH KUSHWAHA

DASHRATH MAJHIA “Moosahar”

Born in a poorlabourer's home

[THE RATEATERS]

Father was a drunkard

PHAGUNIYA Father

He was married o� as a child.

30 bottles of liquor and 5 pigs as dowry.

MUKHIYA JEE

RETURNMY MONEY.

MY LORD!I don’t have money.

Take my son instead.

Now he willpay your debt.

I WON’T GO. MUKHIYA BEATS KIDS.

1960 - GEHLORE VILLAGE, BIHAR, INDIA

Nearest town Wazirgunj is just 4 MILES across the mountain. But one has to go 40 MILES around the mountain to reach the town. So many have died trying to cross the mountain.

There was no school. No hospital. No road. GEHLORE VILLAGE

WAZIRGUNJ

THE MOUNTAIN

4 MILES

40 MILES

Dashrath returns to his village Gehlore after 7 years.

He meets a girl at a fair on his way to the village and is besotted with her. Later, he comes to know that it's his wife Phaguniya.

But Phaguniya's father arranges her second marriage against her wishes. Dashrath elopes with her on the day of marriage.

SHANDAAR! JABARDAST! JINDABAD!

Catchthem!

Run Phaguniya

Run!

They begin a happy life together.

DASHRATH

One day she crosses the mountain to bring him his lunch and......she slips

and seriously injures herself...

which eventually leads to her death.

Dashrath Majhi is deeply disturbed and that very night he decides to carve a path through the Gehlour mountain so that the village could easily access medical services.

YOU THINK YOU ARE TOO BIG?

TOO POWERFUL?

After 2 years

After 6 years...

After 15 years...

A drought hits the village andthe villagers are forced to leave.But Majhi continues his task undaunted.

WATCH HOW I BREAKYOUR ARROGANCE!

YOUR GAME IS OVER!

Hisss!

After 22 years...

Sources: Manjhi - The Mountain Man (movie), Wikipedia

I DEDICATE THIS WORK TO THE REAL MOUNTAIN MAN

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1934 - 2007

Finally he was able to carve a path through a

360 ft long, 30 ft wide and 25 ft high mountain

using only a hammer and chisel. Dashrath

shortened travel between Gehlore and

Wazirganj from 40 miles to 4 miles.