India, Oct. 22 -- One grey afternoon, I was standing by the feet of a tall man. A really tall man and conjuring mathematical numbers. He was wearing strappy sandals with neat stitches and I was trying to stack myself 100 times over to reach his height. He is 182 metres tall, I am petite - if I stacked myself 100 times head to toe, I would be as tall as him. Perhaps not. Also read | Statue of Unity is not just a 'static wonder'; there are two big 'oscillators' inside

Standing in the shadow of the gigantic bronze-clad statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, even my mathematical imagination failed me. After all, Statue of Unity (SoU) is the world's tallest statue that pays homage to the man who united India with his grit and statesmanship. Sard...