The 32-year-old lives in India. He complains: “In terms of marriage, the main problem is my height. It will be very difficult to find someone who is tall enough for me. I think it is impossible. So this is also the reason why I haven’t had a girlfriend. Although, women are very much interested in me.”
“In college, I was a very shy person. Like other boys, I never approached girls to have a chat. I had great respect for them but never met the woman of my dreams”
Dharmendra holds a Master’s degree in Hindi. But his height has also made it hard for him to find paying work: “Whenever I went for interviews for jobs, people asked how will do the work if I was so tall.”
So he took up work as a freakshow performer at a local amusement park. He spends his days in a cage-like structure selling photographs.
Dharmendra said: “I was ill-treated by many people who would call me names like ‘giraffe’ or ‘camel.’ I was not very friendly with the children in my neighbourhood and I didn’t make many friends. I have a problem – I can’t make friends. And that holds true for women also
“I have to face a lot of problems in my day to day life because of my height. I need a helper to help me with smaller things. I have trouble even walking. I need someone to go to a market and buy things for me. I don’t go to the market very because it is very crowded and people harass me. It is a terrible feeling when I am unable to do normal things,” he said.
Nevertheless, he says being super tall is not all doom and gloom: “I feel great when people look at me and get happy. I make their day. They want to know about me and get photos clicked. I am immensely popular and it is all because of my height.”