When asked as to what thought goes behind creating the tallest Ravana effigy, he says, “every day we see a new religious man emerging in the scene of national television. With them emerges new controversies and evil. By raising the height of the Ravana I just want to give a hope to the people as to the fact that however tall evil gets, in the end it will burn and get destroyed by good.” For this person and the club the destruction of the tall Ravana is symbolic and moreover it gives hope. This year, the king of Lanka stands to be 180 ft tall, and the height has been raised by 2 ft more than the last year. They started off by making a 151-ft tall Ravana five years ago, and they are determined to go on till the Guinness Book of World records take notice of them.

Ramlila for the Barara village in Ambala is for 14 days. Although the Ravana and his brothers effigies starts 4 months in advance but for people the 14 days leading upto Ramlila is pure celebration and fun. Muslim karigars are called from Lucknow to make the idols, and they stay in the village while making the effigies. Mohammad Usman, the chief artiste, is always helping people and giving them tips to make the best effigies in India. Tejinder Singh said, “apart from excellent work I also want my club to be known for a place where Hindus and Muslims work together for a single festival.” Ramlila is a big thing for the place and people from far across come to have a look at the tallest Ravana. Children prepare extensively for the 6 hours long programme on the final day of Navratri, which is filled with stories of Ramayana. Around 100 people of the club sweat it out to make this day happen.   

People might ponder that the tallest Ravana that has entered Limca Book and is targeting Guinness Book sounds quite nice but what happens about funding. The President says that this time for making 180 ft Ravana around 12 lakh rupees is the budget and only one lakh has been donated. In his own words, “I do not ask for any donation and I do not say no if people pay something. As it is my desire and I hope one day to enter the club in Guinness book of world record I pay almost the entire sum.” Agriculture gives him quite a bit money and he makes use of that. What is worth noticing is that in the world where political people are amassing wealth of the public, this man is spending lakhs of rupees for entertainment and his passion.

As is customary of a Ravana to be filled up with firecrackers, the tallest Ravana of India is filled up with 2 lakh of rupees firecracker. The only negaive aspect of the entire concept, if one might say so, is the fact that for two hours these crackers burn with the effigy, and emit a lot of smoke, and inevitably causes pollution. But as Tejinder says, “If that is the case then India should stop celebrating Diwali.” Since the thought behind the process is noble, hence no one really minds one day’s pollution. Political parties have approached the club but since it is an apolitical endeavour hence Tejinder has refused to either join or promote any such party. Hopefully, one day the evils of our times would burn and fall too like the tallest Ravana.