Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Selling tea, Indian writer keeps passion alive

Brewing steaming cup of tea by roadside is what he does for earning his livelihood. But writing books is what he lives for. The 55-year old Laxman Rao is a unique story in himself.

A graduate from Delhi University, he rides to his shop everyday on a bicycle carrying his books in one bag and a saucepan, tealeaves, sugar, milk and plastic cups in another.

Everyday, one p.m. is when he reaches Digambar road in the heart of Delhi where some of India's major English newspaper houses are located, and sets up his shop by the road under the canopy of an old banyan tree.

The stall comprises a stove, a stone slate to sit on and a plastic sheet to spread his book titles on. For his customers, he would quickly make a sitting bench by placing a wooden plank on two bricks each on either ends.

Full report here Xinhua 

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