17 August 2015
The BBC reports that Laxman Rao, "the most famous tea seller in the Indian capital, Delhi," has found notable success on Amazon as the author of 24 Hindi-language novels.
The son of a farmer, Rao left his village, located in the western state of Maharshtra, to move to Delhi in 1975 to "fulfill his dream of becoming a writer."
Rao worked various jobs - construction worker, dishwasher, paan and cigarette seller - before finally opening his tea stall, but never gave up on his dream of becoming a published author. Unfortunately, "all his meetings with publishers ended in disappointment as nobody was willing to bet their money on a book written by a roadside vendor."
