"ALOO BHALAY......here it''s me ‘Govinda' and I am 42 years old. More than 90% of local people here in Dharamshala call me Govinda. Govinda, is one of the famous Bollywood actor. I know that it is just like a nick name given to by some of my friends when I first arrived here in 1989."
"I even don't know why they are calling me ‘Govinda’ rather than ‘Tenzin Paljor’ which is my real name. "
"For 25 years I have been living here in this small hill station with my mom and two of my cousins who are younger than me. I did my education in south India at CST Mungod till 4th grade. After that I left my education line and I start to supporting my family. Now i am running a small business where I am selling Aloo bhalay (Tibetan bread with potato filings) in Dharamsala and most of my customers are local people. I make around 10$. This is the only income right now and I don’t have complain with it all.”
“ Being a disabled, what I have learned in my life as you meet all kinds of people but majority of the people have little Buddha in their heart. And that is why I believe that I am successful in my life because of these little Buddhas in my customers heart.”
“What other people thinks about me is not my business, my business is selling potato bread."
Tenzin Paljor, Dharamshala.
Interview and photo credit: Kunga Tenzin
He's my buddy....but I never call him govinda though
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