Asom boy dancing into record books

Guwahati, June 17 (UNI) Rupendu Das wants to dance his way to the record books, literally.

Hailing from Silchar in Barak valley of Asom, Rupendu has set his eyes on breaking the world record of non-stop dancing.

''Dancing has been my passion all along and now I want to enter the record books through it,'' he said.

Rupendu had already completed the feat of dancing non-stop for 32 hours at his hometown. He will attempt for 40 hours non-stop dancing in Guwahati later in the month.

But, he has his eyes fixed on the world record of 48 hours.

''If I can achieve the feat, I will be featured in Zee TV's 'Sabash India' and can easily get my name entered in the record books,'' he said.

Rupendu eats high calorie food two days prior to his non-stop dancing routines and takes only liquids during the performance.

He doesn't stop dancing even if the music stops.

''Even if the music stops due to some technical glitch, I continue with the dancing,'' he said.

However, all had not been smooth sailing for the dancer ''Very few people come forward to help genuinely. I have stopped depending on others help and go about doing my works, like meeting sponsors, hanging my posters, all by myself,'' Rupendu said.

His family had been the greatest strength for him, he said, adding ''My son is also good at dancing and we are encouraging him.'' UNI