Asom boy dancing into the record books

Guwahati, Jun 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.

He said, ''Dancing had been my passion all along and now I want to enter the record books through it.'' Rupendu had already completed the feat of dancing non-stop for 32 hours at his hometown. He will attempt at 40 hours non-stop dancing in Guwahati later in the month.

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

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

In fact, Rupendu doesn't stops dancing even if the music stops.

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

But all had not been smooth sailing for this dancer. He said, ''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.'' His family had been the greatest strength for him, he said adding that, ''My son is also good at dancing and we are encouraging him.'' UNI SG PP AB 1436