#4: Sai Raja on Dancing, Participating in Salsa Championships, Latin Dancing in India and More
Sai Raja is one of India’s finest Salsa Dancer and one-half of the dance duo Sai and Kirthi. Sai has represented India Internationally, won numerous Championships and participated in reality TV shows like India’s Got Talent. Now, he teaches various Latin dance forms like Salsa and Bachata at his dance school Latin Dance India (LDI) in Bangalore with Kirthi Kishore – his business and dance partner.
In this episode, we talk about his childhood, how “dance” found him, participating in global Salsa championships and congresses, Salsa in India, being an Instructor at his dance school – Latin Dance India – over the years and how COVID-19 impacted people’s approach to Dancing.
![[From the archives]
This is something I wrote back in 2019, before we knew the Pandemic and the madness of Revenge Travel. Surprisingly, there are some causes that stay meaningful and relevant no matter how much time passes. In fact, maybe things are worse than they were back then?
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Hey Beautiful People,
I've had so much mental confusion while I continue to write to you from Parvati Valley today. As a traveller for the past 4 months, I'm deeply saddened by how things are run. Aunthenticity of most of the places and villages I've tried to visit is mostly lost. There are some tourists with no care for the place and just come to party everywhere. Everything from stay to transport to water is commercialised. Let me not even get started with Sustainable Organisations with toxic office politics, worse than corporate.
Frankly, I believe I shouldn't be arguing to get normal water in atleast the Himalayas or the rest of India. I shouldn't be struggling to not use plastic add ons and single use plastic or avoiding Maggi like a plague. I shouldn't have the need to fight anything for home cooked food or staying or interacting with the locals.
Tourism as an industry is a service sector and I've noticed people profiting immensely in it. It seems like there is a price tag on every single thing on this earth. But, I'm saddened by it all. Though you can find kind people everywhere, encountering the occasional person with a bad vibe, sometimes questions the way the people and world works.
Trying to find motivation and reason to continue with my work and producing meaningful content in an era plagued by over tourism, meaninglessness and way less travellers than their need to be.
XO
Prerana
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