Dance is my passion. I was so determined to learn dance I literally dragged my dad to a dance school when I was seven. The year was 1977 and it happened at Nagpur, India. That is where I met my guru Mr. Madan Pande. He is follower of Jaipur Gharana and taught me basic techniques of Kathak and folk dancing. After learning Kathak for about 10 years I passed my “Visharad” from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Mumbai in 1988. This is equivalent to a graduate degree. I now teach Kathak in the Chicago area.