Anand Mahindra is known to share various stories of talented people on Twitter (file)
New Delhi:
Renowned industrialist Anand Mahindra took to Twitter today to say hello to a young Delhi ballet dancer who is pursuing his dreams in the UK despite a number of challenges and hardships.
Sharing a newspaper clip from the man’s journey, which the chairman of the Mahindra group got from his friend, he tweeted that he applauded the man’s talent.
The newspaper clipping is about Kamal Singh, 20, who is the son of an electric rickshaw driver in Vikaspuri, and how he funded his costs for a top ballet school in the UK. Its course lasts a year and costs 8,000 pounds. There are other additional costs of living and travel.
Mr Singh, who says he didn’t even know what ballet was until he was 17, raised £ 20,000 from the Ketto fundraising platform in just 14 days.
“A friend in the UK sent me this clipping… The son of an electronic rickshaw driver from Delhi enters the UK’s most prestigious ballet school. In the midst of a global lockdown, we see a young man unlocking his whole world & his future. I stand up and applaud, “tweeted Anand Mahindra, 65, of the man’s exceptional journey.
A friend in the UK sent me this clipping … The son of an electronic rickshaw driver from Delhi enters the UK’s most prestigious ballet school. In the midst of a global lockdown, we see a young man unlocking his entire world and his future. I get up and I applaud … 👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/sB2cTZMCnq
– anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) October 16, 2020
Mr. Mahindra is known for sharing various stories of talented people on Twitter. His tweet was liked over 1,200 times in just 30 minutes.
Kamal Singh, the newspaper says, was motivated by the Hindi dance film “ABCD: Anyone Can Dance” and also talks about the restrictions he has faced due to the coronavirus lockdown.
The ballet dancer has left for the UK and will be training at the English National Ballet School for a year, the newspaper said.
He will have the chance to join the English National Ballet Company as a professional dancer after his passage.
