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Dancing with Kailash Kher

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Voice from audience: (shouts) Kailash Kher! Please call this girl on stage once again. The girl referred to, is me. I am back from dancing with The Kailash Kher on stage (see the performance here  and here ), and presently dancing in the aisle, to the dedicated viewership of a packed Siri Fort Auditorium. Minutes ago, Kailash Kher had invited a few girls to come up on stage and 'compete' with him on a Rajasthani folk number, and I was the first one to rush to stage. Barefoot. It is August 11 of 2015, and it is the third time I am dancing with Kailasa on the same stage. The first two times were in the winter of 2011. Four years ago. But the troupe recognises me, and tells me so. The guitarist and percussionist, flanked by my friend Vandana and I Kailash Kher: No no no. I call only once on stage. The girl can continue dancing in the aisle. Please enjoy her dance there. Voice: But we want to see her dance on the stage! Kailash Kher ignores. The voice presses on