Vinay Tiwari

 My struggles started young. I was 4 years old when my father left us and 7 when I started doing a job that paid only 1 rupee a day. I passed matric studying all by myself. I started dancing in 2012 but due to my poor background it wasn't feasible, so I had to leave and start doing a job again. I did various jobs such as car washing, office work, a delivery boy at a printing press, choreographing wedding dances, as a waiter in restaurants, Kirana stores, etc.


I tried year after year to shift to dance. I went to school at 7 in the morning and after school went to my job that paid only 300 rs. Then finally at night, I used to get some time for my dance. All my childhood I juggled between the three to earn some money for school and home. I started to dance when I was in school. I used to go to my friend's house to teach him without any transportation, I used to walk km to go to his house, and slowly teaching dance turned into my passion.

I started taking classes and my journey as a dancer started. I had a lot of family pressure to do a job because even my sister was working. I was in a dilemma but as the dance was my passion I decided to take it as a career even though my family wasn't very supportive and demotivated me by saying dancing does not have a high income. I wasn't able to pay at home for some time, had some nights without food, but finally, somehow I managed to start my dance institute in 2017. I taught many students, some were even struggling with depression or having suicidal thoughts and my class seemed to have worked as a stress buster for them, it made them smile, it made them happy.

When they say they are thankful for my dance classes I feel so blessed and grateful that I chose to teach dance. I earned good enough to run my house and for my stuff as well. Then in 2016, I got a Zumba certificate and started teaching Zumba to kids along with other styles such as hip-hop, Bollywood freestyle, etc. I worked very hard and now finally I have my dance academy where I teach different styles.


My family members drifted my parents apart. Being a rich man's son, people used to force me to ask him for some financial help, but my mother taught me to keep my head high and by making it on my own I proved the world wrong. I started my career in dancing as an assistant where I learned a lot of things. I came back with them with the hope to start my dance academy. Downfalls are there in everyone's career but I motivated myself and followed my passion. When nothing here was working out for me I left everything to go to Mumbai. Staying there helped me learn a different perspective of struggle and made me independent. I've always been an optimistic person and believed that "everything happens for a reason all we have to do is to find a little positivity to survive any bad situation".

I  am forever grateful to God and my Mother for standing beside me when no one did and being there for me no matter what.
With all the situations I've been through, the one thing I learned is that "our bad experiences only make us stronger inside and a strong person always wins the race of life. There is no point in wasting time living in the past instead write your future by working hard for it."