A student, an English teacher... and some dancing lessons

Delhi school teacher Manu Gulati tells Brut the story behind her viral video of dancing with a student in the classroom.

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00:00This was a victory dance.

00:23That was definitely an English language class, and since the child wanted to perform on

00:29a Haryanvi song, so I said there's no issue at all.

00:53If the classroom is set up, then it is generally the teacher who is teaching.

00:59You see the classroom from close quarters, you realize that there's a lot that teachers

01:06actually learn from their students.

01:14See, when you are a teacher, you know, you need to have that sportsman spirit where when

01:20the children are saying something or someone is telling you to do something, don't refuse.

01:25At our request, at the request of the teachers, the children work a lot.

01:30The relationship has to be very mutual and very reciprocated.

01:36So I also started dancing.

01:38There are moments when, you know, we shed all our inhibitions and we decide that we

01:55are going to dance, we are going to sing songs, we are going to crack jokes.

02:08These are some moments when we are very stress-free, where children feel that this is the place

02:28where nobody is judging me.