Indian breakers may not have made it to the Olympics, but they have certainly made it to international stages, making it big on talent shows like America’s Got Talent and World of Dance. “I don’t know what the requirements to qualify for the Olympics are. I don’t know the categories. But we have to acknowledge that we started later than the West… Sometimes, the right people just don’t have the right opportunity to make it to an audition. I realised this when we were doing Boogie Woogie. Sometimes, the best people would miss an audition and you’d see them five years later and realise they are the most talented you’ve seen in a while. It’s a bit of luck too.”

He asks that the community not lose hope over the lack of institutional support, and instead turn to trusty “jugaad”. “Today, the phone is the biggest institution for any artist. This phone has democratised talent and bypassed all institutions. A kid in a remote mountain village in Arunachal Pradesh can access the world. The best dancers on Instagram are not coming from institutions. There will be a whole bunch of them in the years to come. Indians are brilliant at jugaad; they will work their way to getting there the next time,” he says.