How the World Works

By Andrew Leonard
Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008 12:35 PDT

The subcontinental salsa king

By day, Giju John is an electrical engineer working for Intel. By night, he is king of the Hindi salsa.

Or, if he happens to be visiting India, rather than Silicon Valley, vice versa.

Sepia Mutiny tips us off to the full story in the San Jose Mercury News.

― Andrew Leonard

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