Boston University Bhangra

Having auditioned and been selected to be a part of BU Bhangra’s Core Competitive team was a highlight of my dancing career, after having graduated from UMass Amherst.

I was so excited to continue with a dance team environment but this time, by learning proper Bhangra techniques and applying them to competition-based performances. I was supposed to be onstage for Boston Bhangra Competition 2009, but my asthma decided otherwise for me.

I completed that dream a few months later while performing at South Asian Showdown in February 2010. And it was such an adrenaline rush of late-night practices, backstage costume and performance prep, as well as celebrating putting our best effort forward even though we did not place that year.