Bhangra Is Not A "Thing"
New Possibilities Start When We Recognise What Bhangra Really IsBy Ravi Sandhu
Length53m
About this audiobook
Ask a hundred people what bhangra is and you will get a hundred answers: a wedding, a drum, a fitness class, a film song, a costume. This book argues that the problem is the word itself. Bhangra is not a thing to be owned, packaged and sold. It is something people do, and it grew from particular people in a particular place. Written by Ravi Sandhu, founder of Pungra and a group exercise instructor, this plain and friendly guide covers the name and how to say it, the harvest roots, the Punjab region, the dhol and the family of Punjabi dances, the story from village to Southall, how bhangra differs from Bollywood, women on the dance floor, and what happens when bhangra meets the gym. It is for Punjabi readers who have felt the wince, for anyone who wants to get it right, and for teachers who want a standard to hold themselves to. Not a scholarly history, and not a telling-off. Say it correctly, credit it generously, and keep learning.
Audiobook details
GenreHealth and Wellness, Psychology
Length53 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 3, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1A note before we begin
2Introduction: A Dance Without a Noun
3Chapter 1: The Word
4Chapter 2: Harvest, Not Stage
5Chapter 3: A Map With a Line Through It
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6Chapter 4: A Family, Not an Only Child
7Chapter 5: The Drum and Its Friends
8Chapter 6: From Village to Southall
9Chapter 7: Bhangra and Bollywood
10Chapter 8: Women and the Dance Floor
11Chapter 9: When Bhangra Met the Gym
12Chapter 10: Respect, Not Appropriation: One Standard for Everyone
13Chapter 11: Who Gets to Teach It
14Chapter 12: How to Teach Without Faking It
15Chapter 13: Say It, Credit It, Keep Learning
16Notes and Further Reading
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