It's My Empire

You might have to zoom in a little to read the article, but Bhangra Empire was featured in this article discussing bhangra in North America. It is an honor to be thought of as one of the teams on the forefront of keeping bhangra alive in North America.

Happy Thanksgiving from everybody here at Bhangra Empire! Hope you all have a good day filled with family, friends, and football.

Bhangra Empire poses with Jazzy B at Desi Dhamaka 2009. We had the honor of opening for him as well as dancing on stage with him at the concert, which also featured Miss Pooja and Geeta Zalidar. Looks like Puneet is the only one who got the memo to look at the right camera.

Bhangra Empire at Pizza My Heart in downtown San Jose. This used to be one of our main places for post-practice meals back in the day. I was never too big of a fan of the pizza but they were open late and had this cool conference room in the back which we usually always took over.

Nachda Punjab (San Jose State’s Bhangra Competition) happened this past Saturday. As I had mentioned last week, I had the opportunity to be a judge for the music section of the competition. Being a judge is always a very interesting experience. Normally, the only team I focus on 100% at a competition is Bhangra Empire. If I get a chance to watch other teams, I try to watch as a fan. My appr...

Bhangra Empire poses with President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House in November of 2009. 2 years ago yesterday (my birthday), I got an e-mail from the White House asking us to perform at the First State dinner. I spent about 12 hours on the phone that day with the White House, team members, and the airlines. Since nothing was confirmed until the next day, I remember...

In honor of Nachda Punjab happening tomorrow, here is a picture of Bhangra Empire at Nachda Punjab back in 2006. Coincidentally, 5 years later, we have gone back to purple and green as our colors. You can get more information on Nachda Punjab from their website: Nachda Punjab Website

Nachda Punjab 2011 For those of you that live in the Bay Area (or nearby), the San Jose State SSA is throwing Nachda Punjab this weekend (tomorrow). Nachda Punjab is one of the Bay Area’s oldest bhangra competitions. In the past it has been held on campus at SJSU, however, this year, they are moving the competition to the Mexican Heritage Plaza in San Jose. It is an extremely nice venue wit...

He was one of the most famous bhangra singers of all time that passed away 8 years ago today. Surjit Bindrakhia was an inspiration to so many bhangra teams out there. Bhangra Empire has used his songs countless times in our routines. The picture above is from Punjabi Soormay’s performance from Bruin Bhangra 2007. They did a tribute to Surjit Bindrakhia and performed to a medley of his song...

Elite 8 Bhangra - March 3rd 2012 - Washington DC With Boston Bhangra happening this past weekend, the next ‘big’ bhangra competition is the Elite 8 Bhangra Invitational. It happens in Washington DC and is on March 3rd this year. More information on the event can be found on the official Elite 8 website, here. Elite 8 is a competition that is in its 3rd year now. It is a little differe...