Everyone loves to bhangra. Doing bhangra has literally become a form of expression in good times and in bad ones. While it originated from Punjab, it’s a dance that has been adopted by ALL desis.
Here are 21 situations where doing bhangra makes the most sense because well… why the hell not? *plays Daler Mehndi music*
1. When your friend tells you something exciting about her life and you don’t really care but you have to pretend to care…
2. When Karachi wins against Lahore in the PSL and you need to remind your Lahori friends how to celebrate
3. When the last day of the month is on a Sunday and you end up getting your salary 2 days earlier
4. When you have absolutely no idea what is happening with your life but have to stay calm and pretend like it’s ALL GOOD
5. When you’ve put 20 snaps up on your Snapchat story and your crush has viewed… ALL OF THEM
6. When some Uncle comes to the dance floor at a mehndi and dances with you…
And you literally have no choice but to do the bhangra because that’s the safest most neutral option.
7. When you’re traveling in the Northern Areas and make it to the top of a mountain (or realistically speaking – if you make it to any part of a mountain)
8. When unwanted rishtay wallay are over and they ask “so beta, weekend pe time kaisay guzaarti ho?” and you’re like…
9. When your maasi hasn’t come in and ami forces you to do the jhaaroo pocha at home
10. When you’re fighting over potential-bae with someone else but have to be discreet and chill about your desperation for her.
11. When you have no idea what’s happening during lecture because *ahem* and you’re constantly zoning in and out, so you start to visualize your instructor doing bhangra while teaching Intro to Physics 101…
12. When you need to convince bae to eat out with you and you know the only way to his/her heart is by asking while doing bhangra.
13. When your dad asks you what you want to do with your life
14. When you roast your friend on a group chat and you have a bunch of “hahahaha” reactions being sent in
15. When you rear end someone’s car and sorry isn’t enough to diffuse the tension
16. When you’re being interviewed for a job and the interviewer asks “if you were to bring something new and exciting to the company, what would it be?”
17. When your friends asked you “bro where were you at the mehndi last night” and you didn’t know how to tell them you spent the entire night with the dhol…
18. When you score 15+ likes on a comment you posted on Facebook
19. When you’re at work and sh*t hits the fan and you freak out, have a nervous break down and your boss walks in
20. When you ask your papa if you can go out and he says no and you ask him why, and he says “because I said so beta“
21. Because you just simply like to put your ‘hands up in the air sometimes singing ay-oh, baby let’s go’
Do you bhangra at anything? Share with us your bhangra moments in the comments below.
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