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A graceful place where Bhangra and Bollywood meet
Manpreet Toor in Santa Clara, Calif., June 10, 2021. Toor, who has found success on YouTube and TikTok, reflects a new wave of Indian diaspora dance. Ryan Young/The New York Times.
by Marina Bolotnikova
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Growing up in California, Manpreet Toor remembers being exposed to bhangra a lively Punjabi dance genre that is performed widely in the Indian diaspora in her parents garage. In Punjabi households, back in the day, we used to have parties in the garage all the time, Toor said. She heard the sounds of music like the folk and pop artist Sardool Sikander, one of Indias most beloved singers, who died of COVID-19 in February.