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Bengaluru Professor’s ‘Muqabala’ Dance Goes Viral After Shoe Mishap

Online acclaim followed for Global Academy of Technology professor Pushpa Raj after aggregator 'gatalbum' shared the Instagram clip.

Overview

  • The video, originally posted by the Instagram page 'gatalbum', has drawn millions of views and over 5.7 lakh likes.
  • The dancer is identified as Professor Pushpa Raj of Bengaluru’s Global Academy of Technology.
  • He kept performing after one shoe flew off, removed the other to match, and carried on to loud cheers from students.
  • Comments praised his confidence and style, with users calling him a “natural entertainer” and joking he was “born to be a dancer, but forced to be a teacher.”
  • Coverage notes this continues his run of viral moments following an earlier clip of him dancing to a beatbox mix.