Enjoy the pre-Valentine festivities on Friday, February 13th at an extra special Valentine’s event full of bingo fun, Bollywood flair, and exciting prizes!  And, there is no cover. SALGA-NYC Presents: BollyBingo: Get Lucky! Hosted By Linda Simpson feat. spokesmodel Lal Batti & DJ Formika! Friday, February 13, 2015 – 6:45-9:30PM Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St (btwn Sullivan and Thompson Sts) Free Admission! * Food and Drink Specials! * Play for

Photographs by Steven Rosen

Here’s a bit of inspiration for tonight’s Desilicious Bollywood Cabaret bash. From the the vivacious vamps of th 50′s to the big-haired bombshells of the 80s, enjoy our curated gallery of dancing divas from the golden age of Bollywood cabaret…  

Today’s issue of  Dawn, Pakistan’s oldest and most widely read English-language newspaper profiles the lives of 6 people living in Rawalpindi, the garrison town neighboring the capital, Islamabad. Their self-identities range from cross-dresser to transgendered. Each of them courageously shares personal perspectives on living a gender non-conforming life in Pakistan. The short article is accompanied by striking photos capturing moments in their every day lives along with side by side photos

We’re thrilled to be co-hosting our first Desilicious Supper Club with Anna Roy, the culinary maven behind Brooklyn’s most fab catering company—Daal House. Anna will be presenting a “Winter Kerala Sadya” at a private home in Brooklyn. The dining experience includes a three course meal with wine pairing. Email us at info@sholayevents.com if you are interested in joining the festivities which take place on Saturday, January 31st at 7pm and

The Guardian has posted a 12-minute video, featuring Asifa Lahore and Ali’s first performance as “Shilpa” at the popular Gaysian party,  “Disco Rani”.  The video,  ‘Muslim Drag Queens” reveals the fears, challenges and exhilaration Shilpa experiences as she prepares for her debut dance number at a Birmingham club. The video  has already received over 300K views and is sure to bring world-wide exposure to the Gaysians while providing a much-needed human

As we prep for our Desilicious Cabaret party on January 24th, we would like to honor all of the divas and cabaret heroines of the past and present.  And, we’ll go back to the mid-90s and this previous post from January 2010 about the incredibly sexy (and campy/vampy) collaboration between Rekha and Akshay Kumar, also copied below: Original Post Date:  January 29, 2010 It’s time to go back to the 90s

Check out our latest mix of favorite tracks that were played on the Desilicious dance floor in 2014: A couple of things: –  Not all of the songs are from 2014.  The songs from “Dhoom 3″  were released in December 2013, but remained strong throughout 2014. –  We may not have included  a song or two released after our last party which was on Halloween. –  “Kamli” – The Desi