How do you feel about Shilpa Shetty as a gay icon? She’s always been one in my dancey-Bolly brain with her undeniably fabulousness. Everything from the super lusterous locks (sure, that’s not a weave…and I look like Hrithik Roshan) to her liquid liner rimmed eyes, to her may-as-well-be lethal thumka, to her very own Bollywood love story, screams for every gay man to want to be her…or at least be

Posted: November 16th, 2011

Don’t miss this reading on Sunday November 20th that is the result of a 4-week writing workshop held this past Fall. Following the success of this workshop series being presented in LA and SF with culminating readings, SALGA sponsored this year’s event to provide members of the South Asian LGBTIQQ community a platform to share their experiences in a safe and creative environment. A strong believer in the power of

Posted: November 16th, 2011

There are only two songs that, when they play over the Desilicious speakers, I toss my drink aside (and I NEVER waste a Ciroc coconut soda), throw on my invisible ghungroo and jump on the center box to bust out the film’s exact choreography in its entirety. One of those songs is Madhuri Dixit’s “Aaja Nachle.” From the first tinkle of payal, this song gets all the queens excited to

Posted: November 10th, 2011

Welcome to Thumka Thursdays, a new weekly feature on Pop Kulcha that will, you guessed it, be all about sexy item numbers. We’ll dissect the talent, music, choreo, fashion and everything that makes the song fabulous or abhorrent. Here we go. For week one we’ve chosen a song that elicits a hip swing from even the most cantankerous straight unclejis.”Beedi” from Vishal Bhardwaj’s Omkara is a serious storm of a

Posted: November 3rd, 2011

Get prepped for our first Halloween costume party in over 5 years. We’re thrilled to be holding another Bollywood Carnaval party, featuring music by Ashu Rai and DJ Harsh and visuals by Neeraj, and we’ll be giving away $200 cash to the best costume. Some of you “old-timers” will surely remember past Desilicious Halloween parties and some of our crowd’s most creative costumes! And, to get ready for Halloween, be

Posted: October 24th, 2011

Indo-American Arts Council in collaboration with Sholay Productions and SALGA present GHALIB SHIRAZ DHALLA’s Book Launch, Reading, Signing and Reception for THE TWO KRISHNAS “Brilliant…exquisite, drenched in emotion and timely.” –Lisa See (Snow Flower and the Secret Fan) “Filled with unexpected turns and beauty…heart wrenching.”-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (The Palace of Illusions) “A masterfully written novel.”-Bapsi Sidhwa (Water) “A classic tale of tragic, forbidden love.”-Christopher Rice (The Moonlit Earth) “Riveting…too honest

Posted: October 11th, 2011

Read this touching coming out story , “Thank you Mufti Sahab, for helping me out of the closet”, by a queer Pakistani that was published in the Express Tribune, a local affiliate to International Herald Tribune group.

Posted: October 10th, 2011

Celebrate Navatri and Diwali this Saturday with The Anamika-Navatman Project and Lunar Celebrations: Navaratri/Diwali 2011! as they celebrate their one year anniversary. There will be food, dancing, drinks and mingling – along instructions on how to use dandiyas. The festivities will take place this Saturday, October 8th, 2011 at 7:00PM at the Alvin Ailey: The Joan Weill Center for Dance, 405 W 55th Street at 9th avenue in NYC. Tickets

Posted: October 5th, 2011