Now’s your chance to own an original work of art from a list of talented South Asian artists, with SAWCC’S 3rd Annual Art Auction Benefit. The event takes place on Tuesday, November 3rd at The Guild Art Gallery, 45 W. 21st street, and will feature works by Rina Banerjee, Jaishri Abichandani, Naeem Mohaiemen, Chitra Ganesh and Annu P. Matthew, whose piece is pictured in this posting . The cocktail reception

Posted: October 29th, 2009

Being completely incapacitated by a nasty bug the last few days, it felt good to come out of the slumber and see the image of President Obama signing the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Many of us still remember the two brutal murders from 11 years ago that led to this landmark legislation. On June 7, 1998, in Jasper, Texas, three white men chained an

Posted: October 29th, 2009

Mark your calendars for another wild night out—join us for our third annual Desilicious Bollywood Jungle Party! Ashu Rai and DJ Bobby will be turning out Bolly/Bhangra/Dance tunes on the main dance floor and look out for jungli big screen visuals by Neeraj. Desilicious: Bollywood Jungle Friday, November 20 10pm – 4am Bolly/Dance Mix by Ashu Rai & DJ Bobby Along w/ Jungli Visuals by Neeraj in the Main Dance

Posted: October 22nd, 2009

Although Dostana, starring Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham and Priyanka Chopra, was released a year ago, it’s still being featured globally in film festivals and a dominant topic in the discourse of queer representation in Bollywood. And, “Shut Up and Bounce” and “Desi Girl” (and their various mixes and versions) continue to pack the dance floor at Desilicious! EGO Magazine recently caught up with Dostana director Tarun Mansukhani to discuss the

Posted: October 22nd, 2009

Check out a write-up and slide gallery of Desilicious Vamp It Up in Time Out New York Online and find out why they consider Desilicious to be “one of the city’s best dance parties”.

Posted: October 20th, 2009

Our favorite Brooklyn-born desi female artist, Chitra Ganesh, will be showcasing her newest installation at PS1 MOMA this Sunday, October 25th from 12-6, to coincide with the museum’s fall opening. The piece is called “Silhouette Returns” and just from the image in Time Out New York, it looks amazing. Chitra’s talents have been recognized globally and was named by Vogue India last winter as one of the 10 artists to

Posted: October 20th, 2009

We invite you to view a video that was shot at our infamous Bye Bye Bush Bash from 2004 at Pepper in Tribeca. It was such a fun and exciting time to be in NYC, with the GOP invasion of our fair city for their 2004 Republican Convention. To kick off the protests that weekend, we held our first Desilicious Bye Bye Bush Bash, where a portion of the proceeds

Posted: October 19th, 2009

We’re all still recovering from all of the Diwali sweets and treats and the insanely fun “Desilicious Vamp It Up” party from this past Friday night! It was an exciting night for two reasons: it was our first party in two months (since we skipped the month of September) and it was the debut of Desilicious at Rebel. Some of you old-timers may remember when we teamed up with GLAS

Posted: October 19th, 2009