The queer south-asian dance party desilicious celebrates nine years of bolly good fun. Generally when one thinks of Indian women, the first thing that comes to mind is a midriff-bearing Bollywood heroine. That’s all thanks to our awesomely representative global entertainment market.Maybe you think of a shampoo ad or Apu’s wife from The Simpsons. Each representation places the Indian woman in some skewed, heteronormative context. But what about all the Indian

Come out to Pratt Institute of Art and Design in Brooklyn this Thursday for Impossible Communities, as part of the “Critical and Visual Studies Colloquium” panel discussion moderated by Professor Gayatri Gopinath (NYU), our own Ashu Rai and & DJ Rekha (Basement Bhangra) and presented by Pratt and SAWCC. The panel will include a conversation on the emergence and history of a South Asian Queer Diaspora in NYC, and the

Sholay Productions is proud to present, along with SAWCC, the next Saturday Sessions at PS1-MOMA. The event will take place on April 3rd from 4-6PM and will feature a set by Desilicious’ own Ashu Rai, along with performances by Samita Sinha and Julia Ulehula, Qasim Naqvi (Bedstuy Ewe), LotusVe and the Parul Shah Dance Company – all hosted by Jaishri Abichandani. The event is free (with museum admission) and you’re