As we prep for our 10-year anniversary this Friday March 16th at Highline Ballroom, we’d like to thank Next Magazine for the amazing support over the years! There are aslo two nice articles on your truly in this week’s issue – a Q&A where we reminisce about New York and club life over the past ten years. And, Next Magazine decides to get personal with Rajesh where he divulges the

Thanks to Next magazine for publishing a great article in anticipation of our 9-Year anniversary party on April 29th! You can read more here.

The queer south-asian dance party desilicious celebrates nine years of bolly good fun. You enter the space serenaded by pulsing drumbeats. Colored lights and flickering images turn the room into a virtual kaleidoscope as a figure in exotic garb welcomes you and a crush of people smile and dance uninhibitedly. No, you’re not rolling—you’ve just arrived at Desilicious, the monthly dance party for LGBT South Asians and their friends. Since 2002

We’re two months late in posting this article, but we wanted to link to this blog posting on our Desilicious Bollywood Blue Bash from February at Next Magazine’s “Scene + Heard” blog. Written by Christopher Dilley, whom many of you may recognize as the roving Next photographer around town, the post also includes a short video snippet of the party, along with some Ali Zafar in the background.

Friday night’s Desilicious successfully brought the monthly South Asian party to a new venue despite trepidation over the looming snowstorm. “We were a little nervous with the weather,” said promoter Atiif Toor of Sholay Productions, “but realized we have such a die-hard crowd that rain or shine, snow or sleet they’re coming out—and they did so we’re happy about that.” Bringing their hit party to Pachita, they themed the evening as the Bollywood Blue Bash. “We

Resident DJ and co-promoter of Desilicious, New York’s only monthly queer South Asian dance party, Ashu Rai toasts its fifth anniversary at Club Shelter on April 21st. Beedi (Indian Cigarette) DJ Suketu Remix Dhoom Again (Blast) Dhoom 2 Soundtrack Bombay Timbaland feat. Amar & Jim Beanz Spirits in the Material World Karsh Kale Dum Maro Dum (Take Another Toke) Asha Bhosle Punk-a-wallah’s remix Belly Dancing Apache Indian Yeh Mera Dil (Tis

Next Magazine’s beloved celebs of New York nightlife reveal their favorite take-out joints. DJ Ashu Rai serves up a variety of spice every time she hits the turntables. She deftly mixes Bollywood Bhangra with bubblegum pop to create a tasty fusion of dance and drama. Her musical mixtos is well known among the devotees of Sholay and by New York nightlife lovers at large. But what does she mix up