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		<title>LGBTQI+ Short Films at NYIFF</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 16:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) is North America’s longest-running festival dedicated to Indian independent cinema. They&#8217;re presenting a collection of six new LGBTQI+ shorts. The films will screen as part of the Shorts A Program on Saturday, May 30 at 12 noon at the Village East Cinemas on 12th Street and 2nd Avenue in Manhattan. LGBTQI+ Short Films at NYIFF Saturday, May 30 at 12 noon Village East Cinemas]]></description>
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		<title>2026 Sholay Pride Calendar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 23:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; NYC Pride 2026 is here! Don&#8217;t miss out on all of the events taking place this month &#8211; parties, marches, brunches and more. ____________________ Sunday, June 7 Queens Pride March 37th Avenue between 89th Street and 75th Street. 12PM – 6PM Celebrate the 34th anniversary of Queens Pride on 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights. The day kicks off at 12PM with a parade down 37th Avenue from 89th Street]]></description>
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		<title>2025 Sholay Pride Calendar</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 00:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Here&#8217;s a roundup of our top happenings during the queerest month of the year: Sholay Pride on the Pier: Let Love Conquer All Friday, June 27 • 7PM – Midnight Mark your calendars for our massive NYC Pride Weekend kick-off bash as we dance under the stars in downtown Manhattan! By popular demand, we&#8217;re taking the party to premium outdoor hotspot Cobble Fish, right on Pier 16 at South Street Seaport. Music]]></description>
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		<title>NYC Pride 2022 Events</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2022 00:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After three years of uncertainty, NYC Pride is now finally mostly in-person this June with several events being hosted around town, including one featuring our own DJ Ashu Rai. Below are some of our picks. And thank you all for reaching out — while we don&#8217;t have any of our own Sholay events planned for Pride, stay tuned for updates! &#160; JUNE 9 “B.Y.O.B: Bring Your Own Baggage.”  A gender]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Rao&#8217;s &#8220;Bollywood Kitchen&#8221; debuts on Jan 15th</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 03:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were happy to host the multi-talented Sri Rao at our Desilicious bash in 2017 to celebrate the launch of his fabulous cookbook, &#8220;Bollywood Kitchen&#8221;, pairing Bollywood films with home cooked desi recipes. Well, that book has now been turned into a show produced by Geffen Playhouse! Part cooking show, part memoir — join Sri as he adds some sizzle to your winter&#8230;think of it as the Food Network goes]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Sab Rab De Bande&#8221; &#8211; A New Documentary on LGBTQ Sikhs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2020 01:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A documentary on the LGBT+ Sikh community, &#8220;Sab Rab De Bande (All are God’s children)&#8221; has launched its crowdfunding campaign.  Below is a recent interview with the Delhi based director/filmmaker Sukhdeep Singh on this latest project and you can donate here. Tell us a bit about yourself Sukhdeep. I founded Gaylaxy Magazine in 2010, at the age of 21 while I was finishing my B. Tech. Gaylaxy is an Indian LGBTQ e-magazine that]]></description>
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		<title>Deepika Padukone: &#8220;A Star for the Age&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jan 2020 22:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago, we were lamenting the silence by major Bollywood stars on the enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) by Prime Minister Modi and the BJP government (with the exception of a few outspoken actors, actresses and directors). This changed with last week&#8217;s storming of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) by members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), a right-wing student body linked to the BJP party who vandalized property and]]></description>
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		<title>2010–2019: A Sholay Decade Review!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2019 01:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we bid farewell to 2019 and the entire 2010s, we’d like to share some memorable moments from our Sholay parties along with events and milestones that have touched the Desi LGBTQI community in NYC and beyond. So Many Memorable Sholay Parties! We kicked off the 2010s right on New Year&#8217;s Eve.  Salaam Namaste Bollywood blowout bash rang in the decade with wall-to-wall cuteness, confetti and too much champagne! In August 2012, we]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Time Has Come to Speak Up&#8221; Bollywood Voices on CAA Protests</title>
		<link>https://sholayevents.com/?p=9994</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Dec 2019 16:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;To raise your voice against something is a democratic right, people are raising their voices and I&#8217;m of view that there seems to be a certain amount of discrimination in what is happening&#8221;—Farhan Akhtar. While a growing number of actors, directors and producers in Bollywood have stood in solidarity with protesters and expressed concerns about the Indian government&#8217;s legislated attacks on pluralism, the industry has been conspicuously silent for the]]></description>
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		<title>Until we Dance Again&#8230;Be Safe&#8230;Give Love&#8230;Receive Love!</title>
		<link>https://sholayevents.com/?p=2489</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Dec 2019 10:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sholay Events Presents Desi-Queer Pride on the Pier Dance under the setting sun in downtown Manhattan with beats by Ashu Rai — and by popular demand, we’re back at Cobble Fish for the third year running. Join us at one of NYC’s most coveted outdoor spots, right on Pier 16 at South Street Seaport, for a night of queer love, unbound joy, and the kind of Pride celebration we need]]></description>
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