Sholay Events kicked off pride this past Sunday at Queens Pride, the largest people of color pride gathering in the country. The parade begins near 89th Street and marches down 37th Avenue ending in the heart of Jackson Heights. And, for the past 18 years, despite the fact that the celebrations have been taking place in the heart of desi-Queens, the festival never had any South Asian performers – until

It’s that time of year again and we want to make sure that you don’t miss any of the fabulous events happening all around NYC in June. Below is our Sholay Pride 2010 Calendar where you can find the latest details on the pride marches, film screenings, talks and our 7th annual Desilicious Pride bash. So, don’t let this month slip by and make sure you enjoy all that NYC

Mark your calendars for our biggest and hottest party of the year! We’re taking the party back to BB King to kick off Pride weekend with a pinkalicious good time. Desilicious: Hot Pink Pride! Friday, June 25th BB King 243 West 42nd Street Btwn 7th and 8th Ave 18+/21 to Drink Tickets are $20 at the door. Purchase LIMITED $15 tickets here. Bolly House Mix by Ashu Rai and DJ

On Saturday, June 5th, the Tribeca Performing Arts Center presents the Parijat Desai Dance Company, as they present two new works in development: Songs To Live For and Make Space. Songs To Live For, a dance theater work based on Hindustani vocal music, explores the profound longing evoked by this thumri and khayal in particular. Responding to the quality of the music—its spacious vocals and rhythmic punctuations—Desai draws on released

Ishita Srivastava’s Desigirls! has been picking up more press and was featured last week on After Ellen. The documentary on queer desi girls (and featuring Sholay’s own Ashu Rai) will also be shown in Delhi at the end of this month. Kudos to Ishita for making a much-needed and fab film!

The Film Society of Lincoln Center (FSLC), in collaboration with IAAC and the Indian Consulate, presents Social Dramas and Shimmering Spectacles: Muslim Cultures of Bombay Cinema from May 19-27, 2010. The series, curated by Richard Allen and Ira Bhaskar, displays the extraordinary richness of Bombay cinema by highlighting classic films that showcase Muslim themes, performance idioms, and lyric traditions. Check out classics like Pakeezah and Mughal-e-Azam as well as modern

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

Check out a special screening of DESIGIRLS!, presented by NYU Cinema Studies ithis Friday, May 7th at 7pm. Directed by Ishita Srivastava, who recently completed her Masters degree in Cinema Studies from New York Unioversity’s Tisch School of the Arts, the short documentary highlights NYC’s South Asian lesbian community. It focuses on three characters: ‘A’ who might never be able to open up to her family about her lesbian identity;