Have you noticed how EVERYTHING right now is super retro? And by retro I mean 80s-90s (Does it scare anyone else to think that kids today think of the 90s as old?)  Along with the slap bracelets, neon, denim jackets and the resurgence of loose fitting men’s pants (thank god!), Bollywood too is all about the “old is gold” sentiment. Every other movie these days is a throwback to the

Posted: December 8th, 2011

I may sound like the Weather Grinch, but I don’t really care. It’s December 1st and it’s bloody hot out! WTF?! As much as I’d like to live the Bollygay Baadshah lifestyle, I need the weather to start feeling a little less like Bombay more like The Himalayas. We are in New York, the Rockefeller Tree has been lit up already and everywhere you go, you’re bombarded with Christmas music.

Posted: November 30th, 2011

Have you caught the commercials during your favorite Hulu show about HIV in the South Asian community? If not, you’re clearly not watching the right shows. Well, we caught the extremely well produced PSA’s created by The Banyan Tree Project and are thrilled to be collaborating with them for the Bolliday Holiday party on Friday — which also happens to be the day after World Aids Day. One of the

Posted: November 30th, 2011

How do you feel about Shilpa Shetty as a gay icon? She’s always been one in my dancey-Bolly brain with her undeniably fabulousness. Everything from the super lusterous locks (sure, that’s not a weave…and I look like Hrithik Roshan) to her liquid liner rimmed eyes, to her may-as-well-be lethal thumka, to her very own Bollywood love story, screams for every gay man to want to be her…or at least be

Posted: November 16th, 2011

Don’t miss this reading on Sunday November 20th that is the result of a 4-week writing workshop held this past Fall. Following the success of this workshop series being presented in LA and SF with culminating readings, SALGA sponsored this year’s event to provide members of the South Asian LGBTIQQ community a platform to share their experiences in a safe and creative environment. A strong believer in the power of

Posted: November 16th, 2011

There are only two songs that, when they play over the Desilicious speakers, I toss my drink aside (and I NEVER waste a Ciroc coconut soda), throw on my invisible ghungroo and jump on the center box to bust out the film’s exact choreography in its entirety. One of those songs is Madhuri Dixit’s “Aaja Nachle.” From the first tinkle of payal, this song gets all the queens excited to

Posted: November 10th, 2011

Welcome to Thumka Thursdays, a new weekly feature on Pop Kulcha that will, you guessed it, be all about sexy item numbers. We’ll dissect the talent, music, choreo, fashion and everything that makes the song fabulous or abhorrent. Here we go. For week one we’ve chosen a song that elicits a hip swing from even the most cantankerous straight unclejis.”Beedi” from Vishal Bhardwaj’s Omkara is a serious storm of a

Posted: November 3rd, 2011

Get prepped for our first Halloween costume party in over 5 years. We’re thrilled to be holding another Bollywood Carnaval party, featuring music by Ashu Rai and DJ Harsh and visuals by Neeraj, and we’ll be giving away $200 cash to the best costume. Some of you “old-timers” will surely remember past Desilicious Halloween parties and some of our crowd’s most creative costumes! And, to get ready for Halloween, be

Posted: October 24th, 2011