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QueerNYC June '09 Pride Calendar Here's EGO's annual calendar for your desi Pride fix in New York City. Friday, June 26th-11PM: Kick Off Pride Weekend with the fabulous Desilicious: HOT Pink Pride Party @ BB King Sunday, June 28th-7PM: Cap the weekend with Salga and ALP's legendary Color Me Queer @ Duvet View |
FictionUnseen Relations “...Mom, will you tell me what happened? Don’t you think I deserve to know? For closure?” Sarah was persistent, like her father"...... 'Unseen Relations' is Sweta Srivastav Vikram's maiden contribution to EGO. Sweta is an author, poet, writer, blogger and marketing professional based in NYC. View |
BollywoodGet ready for New York The stand-off between producers and multiplex owners in Bollywood is over so die-hard fans can celebrate. First of the biggies scheduled to hit theaters is Yash Raj Films' New York. New York is a contemporary story of friendship set against the backdrop of a city often described as the centre of the world. View |
Art & CultureVisual Meditation Faiza Sheikh’s latest exhibit “Forbidden Love” is a visual meditation on the universal concepts of peace and love. Her unique aesthetic combines luscious color palettes with embedded pages from religious texts to create a powerful message of acceptance. She now brings her mantra of unity back to England. View |
FictionICARUS EGO shares a gem of a story by Deepak Unnikrishnan. At night, when street lights stood exhausted and alone, out ventured men and women bicycling by Hamdan’s street corridors, watchful as they hunted. Their job was to find construction lads who had mistakenly fallen off incomplete buildings and set them right, finding lost limbs, make... View |
QueerSALGA Spring Fever SALGA is a social. political and support group for lesbians, gay, bisexual and transgender people who trace their descent to countries such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Tibet as well as people of South Asian descent from Guyana, Trinidad and Kenya. View |
Inner SanctumForget Islam Sareeta Amrute tries to make sense of, to find closure after the Mumbai attacks. By putting aside the question of religion, we might begin to make sense of this carnage in Mumbai in a way that unites rather than divides, in a way that looks beyond ideologies towards a common set of complaints and constraints on life that affect people across the subcontinent. View |
Art & CultureThe Americans For Gauri the shooting of family photographs morphed over a period of seven years to include the broader community, from the hinterlands to larger desi enclaves. Her use of symbolism, silhouettes and reflections is a visual journey rooted in ‘creating a space for immigrants’. View |