On this very special episode, the #ButterChickenBoys facilitate an illuminating panel at @LincolnCenter called desi:NOW- Then, Now and Future, hosted by the @desinowshow. @DJSharad and @DJJuicy sit down with founder and executive director of the Indo-American Arts Council Aroon Shivdasani @aroonshivdasani , artist and rapper, and curator at @Spotify Himanshu “Heems” Suri @nehrujackets , CEO and founder of Mela Arts Connect Heena Patel @heenatabla , and founder of Product of Culture Archana Misra Jain @archanamisrajain. Aroon began her mission in 1998 as a response to the lack of visibility and recognition for the burgeoning world of Indian arts and culture, and describes the process through which she promoted these two aspects for artists. Heems speaks to not only how concepts of marketing have changed from his early days as an artist to now, but also what it means to strive for visibility. He asks the expedient questions - what is the end goal for us? What types of assimilation and visibility do we want and for who? Heena comes from the world of Bollywood and the classical South Asian arts. She talks about the rampant eurocentrism of art and the ways we can go about to dismantle that. Archana speaks about her company Product of Culture’s mission. It is an online curation platform and an offline community builder. She contends with the challenges of building a unifying platform for South Asians - an incredibly diverse group - particularly in the age of social media’s influence. What is diversity and what is inclusion? What is representation and what is collaboration? How do we teach our children? Tune in to hear an in depth and timely dialogue that addresses it all. And most importantly - let’s keep the conversation going.