What we’re about
🎉 Hey Desi Squaaad! 🌶️✨
Welcome to "Bay Area Desi Friends" – where the samosas are crispy, the chai is piping hot, and the laughter is absolutely non-stop! 🕺🏽💃🏽
We're not just a meetup group; we're your Desi BFFs who know how to spice up life with a bit of chaat masala and a whole lot of swag! Whether you're a Bollywood buff, a samosa connoisseur, or just someone who loves a good ol' chai session, you're about to join the coolest Desi crew in town. From street food adventures to karaoke battles where everyone becomes a singing sensation – we want to do it all! We're all about making memories that even Instagram can't handle! If you have a knack for music, movies, games, swImming, biking, hiking, cooking, dancing, poetry, stand-ups, go on impromptu gedis! You name it, we do it!
Whatsapp Link: Due to hell lotta spamming, we had to remove the link. Sorry for the inconvenience. Kindly reach out to the organizers to be added to the WhatsApp group to stay updated on daily impromptu fun events. All events posted on the meetup app are only the presumably more planned at-scale events.
History of BADF: I (Aishwarya Arya) created the group purely to socialize as I did not know alot of folks when I moved here in August 2023. The mission and vision behind starting the group was/is/will always be purely to socialize, make life long friends, have crazy time with each other, learn from each other and grow together as individuals.
About the organizers: We are a KRAZZYYY bunch. The organizers are desi working professionals who love to meet people and provide others a platform to do the same. If not us then who!! We love to party "KYUNKI KAL HO NA HOO", discover new hobbies, places and create dher sari memories. Efforts are sexy, time is limited, we are busy ambitious crazy people who are not professional event planners. With only couple hands on deck and 1000+ members to manage, please cut us some slack, provide healthy feedback (we will work on it), support us and nurture the community as we are all one.
Diverse Desi Crew: Whether you're all about dosa drama or living the paratha party life, this is your Desi haven! Our squad is as mixed and spicy as the chaat and chai selection at your beloved hangout. No borders here—North, South, East, West—we're open to all the vibes. Unleash your culture, school us in your lingo, pitch in your movie picks for our watchlist, and spill the beans on your favorite eateries we should conquer together! 🌶️🍛✨
Desi Karaoke: Belt out your favorite Bollywood tunes or try nailing those Punjabi beats – we're all friends here, and off-key is the new perfect.
What we don't serve (MINUS): Stereotypes, age based disparities ("Age is like the calorie number we happily love to ignore when we see samosas!"), societal norms (we love to break em-all HAIYYAAAA! :P), gender and religion based differences. We are all inclusive.
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The group doesn’t entertain gossip, bullying or negative comments. Please be certain of the no-tolerance policy around here. The group is not here to counsel, seek advice from (unless you consider someone a close friend and would like to seek advice from) or be a dumping ground for anyones vile intentions. Admins do not hold any responsibility for anyones emotions. Please be adult about your situations and emotions and own them up if you do end up being in a stupid situation yourself. Admins do not take responsibility for any member on the group. Do not bring us negative feedback or problem statements. Bring us solution we are all ears. If you want to contribute, pleade do so by being a positive influence around each other rather than giving each other a hard time or expose to hearsay. We try to be neutral on our end and believe everyone is here to grow and assume everyone’s best intentions. Again, please be adult and responsible around each other. Your safety is your own responsibility.
If you want to flag a person, please let us know. We take issues seriously, only if we have evidence or something happens at one of the bigger events in the presence of the admins. In case, admins are not present nor organizing the event (in case of imprmptu get togethers) please assume due responsibility. We cannot help in that case.
If there is any other feeback, let us know privately rather than bringing personal life drama on the group. If admins have enough evidence and deem your presence unsafe, violent or disrespectful on the group, admins will and can take you out of the group and do not owe you any explanation.
Again, admins are working professionals, not trained therapists. Please respect their time that they are spending outside of their own life to organize events, funds that go into organizing, be punctual to events, take rsvps seriously as their time is on the line too and do not land into their DMs or spam them. We organize events out of our love for people; please do not take our efforts for granted.
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Sign off: We usually love to sign off our events over a chai at APNI MANDI because solving the world's problems always starts with a cup of chai. ☕
