Urban Desi House

Dear UDH Community,

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the closure of India's first youth cafe, “Urban Desi House”. Over the years, this space has been a vibrant hub of creativity, collaboration, and community building, inspiring several community chargers, NGOs, cafe owners, and coworking operators and even the government agencies. We have shared countless memories, ideas, and dreams within these walls and outdoors!

However, due to moving of our office to Puducherry, we have made the difficult decision to close our doors. We want to express our deepest gratitude to each and every one of you who has been a part of this journey. Your passion, enthusiasm, and support have been the driving force behind everything we have achieved.

While this may be the end of one chapter, we believe it is also the beginning of new opportunities and adventures. We hope that the spirit of the youth cafe will live on in each of you, inspiring you to continue creating, connecting, and making a difference in the world.

Thank you for being a part of our community. We will cherish the memories we have shared and look forward to crossing paths with you again in the future.

Best Regards,
Youth Cafe group, India.
www.indianyouthcafe.org

Join us for a day long coworking tomorrow!

Party starts at 4 PM.

RSVP at 9566133311 / DM / Email at [email protected]

Update! High Alert ⚠️, here we bring back to you: Young Weirdos Meetup V2💥🎉- our most experiential and also the most experimental social activity we devised way back in 2015.

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So far, we have had more than 30 sessions in Chennai on different topics relating to gender, youth rights, acting classes, creative resumes 101, photography micro-workshops, music jams, intense conversations and what not! Through this meetup, we have enabled safe spaces for community and individuals for talking about the rather untouched nuances of our collective voices as youth.

Come join us for Young Weirdos Meetup V2 for an unlimited open discussion on diverse topics, activities and get yourself featured as an individual or a group.

RSVP here: bit.ly/writersblockparty

Do you know what's with the culture of consent?

If yes, then join us this Friday at at Young Weirdos Meetup, starting at 4 pm: featuring Drum circle.

Open entry for all writers. Don't miss the fun this time.

RSVP at bit.ly/writersblockparty

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📣 It’s gonna be a friyay for us at our makeshift office in Chennai! Don’t miss the fun, frolic and intense conversations.

We cordially invite you to to cowork, witness some amazing meetups, indulge in formal & informal conversations with one of the finest young minds in the city. This shall be a pilot to be done at a massive level in near future, so join us and help co-design a youth activity; together!


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Note: We are currently doing a pilot in , so if you are free this Friday do signup and visit us at our makeshift office off Old Mahabalipuram road, Chennai as a part of youthsoup. No charges applicable for invitees.

Being a writer is about taking everything one step, one sentence, at a time. Most writers have experienced Writer’s block, at one point or another in their careers: staring at an empty document on their computers or a blank page in their notebooks, and nothing happening. Writer’s block, or creative block, is possibly as old as the art of writing itself. And let’s get it clear that it doesn’t just happen to writers but it happens to Creatives from all walks of life. So let’s have some productive and engaging discussions with some amazing writers in Chennai.This is an open invite to all the creative writers to join us for Writer’s Block Party happening in your own Chennai.

RSVP at bit.ly/writersblockparty < Chennai >

Look who is joining us as mentor for at Urban Desi House, Chennai! It’s Vijay a.k.a , one of the top graffiti artists of contemporary India and art teacher and inspiration for so many youth from Chennai!

Join us to co-create powerful messages for Peace, together!
Apply here: bit.ly/templatesforpeace

Event Title: Templates for Peace
Date: 26 Feb. 2021
Timings: 3 PM - 7 PM IST
Venue: Urban Desi House, 1/343, 1 Main Road, Thoraipakkam, Chennai-96 ( Google link: bit.ly/urbandesihouse )
Event Organiser: Indian Youth Cafe

Our World is grappling with a major economic, social and cultural crisis amidst current COVID pandemic; while already tackling with existential issues such as climate change and the fourth industrial revolution. Things don't look great for more than 1.2 billion young people across the globe! Adding to that, we as youth also witness a world trapped with a vicious cycle of suspicion, mistrust and exclusion among communities on the lines of religion, race, color, gender, nationality, politics, and existing socio-economic and cultural status among others.

Join us this Friday between 3 pm - 7 pm as a part of to plan and design a few

Apply here: bit.ly/templatesforpeace