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Get ready for a dance performance by Ameya Performing Arts! We’re so excited to welcome back for this year’s Diwali Gal...
10/01/2026

Get ready for a dance performance by Ameya Performing Arts!

We’re so excited to welcome back for this year’s Diwali Gala! Founded in Chicago in 2016 by seven passionate women, Ameya brings the vibrance, energy, and grace of Indian dance to the stage through a dynamic blend of classical and modern styles. From Bharatanatyam and Bollywood to Bhangra, Contemporary, Folk, and Semi-Classical, their performances are bold, emotive, and unforgettable.

Grab your tickets at the link in our bio now!

📅 November 5, 2026
🕖 7 PM
📍 The Fairlie | 339 N Bell Ave, Chicago, IL

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Get ready for an unforgettable evening at the Diwali Gala with powerful spoken word!We're so excited to have an inspirin...
09/30/2026

Get ready for an unforgettable evening at the Diwali Gala with powerful spoken word!

We're so excited to have an inspiring spoken word performance by Sufyan Sohel, a poet, civil rights lawyer, and founder of Globalize Good, where he helps mission-driven leaders and organizations navigate change and conflict without losing sight of their values. A son of Indian immigrants, Sufyan brings that same commitment to dignity and connection into poetry that explores faith, justice, courage, and love.

IT'S THE LAST DAY FOR PRESALE! Grab your tickets for at the link in our bio NOW!

📅 November 5, 2026
🕖 7 PM
📍 The Fairlie | 339 N Bell Ave, Chicago, IL

This year, we are excited to honor Pooja Mehta as our Mental Health Champion awardee! 🏆Pooja is the founder of Tarang an...
09/29/2026

This year, we are excited to honor Pooja Mehta as our Mental Health Champion awardee! 🏆

Pooja is the founder of Tarang and the AAPI Community Outreach Lead for the North Carolina State Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Services. As a su***de loss survivor with direct lived experience, she has spent the last 10 years changing how we talk about mental health, from psychiatric hospitals to Capitol Hill. Her work has been featured on NPR, ABC, WebMD, and TEDx, and she’s the founder of the Raj Mehta Day of Good, an annual day of service held on her late brother’s birthday.

Pooja turned her own loss into a decade of work that gets people talking, and honoring her storytelling is exactly why we do this.

Join us as we celebrate her at “Finding Light Through The Darkness: Diwali Gala 2026” — and don’t wait, presale ends TOMORROW! Tickets are available in our bio.

📅 7PM November 5, 2026

📍 The Fairlie | 339 N Bell Ave, Chicago, IL

09/29/2026

Silence isn’t neutrality—it’s protection for harm. What happened with the Cornell 7 is a stark reminder that staying quiet makes us complicit in the culture that enables violence against women.

At Brown Man Therapy, our mission isn’t just internal healing; it’s unlearning the toxic patterns that harm those around us. Healing requires accountability. We are calling on South Asian and Brown men to break the silence, call out harm, and actively speak out against sexual violence.

Real strength is keeping each other accountable. Speak up.

09/28/2026

Say hello to your host for the night!

Rajiv "RajNATION" Nathan is the Founder & Chief Pitch Artist at Startup Hypeman, known as the Voice of Startup Culture. His methods have helped startups raise over $100M and drive multiple millions in revenue growth, and he's been named an Agent of Change by Huffington Post, given a TED Talk, and been featured in Inc, Forbes, and more.

Rajiv is also also a professional rapper, MMA announcer and broadcaster, and yoga instructor. Talk to him about Hamilton, pro wrestling, or Seinfeld and you'll have a friend for life.

Whether he's got a mic in the ring or on our stage, Rajiv knows how to make a room feel seen, and that's exactly what this night is about.

Join us as Rajiv brings the energy to Finding Light Through The Darkness: Diwali Gala. Tickets are available at the link in our bio!


📅 November 5, 2026
🕖 7 PM
📍 The Fairlie | 339 N Bell Ave, Chicago, IL

09/28/2026

Say hello to your host for the night!

Rajiv "RajNATION" Nathan is the Founder & Chief Pitch Artist at Startup Hypeman, known as the Voice of Startup Culture. His methods have helped startups raise over $100M and drive multiple millions in revenue growth, and he's been named an Agent of Change by Huffington Post, given a TED Talk, and been featured in Inc, Forbes, and more.

Rajiv is also also a professional rapper, MMA announcer and broadcaster, and yoga instructor. Talk to him about Hamilton, pro wrestling, or Seinfeld and you'll have a friend for life.

Whether he's got a mic in the ring or on our stage, Rajiv knows how to make a room feel seen, and that's exactly what this night is about.

Join us as Rajiv brings the energy to Finding Light Through The Darkness: Diwali Gala. Tickets are available at the link in our bio!

📅 November 5, 2026
🕖 7 PM
📍 The Fairlie | 339 N Bell Ave, Chicago, IL

09/21/2026

A little taste of Jordan "Dxtr Spits" Holmes incredible performances from last year’s Diwali Gala!

And this year, we have even more amazing performers and speakers taking the stage.

Get your tickets at the link in our bio and join us! 🪔
📅 November 5, 2026
🕖 7 PM
📍 The Fairlie | 339 N Bell Avenue, Chicago, IL

For a lot of South Asian Americans, joining a Bollywood dance team in college wasn't just an activity. It was community,...
09/18/2026

For a lot of South Asian Americans, joining a Bollywood dance team in college wasn't just an activity. It was community, culture, and some of the hardest work you'd ever put in, all in one place.

Netflix just dropped Best of the Best, a film based on the real collegiate Bollywood competition scene. Our co-founder Palak Sheth was actually one of the founders of the original Best of the Best competition back in the 2000s, so this one hits close to home.

👉 Swipe through, and watch Best of the Best on Netflix now.

09/17/2026

Tickets are officially on sale for our fourth annual “Finding Light Through The Darkness: Diwali Gala”! 🪔

We’ve got an incredible lineup of performers, speakers, and vendors we can’t wait to share with you all.

We are so excited to celebrate and destigmatize South Asian men’s mental health in community with all of you. Tickets are available in our bio, don’t wait to grab yours!

📅 November 5, 2026
🕖 7 PM
📍 The Fairlie | 339 N Bell Avenue, Chicago, IL

09/14/2026

Service without terms.

That's the phrase that stayed with me after sitting with Qasim Rashid.

He was raised in a family that gave to their community not based on what people had done to deserve it, but because that was the belief system. Full stop. In Pakistan. In the US. In the face of abuse, adversity, whatever form it took, the answer was the same.

Most of us give conditionally. We give when the person is grateful. When it's convenient. When we know it'll be reciprocated. What Qasim describes is different. It's a value system that doesn't renegotiate itself based on whether the world is being fair back to you.

And you can see it in his public work. He removes his ego from the response. That's not something you learn on the internet. That's something you inherit.

Full episode of Guys N' Chai with out now. Link in bio.

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