First ever South Asian House launches at SXSW on Saturday 3/11, and Sunday 3/12, at Fourth & C

Austin welcomes South Asian House, premiering for the first time ever at South By Southwest (SXSW) 2023. Created in partnership with The Auntie Network, One Minute Saree, The Partnership Inc., URL Media, Tasveer, IndieMeme and Sway with Pray, South Asian House aims to connect and celebrate community thought leaders from seven different South Asian countries. The initiative will take place at Fourth & Co located at 208 West Fourth St. Unit D in Austin, Texas, during the first weekend of SXSW on Saturday, March 11 from 11 a.m. - 2 a.m. and Sunday, March 12 from 11 a.m. - 2 a.m. Featured panelists and speakers include industry professionals from various sectors such as business, tech, film, TV, theater, music and fashion. South Asian house will provide a networking brunch and happy hour each day, as well as live music entertainment and a DJ set each night. On Saturday, guests can look forward to exciting panels and other activations, including a pilot reading, a comedy hour, a live music showcase and much more. Please see below for their full programming schedule for Saturday, March 11. To RSVP for South Asian House’s day one programming, please see here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/south-asian-house-save-the-date-day-1-tickets-551717119757?aff=ebdssbdestsearch. DAY 1 PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE: SOUTH ASIAN HOUSE WELCOME Saturday March 11, 11 - 11:30 a.m. Who: Neil Minocha (SXSW) and Rohi Mirza Pandya (Box Office Guru Media) Jitin Hingorani (Jingo Media), Monika Samtani (Ms Media) and Kirtana Banskota (Banskota Productions) Location: Fourth & Co BRUNCH FIRESIDE CHAI & CHAT Saturday March 11, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Who: Surprise Speaker - TBA SOON Location: Fourth & Co CREATING AUTHENTIC SOUTH ASIAN CONTENT FOR A GLOBAL AUDIENCE Saturday March 11, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Who: Falguni Adams, Rizwan Manji, Apoorva Bakshi, Jitin Hingorani Location: Fourth & Co HAPPY HOUR Presented by BROWNGIRL Saturday March 11, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Location: Fourth & Co INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF OUR SOUTH ASIAN STORIES Saturday March 11, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Who: S. Mitra Kalita, Kausar Mohammed, Atit Shah, Gitesh Pandya Location: Fourth & Co TEA TIME with Kola Goodies Presented by URL Media Saturday March 11, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Location: Fourth & Co PILOT READING OF REHANA LEW MIRZA’S “DON’T HATE” Presented by Women in Film and Television, Austin Saturday March 11, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Location: Fourth & Co REVERSE HAPPY HOUR Presented by IndieMeme Saturday March 11, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Location: Fourth & Co COMEDY HOUR Presented by The Auntie Network Saturday March 11, 8:30 - 9:30 p.m. Who: Vick Krishna, Kiran Deol, Aizzah Fatima, Tanveer Arora Location: Fourth & Co STORYLOUNGE Saturday March 11, 9:30 - 10:30 p.m. Who: Samrat Chakrabarti, Mayookh Bhaumik Location: Fourth & Co SOUTH ASIAN LIVE MUSIC SHOWCASE Saturday March 11, 10:30 - 11:30 p.m. Who: Meetu Chilana, Aditya Rao and more Location: Fourth & Co DJ SET Saturday March 11, 11:30 p.m. onwards Who: DJ Anupi Location: Fourth & Co

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Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/1594232-0

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