The community app for Indians living abroad
Moving abroad is hard. Finding your people shouldn’t be. Namaste Community shows you the events, groups, Indian shops and services, and helpful people near you — wherever you live.
Free. Built for Indians and South Asians. Open to everyone settling into a new country.
Events
Diwali, garba, cricket, meetups
Groups
Local chats, run by locals
Directory
Indian shops, doctors, services
Ask
Answers from people who moved before you
Everything within10 km50 km100 km200 kmof you
- events coming up
- 95events coming up
- country with events
- 1country with events
- local groups
- 26local groups
- members
- 384members
Navratri & Garba 2026 · 11–19 October 2026 — events in 6 countries →
Diwali 2026 · Sunday, 8 November 2026 — events in 13 countries →
What's inside, right now
Live from the community as you loaded this page. Events work right here on the website; groups and businesses you can browse here and join in the app; questions and listings stay in the app, where members can see who they're talking to.
Events
On the website95 coming up in 1 country
Festivals, garba nights, concerts and meetups, country by country. RSVP right here.
- E2E Starting Soon mv5ttfxc13 Oct · Brussels
- E2E Tonight mv5ttg6o13 Oct · Brussels
- E2E Tomorrow mv5ttfxc13 Oct · Brussels
Groups
Browse here · join in the app26 groups · 58 members
Local groups for sport, food, parents and languages. Browse them here, join and chat in the app.
- E2E Chat RoomBrussels · 120 messages this week
- E2E Golive Room (admin edit)Brussels · 9 messages this week
- E2E Switch RoomBrussels · 7 messages this week
Directory
Browse here · join in the app41 businesses listed
Indian grocers, restaurants, tutors and services. Contact details and reviews are in the app.
- E2E Sana Sweets mv5ttfxcTranslator · ★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
- E2E Photo Dhaba mv5ttfxcTranslator · ★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
- E2E Chip BizTranslator · Brussels · ★ 0.0 · 2 reviews
Ask
In the app56 questions, jobs and polls
Questions, jobs and polls from people who have been there. Read and answer in the app.
- Question · Brussels, Belgium · 0 answers
- Question · Brussels, Belgium · 0 answers
- Question · Brussels, Belgium · 1 answer
Marketplace
In the app6 listings live
Buy, sell and rent from people nearby, and message the seller in the app.
- Room wanted · Brussels, Belgium · up to €600.00 / month
- For sale · Brussels, Belgium · €24.00
- For sale · Brussels, Belgium · €15.00
Festival calendar
On the websiteWhen each festival falls this year, and where it is celebrated near you.
See the calendar →
Everything in one place
Open the app and the whole community is one screen: the trades and services people actually recommend, what's on this week, and a place to ask the question you couldn't Google.
- Businesses grouped the way you look for them
- Events and groups near you, with RSVP in a tap
- Ask, Marketplace and chat one tap away
- A distance on every card, from wherever you set your pin
What makes it different
Everything is measured from where you stand
Most community apps hand you a country and let you dig. This one starts at your front door and works outwards — one radius, applied to every business, question, listing, group and event at once.
One slider changes everything
Set it to 10 km for the next street or 200 km for the whole region, and every screen reshapes at once — businesses, questions, things for sale, events and groups.
A distance on every card
Not a city name you have to decode. The sofa is 3 km away, the plumber covers your postcode, the run starts a twenty-minute walk from here.
No “everywhere” button
The widest view is your own country, and the server enforces that even if an app asks for more. A feed full of another country’s sofas is not a community.
Near, without pinning your door
Distances are measured on our side from the exact point. What reaches anyone else’s phone is rounded to about a kilometre, and the map draws an area rather than a pin.
More on how the radius works, and why there is no worldwide feed — read the long version.
Free guides · PDF
The things you’d ask a friend who has lived here for years
Checked, written for desis, and yours by email. One email with the download, nothing else unless you ask.
Tell us what you think
This app is built by one person who moved country too, and it gets better every time someone says what's missing. Found a bug? Want a feature? Want your business listed? We read everything.
Prefer email? hello@namaste.community
Running a business?
Getting listed in the Directory is free, and you can do it yourself on Namaste for Business — or pick “List my business” in the form and we'll set you up.
Questions, answered
Who is Namaste Community for?
Indians and South Asians living abroad — students, professionals and families — and anyone else settling into a new country. It started in Brussels and Antwerp and is growing country by country.
Is it free?
Yes. Browsing, asking, selling, lending and listing your business are all free.
What does “hyperlocal” actually mean here?
Everything in the app carries a location, and you choose how far you want to see — 10, 50, 100, 200 km, or your whole country. Each card tells you how far away it is, and the widest setting is still your own country: there is no worldwide feed to get lost in.
Does the app share my exact address?
No. Distances are calculated on our servers from the precise point, but the coordinates sent to other members are rounded to roughly a kilometre, and the map shows an area rather than a pin. That applies to everything you post, including posts from before we built it.
Is there a WhatsApp group for Indians in Belgium?
You do not need to hunt for WhatsApp invite links. Namaste Community has local groups for Indians and South Asians in Belgium and the countries around it — sport, food, new parents, jobs, languages — each open to people who live nearby, moderated, and without showing your phone number to other members. Browse them at namaste.community/groups and join free in the app.
What are Groups?
Chat rooms for people in one place — a running club, a book club, the parents at one school. Each group is anchored to a place and a radius its creator chooses, so you only see groups you could actually turn up to. Anyone with a verified phone number can start one; we review it before it appears.
What can I do on the website, and what needs the app?
On the website you can find events and RSVP to them, read the community’s stories and guides, check the festival calendar, and browse local groups and businesses. Joining a group and chatting, asking and answering questions, the marketplace, and a business’s contact details and reviews are in the app, where members are verified and every post can be moderated and reported.
Do I have to use my real name?
No. You can post questions, answers and reviews under a persistent pseudonym, so the community still recognises you across posts without knowing who you are.
Is this only for Indian expats?
It started with the Indian community in Belgium and that is still its heart, but everyone settling into a new country is welcome.
How do I list my business?
List it yourself on Namaste for Business (namaste.community/biz) or in the app under Directory — it is free. Or message us on WhatsApp and we will walk you through it.
How do you handle my data?
Contact details on business listings are never exposed to the browser, and we never sell your data. Ask us anything about it — the form on this page reaches a human.
Still stuck? Send us a message — a human replies.
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