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I own the website hackerlab.in. If anyone in India is interested to start a hacker space, do DM me. Not anytime soon, but something you maybe interested to start in the long term.

DM me on matrix[1] @cj:hackerlab.in or email me on cj@hackerlab.in

[1] matrix is a chat protocol. Like XMPP but better. Check out matrix.org and element.io. Also checkout beeper.com

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I have always wanted to be a member of one. We barely have any such places here.

I would pay for a membership if it is somewhere closer to my house and is clean. Most of the time I see labs very disorganized and is hogged by the know it alls.

We could start with a CS focused meetup group. There is this meetup group by Phil Eaton[1] which I haven't joined yet. Maybe that would be a great place to start to build a India focused maker group.

[1] https://www.meetup.com/hackernights/events/286560187/ https://github.com/eatonphil

Hmm. I am more interested in the Maker/DIY culture. Somehow in India we have lost all of this and even if we have, it is pushed to some grungy areas of the city where it is mainly chop shops and scrap dealing.

I still remember in the 1980's and 90's when I was a kid where we had a lot of repair shops especially for TV and radio/transistors. It was back when things were costly and people used to repair stuff. Now people don't have the skills to repair any more.

me too. Hello @mindtropy

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