Clubhouse is now a 'midnight drug' in India

How do you seek social opportunities after work when there is no coffee shop or drinking den open? When you are afraid to even step into your neighbour’s house or call a friend over for a heart-to-heart? When an incessant stream of stories on grief and loss leaves you drained and inert? “You know, there is a darkroom led by these fashion-industry experts every Sunday at 11pm. I walked into one called fashion and fat tax. Clubhouse really comes alive after dark,” says Anamika Misra, 31, an interior designer who lives alone in Delhi. It was in January that she got an invite to Clubhouse, Silicon Valley’s latest social media show-stopper, which is racking up millions of followers around the world. Misra considers herself a bit of a Clubhouse expert as she was invited to join when it was only meant for an iOS clique. On May 21—when word-of-mouth curiosity around its addictiveness and exclusivity was already quite high—Clubhouse, a drop-in, audio-only app, became available globally on Android. “I think that’s when it really started getting interesting,” says Misra with a laugh. “There are all kinds of informal groups now. Some of them are so scandalous, but deep and intimate…
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