Desi Comedy Fest is the largest South Asian comedy festival in America. Desi, pronounced as "They- See", is a loose term for the cultures and products of South Asia and their diaspora, derived from the Ancient Sanskrit (desa or deshi), meaning Land or Country. "Desi" countries include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
After a hiatus in 2019 we are back in 2020! Catch Desi Comedy Fest @ SF Sketchfest with - Raj Sivaraman (PhD in Microbiology & written for Comedy Central) - Isha Patnaik (HBO's Women in Comedy Festival) - Asif Ali (Comedy Central, NBC's Mr. Robinson, Modern Family) - Richard Sarvate (Former Yahoo Engineer, Laugh USA on Sirius XM) - Abhay Nadkarni (NBC, CBS, NDTV's Stars of Comedy) - Kasha Patel (Thrillist magazine's "Best Undiscovered Comedians in the US". TEDx talk "Sneaking Science into Standup") - Samson "Mahatma Moses" Koletkar (Master in Computer Software, Headliner at Mahatma Moses Comedy Tour).
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