We host strangers for dinner every month - now we have 60 new friends (opens original article in a new tab)

A couple in Belfast hosts monthly dinner parties with strangers to build community, forming 60 friendships in six months.

• Nidhi Pal and Vik Parashar host monthly dinner parties with 10 strangers in Belfast to build connections
• Guests include people from Belfast, India, and other regions, with 60 friends formed after six dinners
• Dinners aim to foster community and counter negative perceptions of Belfast following recent protests
• Nidhi and Vik use personality forms to curate diverse group interactions