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The Dating Story

Why the ‘long-term relationship’ label is killing your dating game

The stigma around ‘long-term’ is built on some pretty solid stereotypes.

Modern love is the funniest joke. That’s why comedy shows are so heavy on dating content

From Zakir Khan, Prashasti Singh, Daniel Sloss, and Taylor Tomlinson to the open mic newbies at the neighbourhood cafe—everybody has their own punchlines.

That older, wiser guy is undateable—just ask women his age

It’s naive to assume that all older men make better partners because they’ve achieved some sort of clarity in life by reading Osho or following Ankur Warikoo.

Hinge Marxists, Bumble Apoliticals? Modern dating is a political minefield

The Left-leaning singles are dead serious about never dating someone from the other side. ‘Swipe left if you lean Right,’ says one Bumble bio.

How to have 10 Hinge matches and still be single—the new age guide to riding solo

Empowered, thriving, main-character energy. These are now the golden synonyms of being single. ‘Miserable’ didn’t make the cut because it doesn’t look cute on Instagram stories.

What it takes to go from casual to committed in the modern dating world—good luck

On one side of the internet, 20-somethings are whining about how dating is low-velocity, like a traffic jam—lots of honking (swiping), barely any moving.

Spotify is now a dating app. Its song libraries lead you into love

Charles Darwin is growing smug in his grave; every generation keeps proving his theory right—the purpose of music is mating

In the dating app world, long distance lovers are the new normal

Whoever accused Gen Z of lacking patience hasn’t interviewed long-distance couples—lucky for you, I have.

There’s an art and science to texting on dating apps. Hone your skills or get ghosted

Don’t just say ‘hi’. You’d be surprised how many talking stages die prematurely because of these two innocent letters.

What’s cheating in the dating apps era? Betrayal now comes in so many flavours

Modern-day Freuds are having meltdowns analysing this one.

On Camera

Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India’s air defence system foiled 1,000 Pakistani drone attacks on 9 May—Modi tells Parliament

New Delhi: India’s air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 1,000 drones and missiles launched by Pakistan on 9 May during Op Sindoor, Prime Minister...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.