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The Dating Story

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.

Modern romance comes with EMIs & Splitwise accounts. It really isn’t a sport for the broke

When you’re juggling 10 matches off Hinge, the only way to figure out who’s worth your time is to have an over-priced cocktail with each of them.

Modern breakups are like divorces. Who gets the cat, friends, Amazon Prime account?

Exes don’t go out of sight anymore. You block them everywhere and they can still reach out to you on Google Pay, or worse, Gmail.

The pressure to be the ‘it’ couple—fake Desi proposals and dance Reels

That couple recording themselves running toward each other in slo-mo at the Delhi Metro has broken all shackles of cringe. So have couples simply meowing together into the camera.

Young Indians are moving beyond Bumble & Tinder. Finding love on Reddit, Discord, Marketplace

Gamers are sorted. They figured out that nobody else would date them so they are dating each other—finding love on Twitch streams, Call of Duty lobbies.

On Camera

Chinese don’t want Xi to fall for Trump’s G2 gimmicks—’intentional malice’, potential trap

The central theme emerging from Chinese online discourse is that while Trump may now acknowledge China’s strength and treat it as an equal, this recognition is driven more by fear and strategic anxiety than by genuine intent for collaboration.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.