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The Dating Story

Want to know about your date’s exes? Check their Swiggy saved addresses

Gen Z doesn't carry emotional baggage from past relationships. They upload it

Kalesh in modern dating. How Gen Z is spicing up their relationships

There’s no safe answer to ‘why do you love me?’. And even if you’ve answered it 500 times, you can still falter at the 501th time.

Older women want younger boyfriends in 2025. Cougar labels don’t bother them

The older-girlfriend-younger-boyfriend stories in my inbox are nauseatingly cute. A 29-year-old lover girl in Delhi has a 24-year-old boyfriend who writes her lengthy love letters.

Bad Newz to Mr & Mrs Mahi—new Bollywood films are all about marriage. Where’s the dating?

Tripti Dimri eats golgappa with Vicky Kaushal only once in Bad Newz and their parents start matching their kundalis.

Kaddu, Gugu nicknames reveal a lot about couples. Gen Z doesn’t need commitment to get started

There’s also a politics to romantic nicknaming. It shows who holds the emotional power in the relationship, and what gender roles are at play.

Dating apps have killed meet-cutes. Gen Z couples are cooking up origin stories

Yes, some of us are lying through our teeth and cooking up cute tales out of desperation. A fake bookstore or a crowded concert—the details have to be minimum and believable.

Is your relationship private or secret? Gen Z can tell by what you post on the gram

There’s much to learn from couples who date in private and only hard launch each other with pre-wedding photos. The sheer shock value is enough to send group chats into absolute overdrive.

It’s cuffing season. Gen Z is chasing winter romance, premarital handholding

As romantically deprived as we are as a generation, would it really hurt to toss our overanalysed dating woes into the fire and say yes to whoever’s planning a bonfire date?

Gen Z is changing the flirting game. Old-school flattery is now toxic

There’s a reason why YouTube videos titled “How to learn the art of flirting” have millions of views in this over-informed age.

Lovebombing is The Grand Manipulation and a special kind of evil

Heart-shaped pizza, trip to Puducherry, black gold earrings—you’d be surprised how much guys shell out initially just to ghost you eventually.

On Camera

Political MK Gandhi failed, caused harm. Gave Congress its tradition of backseat driving

Gandhi’s life shows how politics should not be done. Then where did this Gandhi-worship arise in India? It is a petty political ritual.

More Andhra-style prawn fry for Indian plates? How Naidu’s trying to blunt US tariff hit on aqua exports

Naidu attempts to shield aqua farmers after Trump’s tariff hits the shrimp farming sector in Andhra Pradesh, leading to the cancellation of 50% of the state's exports.

Finnish giant ICEYE to build signature radar microsatellites in India, offers full control to govt

Company builds microsatellites that are smaller, faster, cheaper to produce. ICEYE will develop & launch micro-satellites, hand them over to India, which will have full control & sovereignty.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.