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The Dating Story

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.

What’s worse than a bad Bumble date? A serial texter

There’s no credible research to prove that aimless texting is dating. It might qualify as a ‘textuationship’ but let’s be real, it gets old fast.

Chocolate boys to married men, everyone has a dating type

Some women have a thing for curly hair, full beards, thick thighs and married men, while others salivate over shaggy drug addicts.

Gen Z has too many milestones for one anniversary—first swipe, first DM, first fight

It’s no rocket science to figure out why couples minted on Tinder, Bumble, Hinge et all have trouble pinning down their anniversary dates. It’s basically a mess of milestones.

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At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

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INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.