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The Dating Story

A crush doesn’t have to be lonely. Stalk Insta stories, like your way into DMs

It makes total sense to act unhinged when you’re hit by a flash-in-the-pan crush. It’s when you replenish your playlist with sappy songs, click new thirst traps and parrot his name everywhere.

How do you navigate the dreaded ‘what are we’ question in casual dating

I don’t like labels, so I call one dude my Lajpat Nagar hang. Another, the art conservator—it’s not romantic, just his job.

Bad first dates are better than boring ones—Freud fanboys to double-dating daredevils

One plays a good listener, the other overshares. It’s a peculiar mating dance. If it's going well, it can last forever (one night). If it doesn’t, we wait for it to end.

Don’t ask your date if they want to see you again. Their mercury retrograde is a tell-tale sign

It's just easier to blame the signs than the way Indian men are raised by their parents. I don’t want to do the work because I know the men won’t anyway.

Your place or mine? This dating question comes with extreme risks, dirty pillows & toilets

Don’t call him to your place the first time. He could be a stalker who now has your address. Or worse. He overstays his welcome, clogs your toilet, picks his nails, and snores.

Modern dating is an emotional kabaddi – swipe, disappear, meditate, detach, play goddess

The 21st-century dating protocol—If you want to find love, get ready to pantomime.

On Camera

India has to move on now. Engage with ‘Nooton Bangladesh’

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has, in a sense, tasted her own medicine. The International Crimes Tribunal, the special court she instituted for...

The day Dharmendra ‘died’

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

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

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.