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Monday, July 21, 2025
TopicDating apps

Topic: Dating apps

Romance has the urgency of breaking news now. Dating apps are editorial fodder

Infamous for my hot takes, I, too, was called on TV (twice) to explain how Gen Z lovers operate.

Grindr is dying. The final nail in the coffin is ads

I remember counting the profiles in my town and feeling a sense of relief—there were more like me out there. Grindr was a brutal place, but it offered freedom.

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.

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

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.

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.

Hired on Hinge—Dating apps are networking goldmine. Students use them to land jobs

With no cold emails or LinkedIn requests, dating apps let users pitch themselves—short, sweet, and personal. It’s all about connections, minus the power suits and soulmates.

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

India’s TRP ecosystem needs a reset. Time to end BARC monopoly

A ratings monopoly in India has led to lack of technological variation, resulting in sluggish systems detached from market dynamics.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.