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Wednesday, April 8, 2026
TopicSituationships

Topic: Situationships

When do you leave your lover? 1st sign of disrespect, some say

As someone with a flexible tolerance, I define disrespect by the vibes of the situation.

2025’s dating patterns if they were movie titles

Since the emotional kabaddi of dating—matching, ghosting, overthinking—is exhausting, some of us kept returning to our exes on weekends.

Sneaky links — the secret romances no one wants to post on Instagram

It’s all fun and games until the F-word shows up—feelings. Suddenly, the sneaky link becomes a liability.

The secret sex life of India’s college students. How they battle campus CCTVs & curfews

Young people have carved out a new world of situationships, hook-ups, and nanoships, but the space to act on that sexual freedom keeps shrinking in India.

SubscriberWrites: Are Situationship breakups as devastating as relationship breakups?

Situationships, with their lack of clarity and commitment, can be just as painful as traditional breakups. Emotional investment and ambiguity often lead to deep, unacknowledged grief.

Before a relationship becomes official, it enters a sacred place—the group chat

Once your relationship enters the group chat with your besties, that’s when the ‘Tall Hinge Guy’, ‘Broke Noida Dude’, and ‘Mr Red Shoes’ finally get promoted to being mentioned by their actual names.

Situationships, Textationships, Cuffing—Gen-Z is now caught in a label soup

For a generation that doesn’t want to be defined as anything anymore, calling their new romantic liaison a ‘situationship’ only adds more confusion to the mix.

On Camera

India has enough coal stocks to meet power demand, says govt as war pushes up mining costs

LPG supply eased for more industries, govt says coal gasification is next growth avenue. Centre welcomes US-Iran ceasefire but asks Indians to leave Iran.

Western theatre against Pakistan to be headed by IAF, Northern theatre under Army to focus on China

India's military to get Vice Chief of Defence Staff along with one Theatre Commander from each of three services, it is learnt.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.