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Saturday, November 8, 2025
TopicThe Dating Story

Topic: The Dating Story

What’s cheating in the dating apps era? Betrayal now comes in so many flavours

Modern-day Freuds are having meltdowns analysing this one.

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.

The reel story of Indian weddings—how they are lavish, viral & broke

We have learned nothing from our cousins. They were killing themselves at their weddings to impress the aunties, and we are doing the same to impress the algorithm.

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.

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.

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.

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.

On Camera

I am a dog lover, but we don’t know how to win the war on strays

We have failed terribly at two important things. One, we are reacting to this issue only emotionally, not logically. And two, we are not asking the right questions.

In NCLAT’s WhatsApp ruling, reminder of India’s cautious view of competition disputes involving Big Tech

WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.