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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
TopicThe Dating Story

Topic: The Dating Story

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.

Gen Z break up recovery is an Olympic sport. Aura cleansing, 75-hard & brown rice

Post-break-up girlies regulate their dopamine and serotonin levels. It's a careful chemical experiment with vegan ice cream, Taylor Swift workout hits, and by-weekly cardio on a rebound’s mattress.

Gen Z & millennials are dating each other. It’s a generation mash-up with spicy character arcs

For two generations that were introduced to the horrors of online dating simultaneously, millennials seem both impressed by and jealous of how Gen Z has adapted to it.

Dating app bios are where the game happens. And it’s not just about how tall you are

If he’s looking for “a girl who doesn’t take herself seriously”, he’s a professional gaslighter. Guys who call themselves “Swiftie, not guilty” probably haven’t heard a single Taylor song.

On Camera

India has 30 days to pull off fast reform. Hold crash meeting of Centre & state

In India, we are accustomed to glacial change. We love appointing Committees to ‘look into’ reform. Unfortunately for us, the rest of the world moves fast.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.