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Friday, April 10, 2026
TopicThe Dating Story

Topic: The Dating Story

A bride enjoying her wedding day is a radical act

They say a happy bride is the best bride. To me, this once felt like a redundant statement. It’s her wedding, duh. Of course,...

Love, lies, laundry & UCC—inside India’s live-in relationships

Couples discover a whole new category of conflicts when they move in together. For instance, imagine fighting over warm light and white light.

Ghosted for grammar and cheap whisky—how English, class decide who gets a date

Ladies and gentlemen swiping in the privacy of their rooms will always unfairly reject people. They will pick the ones who talk like them, eat like them.

What women want—a man who cooks and doesn’t seek a standing ovation for it

An average Lajpat Nagar playboy knows that women will reply to his Instagram story of the chicken curry he cooked for lunch. And he is proven right, every single time.

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.

Attachment styles are the new kundli matching. Swipe, diagnose, repeat

People with anxious attachment are on the far left end, craving closeness like it was oxygen. And on the far right are avoidant attachment ghouls who will get mad at you for loving them.

Modern dating and the black cat-Golden Retriever theory

Every couple thinks they’re black cat–Golden Retriever until the bill arrives. That’s when everyone magically transforms into a terrified goat.

Be soft, smile more, never text first—‘feminine energy’ is men’s new obsession

Uncertified dating gurus are teaching women to be suggestive, mysterious, and never loud. For some of us, this level of performance is simply unachievable. We might as well give up and become Brahma Kumaris.

The dating pool is depleting. Gen Z is fishing in the friend zone

The best part? If they ghost you, you can summon them on their mom’s mobile.

Nice guys, bad boys, and the dating propaganda

Every influencer is selling a course, a podcast, or a protein powder on how to upgrade from Nice Guy to Alpha. Nice is needy. All his kindness is a loan that you never signed up for.

On Camera

Tamil Nadu’s elections are fought on delivery—ideology appears only when needed

Electoral competition now appears dominated by welfare delivery and governance metrics, but ideology has not disappeared in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it has become strategic.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

How Indian Army has tweaked its war game strategy as enemy lines on nuclear, conventional deterrence blur

Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan says India’s nuclear capability will not be considered a separate domain, but part of cognitive war in multi domain operations.

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.