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“Almost Lovers”: The Ones Who Make Heartbreak Bearable

When you decide not to turn back after a break-up, you must find yourself anchors so you sail smoothly. These almost lovers, these could-have-beens, matter to me the way love does. Without them, we would be lonelier than what imagination permits.

Manjiri Indurkar May 29, 2016

Love and Sex

What My Experiments with Polyamory Taught Me about Love

Polyamory has become the new kale juice – everyone’s had a taste of it. And just like kale juice, not everyone has a taste for it. My version of polyamory helped me discover the toxic side of monogamy, where jealousy and possessiveness are allegedly signs of true love.

Arnaz Irani May 29, 2016

Pop Culture

What “To All The Boys: PS I Still Love You” Taught Me About Love, Rejection, and Going All In

Netflix romcom To All The Boys: PS I Still Love You feels untouched by the cynicism that has seeped into the app-dependent dating lives of the present. It reinstilled my faith in going all the way to chase my own happily ever after. Even if it gives someone the power to break my heart.

Sonia Mariam May 28, 2016

Love and Sex

What the Broken Heart Does Not Understand About Finding Closure

Closure is always the first word that is urgently thrown around every time someone sniffs heartbreak in their vicinity, even though it’s really the last emotion that a broken heart has the ability to process. So why do we force ourselves to seek closure instead of letting it find us?

Arré Bench May 25, 2016

Love and Sex

Newness and the Restless Love Lives of Millennials

In the age of dating apps, millennials now face the ageless conundrum of settling down, served with a technological update. Earlier, we used to chase the elusive idea of “The One” but now, we’re ambassadors of the adage “the more, the merrier”.

Poulomi Das May 23, 2016

Love and Sex

A Moment’s Silence for the Death of Tinder

Back in 2012, Tinder came into our lives like the cool NRI cousin we all wanted to get with, certain that their arrival heralded numerous gifts. Six years on, the dating app has made its way to the dustbin. Over time, its vanilla-ness became glaringly apparent.

Poulomi Das May 23, 2016

Love and Sex

There’s No Love Like Puppy Love

Where are the days of puppy love? In a horribly adult age when most relationships are easily labelled “complicated”, I long for the kind of love driven by impulses, immature promises, and the constant blip of hormones.

Nihal Bambulkar May 20, 2016

Love and Sex

Flirting 101: How to Lose a Girl in 1 Minute

Urban Dictionary defines flirting as “you dinking around with the opposite sex”, but for clueless Indian bros, the definition seemingly transcends to “block-worthy behaviour that will elicit at least five eye-rolls”.

Poulomi Das May 18, 2016

Love and Sex

Modern Love and the Flawed Theory of Common Interests

Someone’s taste in TV -- “Is he/she not smart enough to enjoy Rick and Morty?” -- or current events -- “I wonder what she has to say about Shashi Tharoor’s latest tweet?” -- is the most imperfect way of looking at love.

Parthshri Arora May 18, 2016

Modern Family

Why Don’t Indian Families Say “I Love You”?

Indian families are diverse in every way, especially in how they choose to express affection. There are the boisterous, pappi-jhappi ones – and then there are the quiet, awkward-hug kind of families who pass on a strained emotional inheritance to their confused millennial children.

Shalaka Pradhan May 18, 2016