More and more young people, especially in urban areas, are dating as a way of meeting up. There are many dating apps available, but how effective are they in India?
More and more young people, especially in urban areas, are dating as a way of meeting up. There are many dating apps available, but how effective are they in India?
Recently, a friend of mine called me up talking excitedly about a dating app. Like any typical single Indian woman (especially if single for ‘too long’), tired of the constant nagging by family and society in finding a partner (the ‘sole purpose’ of a woman), tired of the typical matrimonial sites or ‘well-wishers’ who decide the ‘right’ partner based on odd factors, loneliness created by the lack of good companions (“all of my friends got married!”), desperation and guilt about not being able to find a compatible life partner and unable to move forward in life without one (sadly, many women still define themselves by the man they have in life), my friend was understandably excited about the dating app.
It is a good thing that our country, (though still limited to the modern, urban and educated), is opening up to the new age ways of dating in finding companionship and relationships, based on mutual compatibility, interests, values, dreams and wants of an individual rather than the traditional ‘match-making criteria’, and is realizing the importance of true compatibility in a relationship than fixing a marriage. Continue reading
