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Indians don’t know how to date. We are still in get-set-mandap mode

The land of Kama, Krishna, and Khusrau has been accused of being terrible at love. India ranked lowest among 29 countries in “partner satisfaction” in an Ipsos survey.

We have a problem. The land of Kama, Krishna, and Khusrau has been accused of being terrible at love. India ranked lowest among 29 countries in “partner satisfaction” and landed near the bottom of the Love Life Satisfaction Index 2026 in an Ipsos survey. This isn’t very Vishwaguru behaviour, is it?

But anyone who has spent even 10 days on dating apps should be shocked. I certainly wasn’t. Is it a surprise that Indians trapped in endless talking stages and paying therapists to recover from non-relationships aren’t feeling loved? Is water wet?

But that’s not the whole point. The survey revealed something far more interesting: We are also the top eighth most romantic people in the world. It’s just that our needs are not being met. The issue, as the survey politely puts it, is that there is “a notable gap between relationship expectations and lived experiences among Indian respondents.” You start seeing someone with excerpts from Kafka on their Hinge profile, only to discover they want to “keep things casual”........

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