American dating app, Tinder, launched in India in 2014, followed by Indian dating apps, such as TrulyMadly (2015) and ekCoffee (2016), sparking an online dating culture.
Online matchmaking in India has come a long way since released in 1996. They’ve been together for the last year-and-a-half. Fortunately, I met someone who shared the same outlook,” he says. I was told it was futile to look for a long-term partner, as users look for sexual partners. They matched each other’s profiles and, after a few dates, began seeing each other.
Mandar*, 24, a Mumbai-based MBA student, met his boyfriend on Grindr - a dating app for gay men - in 2014.
