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Love in the time of Modi
Updated On: 09 February, 2020 07:46 AM IST | Mumbai | Gitanjali Chandrasekharan
To A(age)S(sex)L(location) add PI, i.e. political inclination. Turns out that in the time of CAA and NPR, whom you vote for, can be a deal breaker

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After I wrote about my experience online, a friend contacted me and said that she had gone out for dinner and after the wine was ordered, her date [whom she was meeting for the first time] announced his political leanings. He was a supporter of the current government and she, a liberal. She said she had to suffer an entire meal. And added that I, at least, was lucky that I found out that a potential partner was a right-wing supporter long before meeting her," says a 34-year-old mediaperson, who moonlights as a stand-up comic.
Karan Johar says it right in the introduction of his latest web show, What the Love. Finding love has never been this easy, thanks to all the apps now willing to match you with even the person you saw fleetingly on a different platform at the station. Yet, love arrives complicated. And, as if, age, sex and location weren't difficult enough to navigate, it now matters whom you voted for in the last elections.
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