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'I feel frustrated sitting at home all day'

Love and relationships
Men are out of work and sitting at home, food is scarce, women are managing households without help.There is a shortage of food, other essentials, lots of anger and frustration. But there are also smiles. Love Matters India asked young people and their families in Bihar about how they are coping in these difficult times.

WhatsApp news - check before you forward!

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It’s important to filter health advice and information, what is true and what is fake, especially for serious health issues and in times of public health emergencies when panic is widespread and we desperately need some positive news or certainty. Love Matters brings a few tips and tricks on handling health news.

Living with family - how to maintain privacy

Love and relationships
If you have been living on your own – studying or working in a different city – this forced family time can seem like a Herculean summit to scale. Here is a survival guide on how to stay with parents, maintain privacy and retain sanity amid this Coronavirus lockdown.

'We used the time to revive our relationship'

Love and relationships
While Arpan was typing, Poonam came and put his hand on her t-shirt. Their boring relationship was getting recharged in the time of Corona lockdown. Read more about their story of rekindling old sparks.

'Food, utensils, cleaning, office…I was exhausted’

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Karan was to help with cleaning of utensils, my son with cooking and my daughter - the youngest - with dusting. What years of education couldn’t instill, a few days of lockdown has done in our household. Sometimes crisis does bring out the best in us. Vani shares her story with Love Matters India.

‘DDLJ on Skype: How we fought our Corona blues’

Love and relationships
By day two I had started missing Karan badly. We both were chatting on WhatsApp, but it was not the same. He then went to his hometown Jaipur and now we couldn’t even talk much. My parents asked me not to travel to Bangalore as there was risk of catching the infection on a flight. I was stuck alone in my flat. Sakshi shares her story with Love Matters India.

How to date during a shutdown?

Love and relationships
Being confined at homes is not easy. Especially for lovers. For couples living together, it is a great opportunity to reconnect and fire up that spark all over again. For those of you in that early phase of dating, not being able to meet up, go out and do things together can truly make it seem like the worst of times. Except it doesn’t have to be that way. Read our article for such tips!

My bf took my money and disappeared

Love and relationships
When Arun asked Sneha to lend him a huge sum of money, she could not say no. She was in love and genuinely wanted to help him, even if it meant borrowing money and lending it to Arun. What happened next changed her life. She shares her story with Love Matters India.