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Yes, I am happily unmarried

Pawan tells everyone he might die if he gets married! Is that true? Or does he just enjoy being single?

That romantic winter night on train

Rima and Sahil met online and had never seen each other. On a cold, foggy, January night, she decided to surprise him by taking a train from New Delhi to Kolkata. But anyone who has lived in North India knows travelling in the winter can be an adventure. Rima tell us about the journey she’d never forget!

I put ad for my own wedding in the paper

To escape the whole ladki dikhana routine, Chandrika decided to put her own matrimonial ad in the local newspaper. 'Independent, working girl looking for a partner; caste/ community no bar, men believing in an equal relationship with trust and love need reply'. Did Chandrika find her soulmate?

Bachelor party horror: How paid sex cost me Syphilis

What is it like to get a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) in a culture where sex itself is a taboo? Twenty-year-old Amit from Ranchi decided to lose his virginity to a sex worker. What happened thereafter made him almost suicidal...

He slapped and pushed me to the wall

Kumar started dating Sharad in 2013 after a casual Facebook chat. They both had some behavioural issues but things took an ugly turn when they started living together. Kumar was controlling and Sharad started abusing physically and verbally. Kumar tells us their story...

‘You are dead to us’

Vivek’s mother burnt him with hot pliers and his father shouted the choicest abuses when a photo he had posted with his bf on Instagram accidentally reached her. Vivek tells Love Matters India about the day he had to call the police to save him from his own parents.

From a kiss to the baby: What Bollywood taught me about sex

Talking about sex has always been a taboo in Indian families. The only way youngsters, especially those of us growing up in the 90s and before, could get anywhere close to learning about sex was from Bollywood. Kiran regales us with stories of all the sex wisdom Hindi cinema bestowed on her.

Thirty minutes and no ejaculation

Aniket and Sameera were friends with benefits but one fine day, Aniket found the ‘benefit’ bit gone. What had taken the fun out of sex and even masturbation? Stress not, said the doctor in what was both his diagnosis and prescription.

Lehenga check, shervani check, what about STDs?

The right partner, the best fitting lehenga, the most awesome venue and a perfect honeymoon location. We plan a zillion things to get everything right for our D-Day. But do we ever check if our partners are sexually healthy? Shreya tells Love Matters India's Arpit Chikkara how she and Vishesh prepared for a happy married life by getting themselves checked for STDs.

He dumped me for a thinner girl!

She has been called fat, motu, ‘healthy’, plump. But Anika is still waiting for the day when her weight won’t be the only thing people use to describe her.

‘We will make you smooth as butter’

The shaadi season is here! And we can bet the lovely brides-to-be have only one thing on their mind – the parlour wali Aunty, who is promising a makeover that will get the dear husband-to-be weak in his knees. But is it all worth the kharcha? Hina tells us her tale.

Casual sex worked great for me

After Riya broke up with her boyfriend of six years, Amit, she never managed to find a new, serious relationship. So she started exploring something she'd never tried before: casual sex. She narrated her story to our LM writer Harish.