Through online courses and ‘educational’ trips to destinations like Bali, dating gurus teach singletons how to make connections
The camera zooms in. The male of the species makes his way towards the female. Eyes meet, a ritualistic mating dance begins. The commentator guiding you through this scene explains the body language of the two, pointing out what the male did right and wrong. This may sound like a sequence out of a nature documentary, but the narrator is no David Attenborough.
“He’s standing close. He’s smelling her hair… Karan kuch bol nahin raha, bas sexualize kar raha hai (Karan isn’t saying anything, just sexualizing her),” says Yadhuvir Singh Manhas, a dating coach for men.