Dil Mil is not our regular dating app. Indian men, well those in India at least, will hate it. Yeah, they are not allowed on the app, which only entertains Indian women and NRI men.
French dating platform Gleeden, which markets itself as an app for women who are already in a relationship, is free for women but charges men to send messages. On Bumble, only a woman can initiate a conversation and her identity is protected.
Bumble has a woman CEO and 85 per cent of the workforce is also women. Gleeden, with over 6 lakh users in India from top cities like Bengaluru , Delhi , and Mumbai , is also entirely conceived, developed and run by a team of women.
Dil Mil is a whole different ball game and is targeting women between the ages of who wish to connect with NRIs. The dating platform claims to have over one million users globally in the US, UK, and Canada and is essentially looking to use its pool of NRI profiles as a strength to try out something new in India. It claims to have found out that many women in India, especially in the tier-2 and tier-3 cities, want to move out of india to pursue better opportunities. In India, there is still a certain taboo attached to online dating, which is why many users, especially women resort to fake profiles or different geolocation to protect their identity.
But when it comes to dating platforms, to avoid a situation like Ashley Madison, most claim to comply with the highest data protection standards. To ensure privacy on the front-end as well, users get options to connect with others discreetly. A user will then have the option to either view, block or report the image.
