Siddharth Mangharam, entrepreneur and founder CEO, hit upon this brainwave after meeting his wife at a cheese-tasting event, an interest they both share. Having realized how increasingly difficult it has become for urban, well-settled single men and women to venture out and meet other singles outside of work and the comfort of friends, Siddharth and his wife decided to pitch this idea to singles within their personal networks, i. Having said that, Siddharth is quick to assert that is not a dating site or even a matrimonial one even though it has been instrumental in bringing some singles together. His business model works on the premise that singles have as much right to a happening social life as married people do — in fact, being free from rigid commitments and obligations, singles should find it an active social life easier than their not-single counterparts. There is no matchmaking involved, though. There is also a very thoughtful right-of-admission reserved — access to Floh is on an invite-only basis, where only an existing member can invite you and refer you to Floh. S, name withheld on request , a marketing professional in her thirties, vouches for this. Though this network is open to people in their twenties, Joe, an artist in his mid-twenties, found the evening event to cater mostly to the 30+ crowd, something Siddharth says depends on the event you attend, since the network caters to people in the 25-40 age bracket. One can choose the event based on their likes and preferences. This way, the chances of meeting like-minded singles increases dramatically, says Siddharth. He tries to organize at least 4-8 events a month and covers a wide variety of interests including the recently concluded and hugely successful paint ball event for the perennially-young-at-heart populace. Note: Visit the for write-ups and articles by members. Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, India Kaustav SenGupta, an award winning academician, is the Associate Professor and HOD at National Institute of Fashion Technology. He is the Youth Market analyst, youth ethnographer, color psychologist and youth event curator in India. Kaustav is founder moderator of Ingene, the first ever open source Youth Insights research Lab in India. He is a panelist of Titan Paradox panel, ColosNext color trend report of Asian Paints, ColorsIndia Conference etc. He is the organizer of TEDxYouth Chennai and InkLink DAM fest, which promotes creative young talents and peer leaders. Kaustav is the only Indian Youth market analyst who's being interviewed by BBC, UK. He has authored more than 36 articles, 3 international papers, multiple columns and has mentored more than 1000 young professionals across the globe.
