Swiping Through the Same 20 Profiles Near Purdue? There's a Better Way.

Purdue has one of the largest Indian graduate student populations in the entire country. Walk through the engineering buildings or the grad student apartments off State Street and you’ll hear it. The desi community here is enormous relative to the size of the town. The problem is that West Lafayette is a small college town with limited social venues, which means the same people end up at the same spots every weekend.

Garam Masala Dating is the #1 live South Asian dating show and singles mixer that has been running in New York City. Real singles go on blind dates on stage while the audience watches. It’s part comedy show, part social experiment, and 100% more effective than swiping through the same twenty profiles within a five mile radius.

The grad school grind makes it easy to spend three years in West Lafayette without meeting anyone outside your lab or your apartment building. This show fixes that by putting everyone in one room with one purpose. No awkward department mixers, no forced small talk at a potluck. Just a fun night out where meeting someone new is the whole point.

We’re building the West Lafayette waitlist. Purdue grad students, postdocs, faculty, and anyone in the Lafayette area. Get on the list for first access to tickets, or apply to be a contestant and do something your labmates will talk about for the rest of the semester.