What do you get when you mix teenage hormones, strict Indian parents, board exams, and Tinder (yes, THAT Tinder)? A full-blown masala love story with enough chaos to crash every coaching class in town. Meet Ishaan Verma, 15 going on flirty. He’s got average marks, above-average dimples, and a bio that says “future IITian (manifesting 😅)”. On a dare, he downloads Tinder under the fake name Vivaan. What starts as a joke soon spirals into a digital dhamaaka when he swipes right on… Simran Bhasin, the topper with winged eyeliner sharper than her sarcasm. She’s class monitor by day, rebel texter by night. She shouldn’t even be on the app—hello, her mom still tracks her screen time. But one mysterious chat with a witty guy named Vivaan becomes her escape from pressure cookers, parental expectations, and physics tuition. Until—BAM! Plot twist. They discover they’re actually in the same school. Same batch. SAME CHEMISTRY LAB PARTNERS. Now every glance in the hallway is loaded. Every practical class is practically a rom-com scene. And every teacher’s “Focus on your future!” sounds like background noise in their love soundtrack. But tenth grade isn’t just about love. There’s board pressure, nosy cousins, sudden breakup rumors, and the grand annual day dance that could make or break it all. Can Ishaan and Simran survive CBSE chaos and crush confusion? Or will their digital rishta crash harder than a Zoom class on low WiFi? Tinder Tadka in Tenth Grade is K. M. Avander’s 217th romantic riot—packed with laugh-out-loud desi drama, painfully real teenage dilemmas, and enough sweet-and-spicy moments to make your cheeks blush and your heart do bhangra. Reader Reviews: ⭐ “Avander writes like Karan Johar directing Dangal—romantic, relatable, and ridiculously fun!” ⭐ “Every Gen Z Indian teen needs to read this. Bonus points for the best fake Tinder bios EVER.” Warning: This book may cause Sudden flashbacks to your first crush

Originally published on 28/07/2025