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Solo dining bookings jump 30% across metro India

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Reservation platforms report a 30% year-on-year rise in tables for one across Mumbai, Bengaluru and Delhi. Restaurants are responding with counter seating, single-portion tasting menus and 'no-questions' service. Therapists call it a quiet rebellion against performative socialising. Gen Z calls it Tuesday.

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