The New River Valley Doesn't Have to Be Lonely

Virginia Tech's engineering and computer science programs have built one of the largest Indian grad student populations in the Southeast. Blacksburg is a small town in the mountains of southwest Virginia, and if you're desi and single here, your world is the university. The department. The lab. Maybe the one Indian restaurant in town. The dating pool recycles itself every semester.

The format from New York is built for college towns: real contestants go on live dates on stage while the audience watches and reacts. Afterward, the whole room mingles. In Blacksburg, where the social options for South Asian singles can be counted on one hand, this is the event the community has been missing.

The isolation works both ways though. When you're in Blacksburg, there's a togetherness that doesn't exist in a big city. The desi community here is tight. People look out for each other. They show up. A live dating show in this kind of environment would have a completely different energy than the big city version, and honestly that's part of the appeal.

We're looking at Blacksburg for a future tour stop. Hokies take care of their own, and this community deserves an event that's built for them. Get on the waitlist for first access, or apply to be a contestant. The New River Valley doesn't have to be lonely.