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Liquid Comics releases free comedy-thriller on Facebook
BANGALORE: Graphic India, a digital platform from Liquid Comics to promote comic books in India and showcase young artists and writers in the country, announced it is releasing a new comedy-thriller, “UnHoli,” for free on Facebook starting yesterday to tie-in to India‘s annual Holi festival of colours.
The author for unHoli is Samit Basu (Turbulence, The GameWorld Trilogy) and the artist is Jeevan J. Kang (7 Brothers, Ramayan 3392A.D., The Sadhu).
Readers will be able to read the series for free daily over the next month and share the pages with friends. Readers of the web series can also participate in the “UnHoli covered in color contest,” where fans can post a photograph of themselves on Graphic India‘s Facebook wall page, covered in colors and looking the most inhuman and zombie-like as they can. The photo with the most “likes” will win a stack of 50 assorted comic books and be featured on Graphic India‘s website as India‘s reigning Zombie King or Zombie Queen.
unHoli centres on Rohan, who hates the festival of Holi, but when a Holi reveler breaks down his door and tries to eat his brains, Rohan realises that this is no ordinary Holi. The zombie apocalypse has begun and the festival of colors is overrun by a deep, dark crimson red. Now it is up to Rohan to travel through the zombie infested streets of Delhi to rescue his girlfriend, Mia, trapped in Gurgaon.
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With 57 per cent single new users, Ashley Madison rebrands as discreet dating platform
Platform says majority of new members now identify as single
INDIA: Ashley Madison is shedding the “married-dating” label that defined it for two decades, repositioning itself as a platform for discreet dating in what it calls the post-social media age.
The rebrand, unveiled in India on 27 February, 2026, marks a structural shift in business model and identity. Once synonymous with married dating, the company now describes itself as the “premier destination for discreet dating” under a new tagline: Where Desire Meets Discretion.
The pivot is data-driven. Internal figures show that 57 per cent of global sign-ups between 1 January and 31 December, 2025 identified as single: a notable departure from the platform’s married core. The company argues that its community has already evolved beyond its original positioning.
“In an age where our lives have been constantly put on public display, privacy has become the new luxury,” said Ashley Madison chief strategy officer Paul Keable. He framed the platform’s offering as “ethical discretion” for singles, separated, divorced and non-monogamous users seeking private connections.
The shift also taps into wider digital fatigue. A global survey conducted by YouGov for Ashley Madison, covering 13,071 adults across Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US, found mounting discomfort with hyper-public online lives.
Among dating app users, 30 per cent cited constant swiping and messaging as a source of fatigue, while 24 per cent pointed to pressure to curate public-facing profiles and early personal disclosure. Some 27 per cent said fears of screenshots or information being shared contributed to exhaustion; an equal share cited unwanted attention.
The retreat from oversharing appears broader. According to the survey, 46 per cent of adults actively try to keep most aspects of their life private online. Only 8 per cent feel comfortable sharing most aspects publicly, while 35 per cent say they are becoming more selective about what they disclose.
Ashley Madison is betting that this cultural recalibration towards controlled visibility can be monetised. By doubling down on privacy infrastructure and reframing itself around discretion rather than infidelity, the company is attempting to convert reputational baggage into a premium proposition.
