Educated Dalits in India face a significantly smaller dating pool due to historical oppression and uneven socio-economic progress within the community. While inter-caste marriage is advocated as a solution to casteism, it remains rare, with most unions occurring within caste groups. This reality impacts dating app experiences, where Dalit profiles are outnumbered by Savarna professionals, leading to challenges in finding partners and the burden of expectation for a 'perfect' relationship to overcome intergenerational trauma.