In March 2020 as NYC went under lockdown, Ishani flew down to Chicago to be with Jahnavi and Raghav. 4 weeks into quarantine in shuttered down Chicago with not much else to do, she started browsing through "Dil Mil" (a dating app for brown people) and swiped right on Jaideep. Stubbornly holding on to her old-school "the-guy-makes-the-first-move" policy, she waited (im)patiently for Jaideep to break the ice. After receiving very little help from his "bros" for a clever one-liner as a conversation starter, Jaideep nervously sent a "So... you enjoy board games and wine nights?" message. After two weeks of texting and Facetiming, Jaideep clandestinely flew down to NYC smack in the middle of the pandemic (sorry, Mom and Dad!), and Jaideep and Ishani's "first date" lasted a week. Ten days after Jaideep left NYC, Ishani hopped onto a flight to Lincoln and their "second date" lasted two months! The rest is history... :)