Office romance can be frowned on in the west but employees at India’s outsourcing companies are more likely to regard the workplace as a good testing-ground for a long-term relationship.

“Office hours sometimes get very hectic,” says 25-year-old D. Karthik as he waits with his colleague and fiancée, K. Tejaswania, at the juice bar of their employer, Mphasis. “If we are still able to adjust to it with our partners, that shows we are best for each other.”