India, Oct. 6 -- Finding love is difficult enough; it is generally even harder when one is divorced or widowed.

To begin with, there is the discomfort of starting to date again.

Then there is the stress of navigating an entirely new world of dating. And there are the many conundrums relating to how to move forward, once you have found someone you like.

A 54-year-old entrepreneur in Delhi, let's call him Allen, lost his wife to cancer three years ago. His son works in Mumbai; his daughter studies in Pune. Six months ago, he was finally ready to admit he was lonely. At the urging of friends, he downloaded a few apps. What followed, he says, were days of feeling completely overwhelmed.

From the kinds of people that he found on the apps to ...