Why Digital Dating Means Nothing New For Indian Women
India is on the digital map and we of the brown-skinned, spicy-food-eating ilk are exploring digital dating too.
The Mate Hunt
When Did ‘I’m Married’ Become A Pick-Up Line?
Why are married men openly partaking of mating rituals? And why are women falling for them?
20 Steps: A Digital Love Story
1. He sends her a carefully worded to sound casual-but-smart message. 2. She replies with the digital equivalent of a laugh. 3. Encouraged, he does some more of that. 4. She chuckles (digitally, of course). He notices that her smile is crooked and that her teeth don’t quite line up. He wonders whether to…
Social, Secretly Human
A new social app called SECRET has me intrigued with the possibility of actual human connections again.
An Older Man
I went out with an older man recently. Age, steadily creeping up on me, doesn’t seem as scary if it looks the way he does, a few years from now.
T is for Truth or Dare
This is a story of one of my favorite games.
A Generation Of ‘Forgive & Forget’
I went to lunch with a beloved aunt, last week. She is one of my role models, having blazed the corporate path in the 70s and faced racial and gender prejudices. She has also had a ‘love marriage’ to a wonderful but non-Tamilian man. We spoke of work (hers and…
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#Ideastory: Play-acting
Let us drift on an ocean of ideas and call it conversationLet’s share an AHA! moment and mistake it for compatibilityLet us feel the camaraderie of fellow voyagers and call it love I will if you will. Shall we call it a date?
There’s A Woman In Your Friendzone!
Dear men,
What’s that you say? Women don’t get into the friendzone? Allow me to introduce you to…
The Crush Taxonomy
I tweeted about a funny guy crush. A friend asked what other kind there was and challenged me to write a list.