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Women of Color Connect Deeply

My best friend and I shared a smoke today at the Central Park in New York. We’ve been girlfriends for more than two years now, but didn’t know that we both like an occasional “I am feeling a deep connection right now” smoke. ​She said it’s like having sex. We both laughed at it.

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Online Dating Changing Old Matchmaking Norms in Kashmir

It was a pleasant surprise when a Kashmiri female friend told me youngsters like her were using Bumble for online dating in Kashmir. I first came across Bumble when it recently came in news for its women-centric approach, in which women make the first move. If two profiles match, it is up to the woman to decide whether to chat or not to chat. Online dating, to me, was a Western idea. However, to learn it is useful in Kashmir, is an ahaa moment for me, in a good way.