In Riyadh, bastion of burqaland, girls switch on the Bluetooth on their cellphones and wait for messages from potential boyfriends to start pouring in.

In Miami, bastion of bikiniland, they hit the beach.

In Kolkata, you're caught between two extremes. Girls meet guys at tuitions.

Hey, what was the answer? 84? Thanks.

Sometimes at fests - an accoustic guitar! I've always wanted one.

Then they add eachother on Orkut (so 2007) or Facebook, and begin an online courtship, taking care to inconvenience as many electrons as possible. They meet face-to-face twice, perhaps thrice, shoot eachother furtive, lingering smiles at tuitions and feel quite daring. Back on Facebook, renew a passionate discussion on the merits of Espana vs Oranje.

In the land of the Kamasutra, lakhs of teenagers send thanks to social networking websites.

He's on Facebook.

5 mutual friends.

Add as friend.

He probably just uses it to try to jointly solve Euler with his friends. But, what the heck.

Anything's worth a try.

Send request.

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