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intern. They put in a lot of pictures of books she intended to read. She was quite
accomplished—just the way Raghuvir liked it. Aranya made Farah Iqbal a
voracious reader and a yoga enthusiast. It helps if people can imagine their
prospectives in yoga pants.

Step 5:
The most important step. Find something that they would bond over. A
school? A common college? A city? No. You need something more. Yes. You’re

getting there. Yes! A relationship. If your target is someone who’s in a
relationship, you should be in one too. That’s your common ground. That’s how
your target will feel safe. The conversation will be between two committed

people, always safer than talking to someone who’s single.
Farah Iqbal was in a relationship with a boy and they seemed to be in love but
not that much in love. That final touch completed Farah Iqbal’s profile. She was

now a person. She may not have existed in the physical world, but ask yourself,
did that even matter? We trust the Internet presence of a person more than his or
her physical presence. Internet > Real life.

Farah Iqbal was now a real person. She was a promising lawyer who dabbled
in fitness, read like a maniac, was into movies men liked, partied like a mad
woman but was homely as well, an equal proportion of pictures in little dresses

and salwar suits—the perfect girl.
The rest was easy. Farah Iqbal accidentally sent a friend request to Raghuvir.
Raghuvir wasn’t a big fan of social media so it was Aranya who ‘accidentally’

accepted the friend request on his phone. Raghuvir had rolled his eyes at that
time but soon he started to visit Farah’s profile.
It started slowly. A couple of likes here and there. Surprise from both ends at

the accidental ‘sending’ and ‘accepting’ of the friend request. A couple of
‘What’s ups’ thrown here and there, but slowly the conversations got longer.
They started to talk about his work and her college life, her impending

internship, their ambitions and their dreams. It was working. They were
physically separated thus making it even safer to pursue the conversation. Soon,

they started talking about their relationship and Aranya found him faltering.
FARAH
So you’re dating someone? Of course you are.
RAGHUVIR