What do you do when the conversation dies?

Happened twice in New Delhi last month. Do you leave, or push through?

Don't push through. Say it was nice, finish your coffee, go home.

If they can't do a short call first, that tells you something.

Ask them where they'd go. You learn a lot from the answer.

Meet in daylight the first time. Everything else can follow.

The promenade, an hour before sunset. Easy to walk and talk.