What do you do when the conversation dies?

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

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

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

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

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

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