About Smita Shares

For those of who do not know me, my name is Smita like Rita, and it has been, oh, about 7 years since I have actively written in my blog; I wrote a post or two since that time, but that was about it, and – in the interim – I used my personal Facebook page as my blog.  Here’s a little backstory on that: I had first launched my blog back in 2009, and it was primarily devoted to the topic of “The Wonders and Woes of South Asian Dating” – not my dates in particular but the nuances of dating as they related to the conflict of American-upbringing vs. cultural/familial expectations; it very quickly grew to 10,000+ readers in 12 different countries and some posts received 300+ comments of folks posting anonymously (delightful things like: “Seeing by the length of your posts, you clearly neither have a job or a gym membership; tick tock, there goes the marriage clock”) all with me posting as me. These things did not dissuade me and, instead, they motivated me to keep sharing more, because I had clearly struck a chord, and, well, I am the kind of person who gets motivated by haterade.