Escort To Libido Land
What does buying sex do to men? And what about women’s fantasies of freedom? Nishtha Gautam traces the contours of ‘prostitution by choice’
A Tinder For The Love Arson
Loneliness despite high-speed ‘hook ups’. Is love’s labour lost in the digital age, asks Shyam Bhat
The Dirty Indian Male
Without rape, Indian machismo is incomplete. It seeks security and upholds honour through violence on the other, argues Shiv Visvanathan.
The Boy’s Caste: An Arranged Gay Marriage
When Harish Iyer thought of invading the heteronormative domain of marriage, little did he know it could involve being panned for casteism
“Oh, But You Were Born A Man, What Will I Tell My Parents?”
Apsara Reddy thinks there’s no real place in the heart of a man for a transgender woman
Eleven Bodies Against The Radcliffe Line
Set in a brothel during Partition, <em>Rajkahini</em> shocked audiences by its sexually charged themes. Sreemoyee Piu Kundu speaks with director Srijit Mukherji.
What Women Want: An Open Online Closet Of Sex Toys
Sreemoyee Piu Kundu on how online shopping has opened up a world of sex and erotica products to Indian women
Nimble Feet And Open Hearts
On a detour from the straight and narrow, Stuti Agarwal enters a realm of endless possibilities opened up by asking one question: can we love more than one person at a time?
Reeling Under The Spell Of Star Love
Bollywood affairs have always caught the public’s imagination. Now, they have also become a marketable commodity, says Sathya Saran
Poems Of Pain Always Scored Over Songs Of Lust In Classical India
Did classical Indian literature focus more on the absentee lover than on the joys of union, probes Arshia Sattar