Partnership & Pleasure

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Alpha Male In A Pussy Riot

If society is the sum of its contraries, can BDSM coexist with khap?

Sunil Menon

Pleasure

The Dirty Indian Male

Without rape, Indian machismo is incomplete. It seeks security and upholds honour through violence on the other, argues Shiv Visvanathan.

Shiv Visvanathan

Pleasure

‘Erotic Pleasure Transcends Both Inhibition And Hedonism’

Psychoanalyst Sudhir Kakar on sexuality and intimate relations in modern India...

Sreemoyee Piu Kundu INTERVIEWS Sudhir Kakar

Pleasure

Our Playlist Morphs Into Khajuraho It’s Sanskari

The digital age has held up a salad bowl of the sexual. Paromita Vohra looks at the polyphonic eco-system of desire and custom of young, ‘liberated’ Indians.

Paromita Vohra

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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?

Stuti Agarwal

Pleasure

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

Sreemoyee Piu Kundu

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Adultery Among Women: The State Of Affairs

Married women are the new ‘infidels’. Far from feeling guilty, they thrive on the secret attraction, writes Priya Pathiyan.

Priya Pathiyan

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“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

Apsara Reddy

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Fidelity Isn’t Boring Any Longer

Modern couples are more aware of the impermanence of marriage in India’s transitioning culture. Yet, monogamy is not out of style, writes Smita Deshmukh

Smita Deshmukh

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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

Arshia Sattar

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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

Sathya Saran

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Eleven Bodies Against The Radcliffe Line

Set in a brothel during Partition, Rajkahini shocked audiences by its sexually charged themes. Sreemoyee Piu Kundu speaks with director Srijit Mukherji.

Sreemoyee Piu Kundu

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Bhabhis Offer The Sweetest Fantasy Fruit

Did Savita Bhabhi stand for a common fetish in Indian men: a sexual liaison with older women, wonders Devanik Saha

Devanik Saha

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Eroticisms Of The Sex-Less Life

Celibacy is couched in deep lord-love, scriptural fear-mongering or worn as a badge in a goal-driven life. Amrita Narayanan writes on the ways of ascetic and power celibacy.

Amrita Narayanan

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Sexlessness Is Therapeutic

Celibacy needn’t be the kind the Mahatma took at age 38. Temporary abstention, too, can help you emerge as a more capable person, says Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan

Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan

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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

Harish Iyer

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Agonism: The Pain Principle

Kinky sex isn’t new in the land of Kama Sutra. Typically, BDSM challenges gender stereotypes. Here, consent is given proactively. Its power lies in our ability to withdraw it, says Jaya Sharma

Jaya Sharma