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From dairy to salad vegetables: Desi terms for orgasms
Did you see them cumming?
Nov 19, 2024
A History of The Internet’s Most Famous Friendship Meme
How ek doston ka gang fought, forgave and redefined internet culture forever
Nov 08, 2024
Hickeys: Chupana Bhi Nahin Aata, Batana Bhi Nahin Aata
Tips to flaunt those pyaar waale moments
Oct 20, 2024
Should I Use An Intimate Wash?
What it is and whether you need it in your personal kit
Oct 06, 2024
Introducing my vibrator to my partners… and other adventures in pleasure
My journey from learning how to pick one, going through airport security and learning that vibrators didn’t guarantee 100% orgasms
Oct 14, 2024
Sporting events where you can wear your birthday suit
Shoes, socks and little else... Races and competitions from across the world where you can participate nangu pangu
Sep 30, 2024
Isn’t it love, if we still want to be in each other’s lives?
I’d longed for him, and we’d meet and hook-up. It was great, until we decided to “talk about it”
Sep 30, 2024
‘Mom told me not to peek out of blanket and go back to sleep’
Seven people share the moment they realised that their parents were sexual beings, too
Sep 17, 2024
What the gaalis I heard made me feel about sex
How can we see sex as a pleasurable thing, when our first encounters with it are laced with violence and prejudice?
Sep 04, 2024
Sahibaan Kadardaan Meherbaan, talk dirty to me as if you are Umrao Jaan!
Dil aur genitalia dono thaam ke baithiye
Sep 03, 2024
Butt hair - aapka bhi hai?
Have questions about the ghar ki kheti in the backyard?
Aug 18, 2024
Pleasure Matters: AOI, SRHM and TPP collaborate for a webinar
Join us for a discussion on why pleasure politics is essential in SRHR work
Aug 14, 2024
Gym Se Gym Tak: A History of Naked Men (With Abs)
Tracing the image of the nude, fit masculine figure through space and time – from Apollo’s gymnasium in Ancient Greece to today’s Indian ‘hero’
Aug 13, 2024
Medghadutam: The Cloud Messenger
Jul 17, 2024
From pomegranate explosions to choked pipes: Indian euphemisms for being hard and wet
In India, we don’t say “I am wet” we say “the pomegranate has burst”
Jul 16, 2024
Spice -up your kiss game with the Kamasutra
A guide from Vatsyayana himself on the art of being playful with your pritam
Jul 10, 2024
Anarkali: a poem by Pragya
Anarkali aisi ki Salim chunwa de apne aap ko
Jun 26, 2024
Desi Queer Lingo - Season 2
Coz who said queer lingo is only angrezi?
Jun 25, 2024
Sad Nipple Syndrome: When Nipple Play Causes a Deep Sense of Unease
Doctors don’t know what causes it, but it can affect both penis and vulva owners
Jun 09, 2024
#AOISexGlossary: What Does Milking Someone Mean?
To tire someone out in bed? Or is it nipple play? Kya ho sakta hai iska matlab?
Jun 02, 2024
The Sweetu List
From the AOI Workshop: all the words for endearment for our loves
May 29, 2024
Surprise Surprise: A Poem
How do you make a terrible day better? Thoda pleasure, thoda play, and a whole lot of sexiness…
May 28, 2024
AOI Masturbation Shayari 2024 Contest Winners
The Shayaris that made us go, ooh la la~
May 22, 2024
The AOI Masturbation Shayari Contest 2024 is Open!
Unleash your inner poet and stroke the words to win big ;)
May 04, 2024
Sexting emojis that’ll make your chats wet and slippery
AOI picks sexy smileys to make sexting faster and funner
Apr 09, 2024
When My Mom Was A Tomboy – A Photo Archive
Agents of Ishq asked its audience whether their moms had had a tomboy phase – and discovered a surprising and delightful history.
Mar 22, 2024
Monster Under The Bed
Jab pyaar kiya toh darna kya, you say? Read this erotic horror story (also the winning entry of the AOI Blue Film contest), and then we'll talk!
Jul 12, 2022
3 Tomboys From The Indian Instaverse
Because we all need cute people to stalk
Mar 19, 2024
Dear Diary, today I saw Leanne’s hairy legs…
The Kuch Kuch Hota Hai feeling when we see Tomboys
Mar 12, 2024
Are You An Animal In Bed? (Okay, But Which One?)
Here’s what ‘giving head’ means in Praying Mantis world!
Oct 04, 2022
Dear Hook Up...
Here are a few #MorningAfter greeting cards for your last night’s hook-up!
Oct 12, 2022
Phone Sex by Ms. D
Here’s a poem about some phone pe gandi baatein by one of AOI's own readers!
Oct 18, 2022
The Tomboy March
Kuch yaadien, kuch sawaal aur dher saara pyar... All that is in our pitaara this mahina
Mar 01, 2024
Mera Waala Sex Toy
All that we want our sex toy to be. Advertisement is ready. Product ka intezar hai!
Feb 25, 2024
7 Things The Caribbean Taught Us About Flirting And Fun!
There is a way to verbally and non-verbally gauge another person’s interest without harassing them. It’s called flirting.
Mar 13, 2018
Dard-E-Display: The Desi Heartbreak Playbook
What is dard without making a display of it? Here are some desi words for the heartbroken
Nov 16, 2022
Drowning In Love - A Valentine's Special Reading List
Ishq comes in many shades - kabhi passionate, kabhi emotional, kabhi sexual aur kabhi chill. Here are some passionate, hatke love stories for you to read this Valentine’s month.
Feb 17, 2023
The Winners Of The AOI Prem Patra Contest
For Valentine’s Day
Feb 14, 2024
Which Modern-Day Ashta Nayika Are You?
In Bharat Muni’s Natyashastra written circa 200 BC, the Ashtanayikas represent eight heroines, each grappling with different dilemmas one might face in romantic relationships. Here’s their 2024 representation
Feb 06, 2024
Scratch that!
Erotic Scratching Techniques from Three Ancient Texts Kama Sutra, Koka Shastra, Anga Ranga
Jan 16, 2024
I Feel Like Sitting On The Floor With You
An erotic poem through the wild and wonderful territories of sex and intimacy.
Apr 07, 2023
Why Do Movie Suhaag Raats Feature Ek Glass Milk?
Answers from Ancient India about what's milk got to do with being an aphrodisiac
Dec 30, 2022
Sexy Facetime
Yaniki intriguing sex words and fun ways of enjoying a partner's, ahem, assets - with one's face!
Feb 26, 2023
Moments in Our Life That Make Us Ask “Why Not Me?”
From not having a date on Valentine’s Day, to being overlooked by your crush, a long list of situations that make our hearts go all dard-e-disco
Dec 20, 2023
For our 8th year, the AOI team shares the Things That Made 2023 Special
Baar baar yeh dil gaaye, Happy Birthday to you AOI!
Dec 14, 2023
Never Will I Ever…
Have continuous disappointments left us over-managing our expectations on dates? Are there dreams you have set aside completely?
Dec 05, 2023
Bum bum bole!
Mera joota hai Japani, yeh patloon Inglistani, but yeh bum hai Hindustani! Here are some words for the bum in some desi tongues.
Nov 28, 2023
How To Make Them Nuts, With “Coconutting!”
This #TharkiTuesday we want you to think about a different kind of nariyal paani!
Nov 07, 2023
Diet
Erotic Poem by Anonymous
Oct 25, 2023
Erotic Poems For October
This month, our Tharki Tuesdays are blessed with erotic poems shared by Om
Oct 03, 2023
Places Around The World Where Sex In Public Is Totally Legal!
It’s #WorldTourismDay, and here’s a list of places in the world where you can do matargahsti in khuli sadak, (but passport chahiye!)
Sep 27, 2023
Boobs & Butts Everywhere!
Let me taad your golas and give them a squeeze
Aug 22, 2023
The AOI Guide to Sexy Nudes!
or how to be your own boudoir photographer #WorldPhotographyDay
Aug 19, 2023
POLITICS OF LOVE, HISTORIES OF ISHQ, POETRY OF SEX
A first-ever LIVE performance by Agents of Ishq
Aug 10, 2023
If Life is Box Full of Chocolate Boys!
#HappyChocolateDay to the men who smile, are vulnerable, and make our dils do a new type of dhak-dhak!
Jul 06, 2023
Sexy Saturday Songs in Puriya Dhanashree
You both laugh together then, and you find he is holding your hand. You wonder if he will hold your ankle the same way.
Apr 29, 2023
Why Does The LGBTQ+ Community Love Frogs?
World Wildlife Day pe ek investigation!
Mar 03, 2023
Mard-E-Disco - How 21st Century Brawny Bollywood Beauty Awakened My Desires
It all started from Ranbir dropping his towel!
Jul 02, 2023
Mugs, T-Shirts, Zines, Postcards - Get Yourself Some AOI Merch!
A list of Agents of Ishq merchandise for sale.
Jan 12, 2023
Sexy Saturday Songs: Suriya Special
Happy Birthday to the poster boy of romance in Tamil cinema!
Jul 23, 2022
I Like To Bend It Bend It! Rule Bendy Asanas for Rule-Bendy Feelings
Jul 14, 2022
2022: The AOI Masturbation Shayari Contest And You!
This year's self-pleasure shayaris by our Agents!
May 25, 2022
The Night I Became Shah Rukh
Based on a true fantasy
Jun 28, 2022
Mama Mia, Porn Porn! AOI Write Your Own Blue Film Contest Winners and More!
The porn scripts of your dreams are all here!
Feb 23, 2022
Ek Se Bhale Do - The Story Behind AOI’s Two Laadli Awards!
The making of #AikaToTheBaika and #LesbianLetterExchange!
Dec 07, 2021
Fan : Why I Love Shah Rukh Khan
If you love him, you love him the way he loves his heroines – unabashedly, inexplicably, and forever.
Nov 01, 2021
Seen Zoned, IRL
It turned ‘seen’ instantly, like never before. Bundles of crackers went off in my heart.
Nov 10, 2021
Kabhi Alvida Kehna! How I Said Ta-Ta Bye-Bye to Gender Norms and Became Beautiful
It was not easy to dress like a girl outside; only in the secrecy of my room.
Sep 17, 2021
Discovering My Sexual Self Through Therapy
Now that I have been living by myself, the quietness has given me time to take off these masks.
Oct 13, 2021
Friendship: The Movie featuring Uncertain Love
Shocking - Queer people confused if their flirting is romantic or platonic!
Oct 17, 2021
"The Talk Of The Heart, It’s Not As Easy As It Looks" : Saleem Kidwai’s Friendship with Begum Akhtar
An interview with the late Saleem Kidwai about his life and friendship with Begum.
Sep 12, 2021
Good Friends, Bad Boys And Friendship Betrayals
Do you remember your first friendship break-up? Pranav does!
Aug 01, 2021
How Vulnerability Can Fill Our Lives with Love!
#PyaariVulnerability
Jul 28, 2021
“Be like Belinda
How a porn character can make one rethink sex
Feb 18, 2021
The One My Mother Warned Me About AKA Chais With Guys
Can breaking rules make our own choices and chai sweeter?
Dec 15, 2020
Kahin pe Nishana, Kahin Pe Nigahein
A party, flirtation, class, and a romantic twist.
Nov 29, 2020
THE OTHER F WORD - A Poem
Running into woman-on-woman porn to rediscover sex
Dec 21, 2020
The Sacred Flower : A Poem
Reveling in your own touch & blooming with pleasure!
Oct 18, 2020
Travel With Me - An Erotic Poem
The waves will come from the sea, But they’ll hit your shore.
Sep 20, 2020
I Ghosted Him. Then I Got A Second Chance.
Caught between shame and surprise, will a ghost-er make a different choice?
Aug 10, 2020
HINDI MOVIES UNLOCKED MY LOCKDOWN LIBIDO aka CORONA PYAAR HAI RETURNS
Learning the art and drama of distancing in times of Corona from Hindi movies.
Jul 20, 2020
My Sexy Sapna - Poems from the AOI No.1 Masturbation Fantasies Contest
May 15, 2020
Anatomy of a Flirt
I will tell you/That some days my body is a sonnet, yesterday it was a dirty limerick
Apr 27, 2020
"Enough, Let's Fuck" and Other Poems of Art and Lust
Mar 22, 2020
AOI Mugs are here!
Feb 14, 2020
Couplets From The Uncoupled! #HappyValentinesDay
Two-liners from our Agents on celebrating singlehood!
Feb 14, 2020
Sexy Saturday Songs: Do it Like Dhanush
Vijeta Kumar's playlist of Dhanush songs
Sep 11, 2019
Sexy Saturday Songs from the Sultry Sixties
Are the 1960s the sexiest decade of Hindi cinema?
Sep 03, 2019
When Pyaar Cannot be Taken Forward
Body Peechhe Pad Jaati Hai. What else to do?
Oct 18, 2019
Sexy Sunday Songs: Ishq, Pyaar, Kishore Kumar!
Happy Birthday Kishore Da!
Aug 04, 2019
Six-Legged Sexy Saturday Songs
Who knew Bollywood had soooooo much bug love?
Jul 27, 2019
My Sexy Saturday Songs Playlist: Aliza
A new weekend playlist to groove to!
Jul 13, 2019
Kucch Toh Accha Hua Hai - AOI Masturbation Shayari 2019 Edition!
Our readers' love poems to self-love
May 22, 2019
Is There a Secret Masturbation Message in Your Ad?
We’re only kidding! Brands aren’t trying to get you masturbate... or are they?
May 08, 2019
Do You Know How to Give Women Orgasms?
This app will teach you how and we got some Agents to try it out!
May 15, 2019
This Month on AOI: Shame/No Shame
Apr 01, 2019
Do You Have A Chosen Family? A Few Agents Tell Us About Their Family Like Bonds
We asked you about your closest rishtas and here's love you expressed!
Feb 22, 2019
My Valentine To Milind
A digital altar for our collective fantasy of this effortlessly beautiful man.
Feb 14, 2019
This Month on AOI: Relationship Status!
Feb 01, 2019
This Month on AOI : Being Young
Jan 02, 2019
Hugs in Many Languages, From Us to You!
Have you ever been able to say no to a nice warm hug?
Jan 01, 2019
A Crowd Sourced List On Consent
A crowd sourced list of important material on consent.
Dec 02, 2018
Three Superb, Sexy Poems By Poet Perundevi in Tamil
Oct 23, 2018
When a Workshop about Love and Desire Turned into a Raucous Party
Oct 26, 2018
Three Superb, Sexy Poems By Tamil Poet Perundevi
good poetry for the health of your soul.
Oct 16, 2018
Five Helpful Folks Giving Us Resources On Safe Abortion You Need To Follow
Sep 28, 2018
a historic day
A short poem for September 6, 2018
Sep 13, 2018
Booby Trap
The bra-shopping adventure story every woman knows too well.
Jun 04, 2018
Winning Memes for a Theme This #MasturbationMay !
A shortlist of winners
May 31, 2018
Khud Se Pyaar Hai, To Zindagi Gulzar Hai
AOI Masturbation Shayari Guldasta.
May 09, 2018
Take the Agents of Ishq Feedback Survey!
Tell us what you think about us.
May 05, 2018
Dance Your Body, Love Your Baby
A fun video made by Agents of Ishq and Point of View.
May 07, 2018
First Times, February and Hindi Kavita at The AOI Conversations
Highlights from the Hindi open mic at AOI Conversations this February.
Mar 16, 2018
Why I Believe Love is Like Quantum Physics (But in a Good Way)
The strange similarities between love and the theory of quantum entaglement.
Feb 28, 2018
I Want It That Way! Women, Tell Us What Makes Sex Good!
What's the one thing you like most in bed?
Feb 21, 2018
Romance is Real, and Here’s How We Know
Feb 08, 2018
Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karenge: India’s top PDA Spots
Feb 06, 2018
The AOI Queer Reading List : Naya Maal
A selection of recent Indian queer writing.
Jan 30, 2018
Sex Actually (Let’s Talk About It)
Have you ever had a sexual encounter that you just couldn’t forget? That keeps coming back to you from time to time or all the time?
Jan 19, 2018
Sexual Resolutions For A Sexual Revolution in 2018
We asked you what your sexual resolutions for 2018 were and you gave us some truly creative answers.
Jan 03, 2018
Libido Lightbulb Moments: What movie first turned you on?
Here are several kinds of movie sexiness that people told us marked the first time a movie made them horny.
Jan 11, 2018
Kya tumhe semi-cooked pyaar hua hai?
It all started with Pabs (my cat)
Jan 16, 2018
Kiss... Ek Kavita
Nov 15, 2017
The women I love
A love poem to women who laugh out loud
Nov 28, 2017
The Extravagant Love-Pain Poems of Meena Kumari
Meena Kumari turned tragic love into art and social commentary
Aug 01, 2017
NICEST ISHQ MOVES STORIFIED
What is the nicest ishq move or overture someone ever made on you?
Jul 21, 2017
MILITANT HUGGER
A drought of hugs? Why? When did this ground water deplete?
Jul 18, 2017
KISS MEIN KITNA HAI DUM: 19 KISS POEMS
Kisses that go from sweet to saucy, tender to raunchy, mischievous to gloomy and every other shade of desire.
Jul 06, 2017
BODY AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR SEX
Penises long or slender Breasts soft and tender For some chemistry, we vouch! In the bedroom or the couch!
Jun 07, 2017
Hum Aapke Hain, Porn
May 26, 2017
WATCH- HAVE YOU HEARD OF THESE OLD WIVES TALES ABOUT MASTURBATION?
Let's bust some popular myths about masturbation that we have all grown up with!
May 23, 2017
PYAAR TOH HAI, PAR SEX NAHIN
Rudraksh, a young man from Lucknow, longs to delve into the pleasures of sex. But what's holding him back? Listen to his experience as he explores the meanings of sex, consent and self-love.
May 19, 2017
15 LOVE POEMS TO SELF LOVE
May 10, 2017
Is Pyaar Ko Main Kya Naam Doon! Words People Use for Masturbation
May 03, 2017
Sex Pe Charcha With Parivaar
At Agents of Ishq we’ve been wondering if all conversations that reveal family members to each other as sexual beings necessarily involve shock, haw, khamoshi, behoshi, fainting, door-slamming and the fear that you will be married off the next week?
Apr 10, 2017
A Craving For French Fries
Have you ever had this sudden, urgent, mad craving for french fries? Like I did, on rainy days when petrichor can drive you to delirium.
Feb 19, 2017
IT'S COMPLICATED! (BUT) A FULLY FABULOUS FEBRUARY ON AOI
Feb 08, 2017
LOST AND FOUND POEMS OF A GIRL WHO LIKED SEX
Naughty and Nice poems by Nisha Susan
Feb 09, 2017
Ishq Year Planner - Your #SexRes2017 Storified
Jan 04, 2017
Sexual Resolutions For A Sexual Revolution
Tell us your sexual resolution for 2017 and share with the hashtag #sexres2017
Jan 02, 2017
The Sex Pe Charcha With Parivaar Survey
The Parivaar and Sex Survey
Dec 05, 2016
LADIES BIKE
There I saw her, Love-at-first-Sight. Tailor-made for a lad my height
Nov 08, 2016
TELEPHONE PYAAR
When Rohit's crush writers her cell number on a form he quickly memorises it. Then it's love in full gear. They act like strangers in the coaching class and spend hours on the phone. And then, one day, there's a cross-connection and the line goes dead. Did love have to turn into hate? Listen to this podcast and see what you think.
Nov 04, 2016
EK LADKI BHOLI BHALI SI
Oct 21, 2016
BAS EK KISS...
Sep 16, 2016
WHITE PUBIC HAIR
Sep 08, 2016
Body Hair. Do You Care? The AOI Body Hair Survey
The AOI Body Hair survey is here!
Sep 06, 2016
PAMMI AUNTY: AGENT OF ISHQ
Aug 16, 2016
JEEP MEIN BEEP, DIL MEIN DHAK DHAK
“He winked at me in the rear-view mirror and I was overcome with shyness.” Once Chandni meets this jeep driver and their love story gathers speed, it’s heart-in-the-mouth romantic twists and turns and the speedbreaker of respectability cannot slow it down. A story of passionate romance from Banda, UP.
Aug 05, 2016
Cards To Announce You Did It!
Aug 01, 2016
Munna Memes
Aug 01, 2016
Eid card AOI Ishtyle
Jul 06, 2016
Ruchir Joshi's Sexy Saturday Songs: Rough and Ready
Sexy Saturday Songs Curated by Ruchir Joshi
Apr 30, 2016
EATING AT THE BANQUET OF PLEASURE IS WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERS FOR SEXUAL MENTAL HEALTH. SO WHY DO WE HOLD BACK?
Jun 28, 2022
A Lavni About Consent: The Amorous Adventures of Megha and Shakku
Follow the delightful amorous adventures of Megha and Shakku as they teach us the nuances of Yes, No, Maybe and the Point of Consent!
Jun 28, 2022
Do You Believe In The Rain?
Is there only one meaning of love? Will you find someone who believes in your meaning of love? Do you believe in the rain?
Mar 25, 2016
The Princess and The O
A poem about a princess that is bound to tickle your fancy!
Nov 27, 2016
The Flower of My Secret Sex Life
A young woman's candid and joyful account of her search for a relationship with her sexual self.
Feb 01, 2016
My First Vibrator
When household chores turn into the discovery of an orgasm. Listen to Meera's story of her first ever vibrator!
Nov 28, 2016
Park Mein PDA
AK's friend asks to meet him at the sea side garden, and he has no idea why. His friend shows up in a red t-shirt, jeans and coloured contact lenses. Something about him feels different. Something different happens. Listen to AK's story of what makes his heart beat, his knees go weak and turns him into a poet.
Jul 28, 2016
Five Books About That Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Stuff
Jun 28, 2022
Multiling Biscuit
What is sex? What is gender? What is queer? Are these separate categories or overlapping ways of being that are part of us all?
Jun 28, 2022
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