Card 00 (cover image)
Text on card- Doctor’s Day Special
Sex Ed Pioneers from India’s Past
Graphics on card- The background is yellow, and images of some of the sex ed pioneers are at the bottom. The card has a green patterned frame around it.
Card 1
Text on card- Raghunath Dhondo Karve
Together with his wife Malatibai Raghunath Karve. Raghunath Karve started India's first secret birth control clinic in 1921. They also started a magazine called Samaj Swasthya, which talked about masturbation and same-sex love.
Graphics on card- A black and white picture of Raghunath Dhondo Karve on the right, against an orange background. A decorated frame surrounds the card, with the person’s name at the top.
Card 2
Text on card- Shakuntala Paranjpye
A playwright, novelist, Film actor, and social worker, she opened a birth control clinic at her house in 1933. But her legacy is a mixed one, because she also was keen on the Sterilisation of the Unfit Bill that said lepers shouldn't reproduce.
Graphics on card- A black and white picture of Shakuntala Paranjpye on the left, on a yellow background. A decorated frame surrounds the card, with the person’s name at the top.
Card 3
Text on card- Dr Alyappin Padmanabba Pillay
AP Pillay was a Mumbai-based sexologist who wrote frankly about anti-sexual taboos being ridiculous, adolescent sexuality, and women having a right to sexual satisfaction.
His books about sex were wildly popular.
Graphics on card- A silhouette of a man’s face is on a red background. A decorated frame surrounds the card, with the person’s name at the top.
Card 4
Text on card- Shakuntala Devi
She was called the human computer because she could do unbelievable maths in her head.
She wrote the first ever study on homosexuality in India, which demanded "full and complete acceptance not tolerance and sympathy" for homosexuals.
Graphics on card- A black and white picture of Shakuntala Devi is on a blue background. A decorated frame surrounds the card, with the person’s name at the top.
Card 5
Text on card- Banoo Jehangir Coyaji
Coyaji was a gynaecologist from Pune who won the Padma Bhushan award for her work in family planning across rural Maharashtra.
She started a health centre which is now a large hospital, and a community healthcare and sanitation scheme.
P.S: She loved Mills and Boon romances.
Graphics on card- A black and white picture of Banoo Jehangir Coyaji is to the right, on a pink background. A decorated frame surrounds the card, with the person’s name at the top.
Card 6
Text on card- Suniti Solomon
A pathologist and microbiologist, Solomon diagnosed the first case of AIDS in India and led research on the disease in the country after testing 100 sex workers in Chennai and finding that six tested positive for HIV.
Graphics on card- A black and white picture of Suniti Solomon on a yellow background. A decorated frame surrounds the card, with the person’s name at the top.
Card 7
Text on card- Dr. Mahinder Watsa
A 92-year-old sexologist, who specialises in sarcastic and witty replies to silly questions. Watsa began his enormously popular sex columns after writing a health column for Femina in the 50s and realising that lots of people wanted to ask about sex. To a man who sat on his penis, he said "Why would you want to do bhangra with your penis?"
Graphics on card- A black and white picture of Dr. Mahinder Watsa to the left, on a green background. A decorated frame surrounds the card, with the person’s name at the top.
Card 8
Text on card- Prakash Kothari
"I've saved so many marriages prescribing Viagra," boasts Kothari, one of India's top sexologists today. He has worked in the field for over 40 years, and is based in Mumbai.
PS: He also has a huge collection of erotic art.
Graphics on card- A black and white picture of Prakash Kothari to the right, on a green background. A decorated frame surrounds the card, with the person’s name at the top.
Card 9
Text on card- Kailash Puri
Kailash Puri left Rawalpindi for England to accompany her husband and became a famous agony aunt there, Featuring on British radio and TV. She started a women's magazine and coined many of the Punjabi words for sexy things, eg. the clitoris was called madan chhatri (cupid's umbrella).
Graphics on card- A black and white image of Kailash Puri on a yellow background. A decorated frame surrounds the card, with the person’s name at the top.
