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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
The Boy Who Stole Babur's Heart
Discovering a different side of the Mughal Emperor – bashful, poetic and queer
Oct 04, 2024
Ratirahasya: The Myth, The Manual, The Legend
A medieval sex manual that did all the Kama Sutra did – but in more poetic and simpler ways
Jul 12, 2024
Blood Donation Safety: Why Are Trans People and MSMs Not Allowed to Donate Blood in India?
Is blood donation in India inclusive, accessible and equitable?
Jun 14, 2024
A Brief History of Phone Sex
How cross-connections of the telecommunication revolution, desire, loneliness and queerness led to a booming industry across 80s & 90s
May 17, 2024
Why Do We Talk About Histories of Ishq and Sexuality?
What do stories of Rukhmabai, Pillay, Lal Kitaab enable for us in the present?
Sep 15, 2023
Love Water! Kama Salila! Did You Know These Pracheen Bharatiya Names for Squirting?
Did you know squirting has been documented since 5th century?
May 25, 2023
Dr Alyappin Padmanabba Pillay and His Anti No-Fap Crusade in 1940's India
How one sexologist addressed the 'semen anxiety' of anxious young men in modern India.
May 12, 2023
Sexy Times In The Garden – AOI’s Picnic Day Sexy Saturday Songs
The picnic is a world of leisure and pleasure away from the world of family, parents, neighbors and tradition – all of social scrutiny.
Apr 11, 2023
“It’s simple, to live life emotions are very important so why should you suppress them?” Lesbian Love and Freedom Journeys with Maya Sharma
An interview with Maya Sharma
Mar 13, 2022
Uncle’s Fault : What I Understand Now About Grooming
How do cultural norms rooted in respect for seniority enable grooming
Mar 16, 2021
Secret Loves And Broken Hearts: A Comic
A comic about queer desire, love, and loss.
Jun 26, 2020
Steamy Shayari Alert! #WhenWomenLoveWomen in 19th Century Awadh
Some seductive Chapti poems from India's past!
Jun 23, 2020
‘Not because I have wisdom, but because I care’: An Interview with Suniti Namjoshi
Poet, fabulist, lesbian - She tells AOI about her journey as a writer, lover & person!
Jun 17, 2020
"So Many Women, But It's Her I Love"
An excerpt from Maya Sharma's Loving Women: Being Lesbian in Unprivileged India
Jun 07, 2020
Sunny Leone: The Porn Star Even Your Granny Knows
How did a porn star become a household name in India?
Jan 16, 2020
Quotes from The Courts About Women and the Right to Consent!
When courtrooms recognize women as individuals and their right to choose, the quotes are bound to be dhamakedar!
Mar 14, 2019
What the Law Tells Us about Relationships in India
You might be surprised – in good and bad ways.
Feb 19, 2019
What is the Age of Consent in India?
A series of handy cards to help you figure out the ins and outs of what the law says.
Jan 22, 2019
Love In Indian
Love in different Indian languages.
Aug 14, 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
Is It Better To Have Loved and Lost Than Never To Have Loved At All?
While we sometimes have the pleasure and good luck of finding a “Truly, madly, deeply” wala love, we may not always find the “Forever and always” kind.
Feb 04, 2018
ROMANTIC ADVICE FROM MANY RAMAYANAS
While researching many Ramayanas for my new book of poems, I discovered some wise counsel for matters of the heart….
Dec 20, 2017
CHADDI PEHEN KE DUDE KHILA HAI
A history of masculinity through chaddi ads
Nov 28, 2017
Mard, Mann Aur Jealousy: 5 Men Talk about Dealing With Unusual Jealousies
Unusual jealousies men experience and how it affects the way they look at themselves as sexual beings.
Nov 16, 2017
NICEST ISHQ MOVES STORIFIED
What is the nicest ishq move or overture someone ever made on you?
Jul 21, 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
A Long Time Ago In Our Own Country: Meet The Stars of Indian Sex-Ed
‘Modern’ India has had many doctors, activists, researchers, and writers doing very important work like beginning programmes for birth control, saying women have the right to enjoy sexual pleasure and talking about the never-satisfied public’s sex dilemmas.
Sep 05, 2017
The AOI Beginner's Guide To Kissing
Sep 15, 2017
Things You Should Know About Anal Sex
Yes, most people are curious about anal sex ki baatein. But not every woman, gay or straight, is comfortable with having a penis or a dildo in their anus. Not all men, gay or straight, are instantly (or ever) comfortable with having either a penis or a strap-on in their anus either
Jun 27, 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
Why I Love The Big, Bad, Bold 70s
Apr 03, 2017
MY 1.2 FOOT VAGINA
Mar 21, 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
Savita Bhabhi and I: A True Love Story
Here is something you should know about me. I wrote three stories for Savita Bhabhi.
Mar 04, 2017
Open that Door! Flirting Fundas of Old Tamil Poetry
Mar 01, 2017
Those City Love Affairs
I find love in conversations, and in what I can never quite completely understand about the other person.
Feb 24, 2017
Fantasy Mein Kya Sharmana: My Secret Crushes
Mar 16, 2017
PURURVASA’S LOVE-MAKING ALMANAC
Feb 14, 2017
#SexPeCharcha Twitter Chat
Dec 09, 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
Snakelets And Spilt Milk: The Highs and Lows of Dating in Old Tamil Poetry
To write about Ishq in classical Tamil poetry, is to be spoilt for choice.
Oct 26, 2016
HETERO HOMO BI BI: SHIT BISEXUALS HAVE TO HEAR
Shit bisexuals have to hear.
Sep 23, 2016
BAS EK KISS...
Sep 16, 2016
The A Film or Maybe It's OK to be Lost: On BR Ishara's Chetna (1970)
Jun 28, 2022
ISHQ KE AAM, KHAANE KE AUR, DIKHANE KE AUR
Sweety, growing into a beautiful young woman in a small town, admired herself in the mirror, longed for love. But did she dare taste this forbidden fruit? A bittersweet story of longing and regret from Muzaffarpur, Bihar.
Sep 09, 2016
India's Most Popular #PDA Locations (We asked, you answered)
Top of the #PDA Pops: We Asked People their Favourite #PDA Locations. Here's what they said!
May 14, 2016
Hum Tum Ek Kamre Mein Band Ho, Aur...
A story about love, sex , opportunity and learning together. An audio story
Jan 05, 2016
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