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Sexy Saturday Songs: Suriya Special
Happy Birthday to the poster boy of romance in Tamil cinema!
I Like To Bend It Bend It! Rule Bendy Asanas for Rule-Bendy Feelings
2022: The AOI Masturbation Shayari Contest And You!
This year's self-pleasure shayaris by our Agents!
How We Found Comprehensive Sex-Ed Goals in the AOI Blue Film Contest!
Condoms se Consent tak, everything a Blue Film Script can reveal!
The Night I Became Shah Rukh
Based on a true fantasy
Mama Mia, Porn Porn! AOI Write Your Own Blue Film Contest Winners and More!
The porn scripts of your dreams are all here!
Ek Se Bhale Do - The Story Behind AOI’s Two Laadli Awards!
The making of #AikaToTheBaika and #LesbianLetterExchange!
7 Kinds of Vulnerability We Glimpse in Films
From Deewar, to Frances Ha - what vulnerabilities do films bring out?
“Be like Belinda
How a porn character can make one rethink sex
THE OTHER F WORD - A Poem
Running into woman-on-woman porn to rediscover sex
READING MINDS - 8 Indian Books About Experiencing Mental Illness
Books to help understand mental and emotional turmoil
The Sacred Flower : A Poem
Reveling in your own touch & blooming with pleasure!
Teens Write #NotesToMyGenitals
If Teens could write letters to their private parts, what would they say?
My First Schoolgirl Crush
There’s a magical quality to falling in love for the first time – it's dreamlike; pixie dust in the air.
Travel With Me - An Erotic Poem
The waves will come from the sea, But they’ll hit your shore.
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.
June Rewind - #WhenWomenLoveWomen, All In One Place
Stories, histories and resources for queer women - ek dhamakedar package!
My Sexy Sapna - Poems from the AOI No.1 Masturbation Fantasies Contest
Anatomy of a Flirt
I will tell you/That some days my body is a sonnet, yesterday it was a dirty limerick
"Enough, Let's Fuck" and Other Poems of Art and Lust
AOI Mugs are here!
Couplets From The Uncoupled! #HappyValentinesDay
Two-liners from our Agents on celebrating singlehood!
Sexy Saturday Songs: Do it Like Dhanush
Vijeta Kumar's playlist of Dhanush songs
Sexy Saturday Songs from the Sultry Sixties
Are the 1960s the sexiest decade of Hindi cinema?
Sexy Sunday Songs: Ishq, Pyaar, Kishore Kumar!
Happy Birthday Kishore Da!
Six-Legged Sexy Saturday Songs
Who knew Bollywood had soooooo much bug love?
Kissing for Beginners: The AOI Guide
Do you want to kiss someone for the first time but aren’t sure what to do?
My Sexy Saturday Songs Playlist: Aliza
A new weekend playlist to groove to!
Q Marks the Spot! A Queer Map of Mumbai
Put on your special Agent of Ishq glasses and see the real city, glittering all around you!
8 Not-So-Straight Books for Young People You Won’t Want to Miss!
Here are some lovely works with queer, or gender-bendy, or non-normative narratives for young readers
Finding Queerness Everywhere
Time for a new Sexy Saturday Songs playlist, this time by Vikram Phukan!
Q se Qawwali, Q se Queer Quties
Time for another Sexy Saturday Songs playlist!
Kucch Toh Accha Hua Hai - AOI Masturbation Shayari 2019 Edition!
Our readers' love poems to self-love
Is There a Secret Masturbation Message in Your Ad?
We’re only kidding! Brands aren’t trying to get you masturbate... or are they?
This Month on AOI: Shame/No Shame
They Get an Angina When They See a Vagina
My Facebook is a nation, That needs sex education
This Month on AOI: What Kind of Woman Would You Like to Be?
We're finding new ways of thinking what it means to be a woman
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!
My Valentine To Milind
A digital altar for our collective fantasy of this effortlessly beautiful man.
This Month on AOI: Relationship Status!
This Month on AOI : Being Young
Hugs in Many Languages, From Us to You!
Have you ever been able to say no to a nice warm hug?
The Masculinity Detox Diet
Easy tips to cleanse your system of toxic masculinity.
Three Superb, Sexy Poems By Poet Perundevi in Tamil
Changing the Conversation on Consent with A Nayi Emotional Bhasha
Have you seen Love in the Garden of Consent/Ishq ke Baagh mein Marzi hai Minimum yet?
You Should Wear Maroon For Your Skin" and Other Advice I've Ignored as a Non-Fair Woman
Why hide under drab colours? Bold lip art – bright colours, filigree designs, polka dots – are my jam
Inside the World of Puu – A Beautiful Comic about Love
Puu is a webcomic about Saboor and Jameel, two housemates in Chennai, and other people whose lives intersect with theirs.
The AOI Queer Reading List: Desi Languages Version
Queer readings from non-English Indian languages.
Let All the Stars Inside Me Shine/ What I See is Me
Photographs from public performances of queerness.
Booby Trap
The bra-shopping adventure story every woman knows too well.
Winning Memes for a Theme This #MasturbationMay !
A shortlist of winners
Seven Indian Films We’re Excited To Watch This Year At KASHISH Film Festival
Here are seven Indian films playing at KASHISH that we’re keen to watch this year
Being Equal, Being Queer Rozana
Khud Se Pyaar Hai, To Zindagi Gulzar Hai
AOI Masturbation Shayari Guldasta.
Take the Agents of Ishq Feedback Survey!
Tell us what you think about us.
What Makes Your Sexual Confidence Go Up and Down
Sexual confidence is like a Snakes and Ladders Game
First Times, February and Hindi Kavita at The AOI Conversations
Highlights from the Hindi open mic at AOI Conversations this February.
I Want It That Way! Women, Tell Us What Makes Sex Good!
What's the one thing you like most in bed?
Romance is Real, and Here’s How We Know
Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karenge: India’s top PDA Spots
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.
The AOI Queer Reading List : Naya Maal
A selection of recent Indian queer writing.
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?
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.
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.
Kya tumhe semi-cooked pyaar hua hai?
It all started with Pabs (my cat)
Kiss... Ek Kavita
The women I love
A love poem to women who laugh out loud
THINGS PEOPLE TOLD US ABOUT THEIR FIRST TIME
Jugni Songs and the Traveling Sparks of Freedoms
Freedom has no fixed address. It’s meanings are always changing, always on the move. Like Jugni.
NIGHTS FULL OF WOMEN
Women out at night, filling it up, in the pictures of Anushree Fadnavis
The Extravagant Love-Pain Poems of Meena Kumari
Meena Kumari turned tragic love into art and social commentary
NICEST ISHQ MOVES STORIFIED
What is the nicest ishq move or overture someone ever made on you?
When Pets Walk In On Sex
Let’s face it, pets do become like family for most people. While we may all have worked out ways of getting away from our families in the pursuit of ishq, animal children have a sneaky way of sticking around and refusing to be shooed out of the room.
MILITANT HUGGER
A drought of hugs? Why? When did this ground water deplete?
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.
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!
ARE YOU AN ANIMAL IN BED? OKAY - WHICH ONE?
Elephants have penises that are almost as big and strong as a fifth leg.
Hum Aapke Hain, Porn
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!
HOW NORMAL IS YOUR SEX DRIVE? (PROBABLY VERY NORMAL)
Is There An Ancient Indian Aphrodisiac in Your Samsung Refrigerator?
The last chapter in the Kamasutra is all about different plants and devices you can use to enhance your sex life.
15 LOVE POEMS TO SELF LOVE
WHAT 100 WOMEN TOLD US ABOUT MASTURBATION
The truth about female masturbation and it's varied forms and experiences: As told by a hundred women
A Sexy, Sizzling Reading List to Help You Get Off
Books to spice up your sexy time!
WHAT INDIAN MEN FEEL ABOUT THEIR PENIS
Who Sez You Don't Have A Swimsuit Body!
Circumcised Or Uncircumcised - What's Sexier? And Other Questions You Were Embarrassed To Ask
15 years of Women Talking About Their Vaginas To The Public -- The Vagina Monologues in India Celebrates Happy Birthday
What Makes Women Feel Hot? - The Answers May Surprise You
IT'S COMPLICATED! (BUT) A FULLY FABULOUS FEBRUARY ON AOI
LOST AND FOUND POEMS OF A GIRL WHO LIKED SEX
Naughty and Nice poems by Nisha Susan
Ishq Year Planner - Your #SexRes2017 Storified
Sexual Resolutions For A Sexual Revolution
Tell us your sexual resolution for 2017 and share with the hashtag #sexres2017
The Sex Pe Charcha With Parivaar Survey
The Parivaar and Sex Survey
LADIES BIKE
There I saw her, Love-at-first-Sight. Tailor-made for a lad my height
EK LADKI BHOLI BHALI SI
I CALL HER MOSAMBI
WHICH WAY DO WE SLICE IT?
A poem by Jaya Sharma
WHITE PUBIC HAIR
Body Hair. Do You Care? The AOI Body Hair Survey
The AOI Body Hair survey is here!
THE GALAXY OF OUTERCOURSE: A COSMOLOGICAL MAP AND COLOURING SHEET
HOW WAS THE SEX-ED FOR YOU?
PAMMI AUNTY: AGENT OF ISHQ
Qayanat Ka Romancenama
“A board was flashing a sign: Qayanat*, I love you. It was like a film. I could not believe this was all happening for me, to me.” Qayanat’s romance, begins like a film, proceeds like a film, complete with shayris, desperation, twists and turns, 100 free sms a day, ice-cream in the mall, and her reflection in her boyfriend’s eyes. How does this filmi Romance-nama culminate? Not at all as you would expect – listen here to this podcast full of fizz and glitter: Qayanat ka Romancenama.
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.
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.
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?
The Reluctant Voyeur
Your best friend and her boy friend get it on in front you. Should you be made a voyeur without your consent? Young Andrea's podcast about an awkward night.
The Princess and The O
A poem about a princess that is bound to tickle your fancy!
My First Vibrator
When household chores turn into the discovery of an orgasm. Listen to Meera's story of her first ever vibrator!
Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh
A boy longs to touch his girlfriend and is intoxicated by that longing. Listen to Satya's podcast about the girl whom he can't stop thinking of, the eroticism of her every move and the fantasy of the moment when they'll finally touch.
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.
The Lover's Pilgrimage
Loves are always represented as a male-female couple.
But in life, people live in many different combinations of relationships.
Here is one set of these combinations in this depiction of the Valentine’s Day Lover’s Pilgrimage.
Phoolz For Love - A Video
Love doesn't happen only between girls and boys, but in all kinds of combinations. And love means different things to different people too! Ruia college celebrates Rose Day with a difference and it will leave you warm and fuzzy with a big smile on your face!
Friendzone Lovezone
Is he my boyfriend if he has another girlfriend? Is it better to be friends if his family won't be cool about us? Can I be friends with a boy I secretly love? Can I pretend to be friends for some time and then tell him one day I love him? Lubna's friendzone lovezone story about love.
Condom Kaand
A workshop souvenir turns into a nightmare for a 20 year old NCC Cadet when his mother discovers it in his bag. Curious about what happens next? Listen to his audio podcast to know about his condom kaand, and how it influenced his future knowledge of sex!
Chance Pe Dance
Sexy Saturday Songs Curated by Paromita Vohra
Five Books About That Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Stuff
Sexy Saturday Songs curated by Sidharth Bhatia
Sexy Saturday Songs Curated by Aneela Zeb Babar urf Haseena Item Bum
Sexy Saturday Songs Curated by Aneela Zeb Babar urf Haseena Item Bum
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?
That First Kiss
A young girl, a sunny winter’s day – her first kiss. Her secret diary. A bittersweet story about growing up. In a sparkling format – an audio story podcast.
The Feels We Conceal – Things Young People Really Think About Sex