Good sex is only achieved through effective communication and mutual understanding, according to the Kamasutra. Consent is ...

The “Kamasutra” is one of the world’s oldest textbooks of erotic love and certainly the most famous. It was composed in northern India in Sanskrit, the literary language of ancient India, probably in ...

Wendy Doniger's Redeeming the Kamasutra will change how many see the text, revealing it as far more than a sex manual and calling it a handbook for sensuous living. Doniger explains why the 2,000-year ...

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The author notes that despite being "remarkably favorable to women," there is one disturbing part that suggests a woman's protests and resistance should be taken as signs of real passion. "It reflects ...

Long before modern relationship counsellors and dating experts emerged, ancient India had its own master of love and human connection - Maharishi Vatsyayana. Best known as the author of the iconic ...