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by Ira Trivedi


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  INDEX

  abortions, 150-151, 158

  India’s abortion policy, 159-160

  abstinence-focused sexual education, 162

  Adolescent Education Programme (AEP), 161, 164-165

  Agarwal, Puneet, 52-53

  Ahluwalia, Ashim, 48

  AIDS Bhedbhav Virodhi Andolan (ABVA), 147

  Ajanta and Ellora, 16

  All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), 147

  Aravamudan, Gita, 179

  arranged-cum-love marriage, 349

  arranged marriages, 2, 174–175, 177-178, 223. see also marriage

  Bangalore, sexual revolution at work, 201–207

  social lives of IT professionals, 209-215

  Bengal Sati Regulation Act in 1829, 227

  Bhatt, Pooja, 82

  birth control, 182–183

  ‘bit cinema’, 49

  Bollywood, 43, 141, 184, 186-187, 264-265

  kiss, 186

  Book of Leviticus, 76

  The Book of Love: The story of the Kamasutra, 29

  Boonstra, Heather, 168

  Bose, Rahul, 82

  Brahmo Samaj, 32

  Brazilian wax, 59-60

  bridal shopping, 275-278

  brothels

  of Chawri Bazar, 103

  of GB Road, 103-104

  Buddhacharita, 108

  Buddhism, 28

  Bwitch, 61

  Cadillac Pimp, 139, 142

  caste issues and love, 199-200

  celebrity wedding dance choreographer, 264-265

  celibacy, 28, 33

  Centre for Advocacy on Stigma and Marginalisation (CASAM), 118

  chat rooms, 345

  Child Marriage Restraint Act of 1929, 227

  Chopra, Sherlyn, 54

  Christian Unitarianism, 32

  Cocktail Matches, 253-256

  condoms, 59, 81

  consensual encounters, 151

  Contagious Diseases Act of 1864, 110

  Coontz, Stephanie, 177-178, 203

  Criminal Law (Amendment) Act of 2013, 169

  cunnilingus, 46, 53, 67, 85, 345

  designer dresses, 276-278

  Devadasis, 107

  dharma, 27

  Dharmashastras, 224

  divorce, 290-291

  in Bangalore, 293

  concept of duty, or dharma and, 307

  double divorcee, 395-302

  getting, 304-305

  in Hindu marriage, 292

  in Kerala, 293

  laws, 294

  mismatch of expectations, 309-310

  Muslim law, 312-318

  mutual consent, 294

  present times, 291

  rates in Indian cities, 292-293

  Shah Bano case, 311

  stories of, 316-317

  Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, 273

  endogamy, 177

  ‘fancy’ underwear, 60

  fear of pregnancy, 182-186

  female yoginis, 15

  Foreign Marriage Act, 1969, 228

  free love, 187

  Gaddam, Dr Sai, 54

  Gandhi, Mahatma, 33

  Gandhi, Prime Minister Indira, 183

  gay night at Pegs and Pints, 98-99

  gay parties, 71-72

  gay terminology, 71

  gender imbalance in Asian countries and violence, 153-154

  Gitagovinda, 20

  Golden Temple, 308-309

  Gopalan, Anjali, 83-84

  Grover, Rajiv, 61

  Guest Control Order, 268

  Guilmoto, Christophe Z., 155

  hegemony, 32

  Hindu caste system, 176

  Hinduism, 16, 27

  Hindu Marriage Act of 1955, 228, 294

  Hindu Married Women’s Right to Separate Residence and Maintenance Act of 1946, 228

  Hindu mythology, 17, 78

  HIV/AIDS prevention in India, 162

  Hindu weddings, 291

  homophobia, 73, 76–78

  homosexuality, 73, 96

  in ancient India, 75-76

  gay social scene, 77

  in Hindu and Muslim traditions, 76

  issues of HIV/AIDS, 80-82

  hookers, 137-144

  hymen repair surgery, 42

  Immoral Traffic Prevention Act (PITA), 115

  Indian bl
ue films, 48

  Indian IT-BPO industry, 180

  Indian Market Research Bureau (IMRB), 181

  Iravan, Prince, 75

  Islamic Sufism, 32

  Jainism, 28

  Jaitly, Celina, 82

  Jejeebhoy, Dr Shireen, 150-152

  Kakar, Sudhir, 67, 234, 261

  Kamakhya Devi temple, 12-15

  Ambubachi festival, 15

  Goddess’s yearly menstruation, 15

  main idol, 14

  practice of sacrifice, 13

  sanctum sanctorum of, 14

  sexual symbolism at, 15-16

  Kamasutra, 26-27, 33-34, 55, 108

  G-spot and woman’s climax, 27

  lovemaking, 26-27

  Manusmriti vs, 27-28

  styles of kissing, 26

  use of sex toys, 55

  Kapoor, Sanjeev, 182

  Kavi, Ashok Row, 79

  Khajuraho, 16

  Khan, Arif, 140

  Khan, Shahrukh, 186, 265

  Khandelwal, Dr Rekha, 156-157

  Kharbangar, Tipriti ‘Tips,’ 371-375

  Khasi system, 370-371, 363-366

  Kidwai, Saleem, 82

  Konark Wheel, 46

  Kothari, Dr Prakash, 65–69

  Krishna, Lord, 17

  Radha-Krishna love story, 17, 19-21

  Kurukshetra, 12

  labiaplasty, 41

  legal system

  gay rights, 81–83

  High Court judgement on Section 377, 82-83

  Leone, Sunny, 54

  lesbian, 84-88

  lesbian organizations, 88-89

  LGBT community, 82, 99-100

  LGBT rights in India, 73

  live-in relationships, 324-337

  Love Commandos, 187-194, 199

  love failure suicides, 43

  love marriages, 203, 209-214

  love revolution in India, 177-185, 377-379

  falling in love at work, 201-209

  Lucknow Incidents, 82

  Macaulay, Lord, 77

  Mahabharata, 224

  maithunas, 45-46

  male psyche, 80

  Manu, 27-28

  Manusmriti (The Laws of Manu), 27, 31, 76, 225

  marriage. see also wedding

  arranged in different communities, 223

  arranged vs love, 173-175, 177-178

  in Arthashastra, 226-227

  astrology and, 243-246

 

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