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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
