While there might be moral policing and social taboos in contemporary India, it's also true that our country has a rich erotic tradition, which we barely know about even though we call ourselves the land of The Kamasutra. So feels Paromita Vohra, a writer, filmmaker and founder of an initiative called Agents of Ishq (AoI). The aim behind starting AoI, she tells us, was to use art as a medium to start a friendly and relatable discussion around the subject of sex. Keeping in line with that vision, the initiative will celebrate its second birthday this weekend with an event that features a conversation with author Amruta Patil, who will draw a parallel with Indian mythology and our society's historical attitudes to eroticism.

Paromita Vohra