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Kama Sutra

A collection of 27 posts
The Beatles in Rishikesh
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The Beatles in Rishikesh

India has long figured in the sexual imagination of Western writers and artists, but back in the 1840’s, when Burton arrived in India, Westerners considered India a declining and decadent culture. Gurus (teachers) had not really registered in the West – Vivekananda in the 1890's would be the
Jul 31, 2023 1 min read
'The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night'
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'The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night'

Sir Richard Burton's translation of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (1888) has been better known as The Arabian Nights after Andrew Lang's subsequent abridged and retitled version (1898). This is from The Six Hundred and Fiftieth Night: "Then said she:--I
Jul 31, 2023 2 min read
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  • The House of Incest
  • How to Look at a Naked Lady
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  • The Judgment of Paris
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  • Letters from Africa
  • Life as Opera
  • Loki's Children
  • Oz is China
  • Poison Pen Letters
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  • Sacred Prostitute
  • Spinster
  • The Sorcerer's Apprentice
  • Splendour in the Grass
  • The Town Square
  • Vampires in Venice
  • Voices and Saints
  • The Whore's Revenge
  • The Woman in the Bower
  • Women in Trousers
  • About the Author
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