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Ep 161: The History of Desire in India

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

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Desire Is of the World, and It Extends Across Popular Culture

Stopcot: Many of the sculptures and temple art of the tenth century were actually made illegal under the british ond. And yet, what is interesting is that in o popular culture, we see these multiple representations of desire,. not just in the stories about our gods, but also in popular cynema sil. Both hetro and homosexuality coexist happily alongside poly amory, which is christna with many gopees and libacy. Millions of people know the stories of cross dress gods, men hold hands. Freely, women frequently sleep in the same bed. This is a country that is deeply homophilic, even as it is often superficially homophobic. Stopcot

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